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_fray_
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February 12, 2009
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Where do I start?

  • February 12, 2009
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I am new to this scripting thing. I found some code here (adding filenames to keywords) but I cannot get it to work. I have pasted it into TextEdit and Text Wrangler saving as text files with .js and .jsx extensions but it hasn't worked. (Brige CS4 recognizes it being added but it doesn't show up in the right-click menu or anywhere else I can look.)
Is there a 'start here' topic/section/link?

Thanks.
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_michel_Duijvestijn_
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March 2, 2009
Did you find the ExtendScript Toolkit allready? It should be at the Adobe Utilities folder somewhere. You can find several 'getting started' with scripting in your adobe directory as well as at the adobe site. Look for JavaScript Tools Guide CS3.pdf (for information about using the ExtendScript toolkit); Adobe Intro to Scripting.pdf (general introduction to scripting); Bridge CS3 JavaScript Guide.pdf (about scripting in Bridge) and Bridge CS3 JavaScript Reference.pdf (the reference guide). There will be CS4 versions of these as well.
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sam452sam452
Known Participant
November 30, 2009

As someone also who is looking to extend Bridge, etc with javascript, this was helpful.

However, the latter two do not yield on my default installs of CS3, or 4. I will hunt for them on the web.

My Q is this: As an Applescripter, should I purchase the "Adobe Bridge Official JavaScript Reference" which covers CS2 to get me into the javascript mindset vis a vis Bridge?

I'm wanting to interact with Adobe Drive much like I do with the Mac Finder and automate moving pdfs created by team members into the specific job folders determined by parsing out the job number of the file with the matching job number of the project file in Adobe Drive.

I'm trying to grasp what I can do to Bridge and its limits by checking the forums here. Is there a posting I should pay special attention? thanx, sam

Paul Riggott
Paul Riggott
Inspiring
November 30, 2009

The Adobe Bridge CS4 JavaScript Reference can be found in the SDK that can be downloaded from here..

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/bridge/

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