Can a script execute another script?

Simply do the following:

var myFile = File('C:/Scripts Panel/scriptFileName.jsx');     // add file location

app.doScript(myFile);

> Is there a way to make my scripts trustworthy?

Try putting your scripts in your Documents/Adobe Scripts folder.

p.18 of the Javascript Tools Guide has this to say:

Adobe Scripts folder

On first launch, the Toolkit creates a folder named Adobe Scripts in the user's Documents folder. The

Default favorite in the Scripts panel displays the contents of this folder.

When double-clicking a JSX file, the Toolkit normally acts as an invisible security filter. Before actually

launching the file, a security dialog asks if it is OK to execute the script. The Toolkit treats the user's

Documents/Adobe Scripts folder, however, as a trusted location; when you double-click a JSX file in that

folder, the Toolkit does not display the security alert.

In WIndows, that is "%userprofile%\Documents\Adobe Scripts".

(Taken from a reply of mine at https://forums.adobe.com/message/7080599#7080599)

I don't know if this will work for your needs, but it did work for mine…

use "doscript"

app.doScript ("script.jsx");

Hi Michael,

for me, it works with:

$.evalFile("pathToMyFile/myfile.jsxbin")

Reviving an old thread, as the answers so far did not solve my current related problem.

I have tried to use both methods ( the CallClient suggested by Markus and the 'eval' suggested by Ian ) but in this case they do not seem to work. I am wondering if there is any option at all:

I have a binary script file (jsxbin) to execute from another script. CallClient does not seem to do anything at all and the 'eval' method clearly expects a jsx file, as it gives me an unspecified syntax error when trying to run a jsxbin file. I am using the jsxbin file as that takes care of all the nasty include file hassle and is a self-contained executable. The problem is that I need to run it from another executable script file and the script to be executed is only known at runtime (as in the problem Michael originally indicated).

Any suggestions ? Anyone at Adobe who knows whether this would work at all ?

Jang

Hi Michael,

this should also work like this:

CallClient("ScriptingSupport", "[YourPath]\[YourFile].jsx");

I haven't tried it with ES, but in FDK it works well, so I think, it also works with ES in that way.

bye

Markus

Hi Michael,

You could use the eval() method to do what you need. Here's a simple example that pops up an alert from the Alert.jsx file.

var scriptFile = File('/c/Projects/ExtendScript/Alert.jsx');
var script;

scriptFile.open('r');
script = scriptFile.read();
scriptFile.close();

eval(script);

Caution: some say that eval() is evil, use with care.

regards

Ian