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Output function (results to a file) in Extendscript

Forum|Forum|12 years ago
April 29, 2014
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When I check a script I use the alert to see if the code is working, such as "Current tag is body".

Is there a function that outputs alert results to a file? For example, a way to send to a file all

of the paragraph tags that are used in a document. (The actual code could be a loop). I could

use this as a start to produce what I really want, an array of all the valid tags, and then print to a file

a list of all the "rogue" tags that are not in the valid list

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4everJang

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Check the JavaScript Tools Guide for details about the File object. Basically, it works more or less like this:

var oFile = new File ( /* full path name as text string */ );

oFile.open( "w" ); /* use "a" to append, "w" to remove existing text.

oFile.writeln ( "Whatever you want to write in there" );

oFile.close ( );

Ciao

Jang

K

klk_ncAuthor

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Here's the code I have, but the Extendscript debugger says oFile.open is not a function, is this only for javascript?

Thanks,

Keith

function processDoc (doc) {

//Process the paragraphs and tables in the main document flow

var textList, count = 0, i = 0, tbl = 0, pgf = 0;

var oFile = "c:\myname\tags-list.txt";

// Turn off the document display to speed the script and

// prevent screen flicker.

if (app.Displaying == 1) {

app.Displaying = 0;

}

//Process each top-level paragraph in document

oFile.open("a");

pgf = doc.MainFlowInDoc.FirstTextFrameInFlow.FirstPgf;

while (pgf.ObjectValid()) {

//!! applyNewPgfFmt(pgf,doc);

oFile.Writeln(pgf.Name);

pgf = pgf.NextPgfInFlow;

}

oFile.close();

K

klk_ncAuthor

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OK, was in a hurry, see that the new is a resreved word, this should be closer, there are no errors but no text output, I'll keep trying...

//Process the paragraphs and tables in the main document flow

var textList, count = 0, i = 0, tbl = 0, pgf = 0;

var tagsFile = new File ("C:\extend\tag_list.txt")

// Turn off the document display to speed the script and

// prevent screen flicker.

if (app.Displaying == 1) {

app.Displaying = 0;

}

//Process each top-level paragraph in document

tagsFile.open("a");

pgf = doc.MainFlowInDoc.FirstTextFrameInFlow.FirstPgf;

while (pgf.ObjectValid()) {

//!! applyNewPgfFmt(pgf,doc);

tagsFile.writeln (pgf.NextPgfInFlow);

// pgf = pgf.NextPgfInFlow;

}

tagsFile.close();

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