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SteveStrop
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August 16, 2019
Question

How to wait for the "loaded" event in bridge extendscript?

  • August 16, 2019
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According to the scripting guide:

A script should wait until the loaded event has occurred

before making calls to document selection methods.

Sounds good to me, but how do I "wait" for this event?

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SuperMerlin
SuperMerlin
Inspiring
August 16, 2019

Here is an example:-

onDocLoadEvent = function( event ){
if(event.object instanceof Document){
    if( event.type == "loaded" ){
          //Your code goes here
            }
        }
        return { handled: false };
}
app.eventHandlers.push( { handler: onDocLoadEvent} );
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SteveStropAuthor
Known Participant
August 16, 2019

I've tried that. Problem is the loaded event is occurs multiple times. I only want to run my code after the first time.

SuperMerlin
SuperMerlin
Inspiring
August 16, 2019

You could set a counter:-

app.eventHandlers.push( { handler: onDocLoadEvent} );
var count = 0;
function onDocLoadEvent( event ){
if(event.object instanceof Document &&  event.type == "loaded" ){
if(count == 0) doSomething();
count++;
    }
    return { handled: false}; 
};
function doSomething(){
    $.writeln("Got Here");
    }
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