ScriptUI: Buttons not responsive

Question

I'm making a UI for my Framemaker script in which I have 21 checkboxes. I have 2 buttons, Select All, and Deselect All, which I want use to programmatically check and uncheck all the boxes. However, in the buttons currently do absolutely nothing.

Code in my .onClick functions isn't getting executed at all. $.writeln ("test1"); isn't printing anything to the console.

var myWindow = new Window ("dialog");
  
    var BG = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "BG_Bulgarian"); //1
    var CS = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "CS_Czech"); //2
    var DA = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "DA_Danish"); //3
    var DE = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "DE_German"); //4
    var ES = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "ES_Spanish"); //5
    var FI = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "FI_Finnish"); //6
    var FR = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "FR_French"); //7
    var HR = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "HR_Croatian"); //8
    var HU = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "HU_Hungarian"); //9
    var IT = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "IT_Italian"); //10
    var JA = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "JA_Japanese"); //11
    var KO = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "KO_Korean"); //12
    var NL = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "NL_Dutch"); //13
    var PL = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "PL_Polish"); //14
    var PT = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "PT_Portuguese"); //15
    var RO = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "RO_Romanian"); //16
    var RU = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "RU_Russian"); //17
    var SK = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "SK_Slovak"); //18
    var SV = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "SV_Swedish"); //19
    var TR = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "TR_Turkish"); //20
    var ZH = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "ZH_Chinese"); //21
    
    BG.value = true; //1
    CS.value = true; //2
    DA.value = true; //3
    DE.value = true; //4
    ES.value = true; //5
    FI.value = true; //6
    FR.value = true; //7
    HR.value = true; //8
    HU.value = true; //9
    IT.value = true; //10
    JA.value = true; //11
    KO.value = true; //12
    NL.value = true; //13
    PL.value = true; //14
    PT.value = true; //15
    RO.value = true; //16
    RU.value = true; //17
    SK.value = true; //18
    SV.value = true; //19
    TR.value = true; //20
    ZH.value = true; //21    
    
    var myButtonGroup1 = myWindow.add("group");
    myButtonGroup1.orientation = "row";
    var selectAllButton = myButtonGroup1.add("button", undefined, "Select All");
    var deselectAllButton = myButtonGroup1.add("button", undefined, "Deselect All");
    var generateFMbooks = myWindow.add("button", undefined, "Generate FM books");    
    myWindow.show ();
deselectAllButton.onClick = function () {
    $.writeln ("test1");
    BG.value = false; //1
    CS.value = false; //2
    DA.value = false; //3
    DE.value = false; //4
    ES.value = false; //5
    FI.value = false; //6
    FR.value = false; //7
    HR.value = false; //8
    HU.value = false; //9
    IT.value = false; //10
    JA.value = false; //11
    KO.value = false; //12
    NL.value = false; //13
    PL.value = false; //14
    PT.value = false; //15
    RO.value = false; //16
    RU.value = false; //17
    SK.value = false; //18
    SV.value = false; //19
    TR.value = false; //20
    ZH.value = false; //21
}
selectAllButton.onClick = function () {
    $.writeln ("test2");
     BG.value = true; //1
    CS.value = true; //2
    DA.value = true; //3
    DE.value = true; //4
    ES.value = true; //5
    FI.value = true; //6
    FR.value = true; //7
    HR.value = true; //8
    HU.value = true; //9
    IT.value = true; //10
    JA.value = true; //11
    KO.value = true; //12
    NL.value = true; //13
    PL.value = true; //14
    PT.value = true; //15
    RO.value = true; //16
    RU.value = true; //17
    SK.value = true; //18
    SV.value = true; //19
    TR.value = true; //20
    ZH.value = true; //21
    
}
generateFMbooks.onClick = function () {
     myWindow.close();
}

gabriels33895177 · Accepted Answer

You are both right. I let my frustration with this problem get to me. The only thing wrong with my first implementation was the placement of

myWindow.show();

All of the button functions must be between

var myWindow = new Window ("dialog")

and

myWindow.show();

ScriptUI for Dummies is legit and I was just missed this rule.

Klaus Göbel · Answer

Sorry for my delayed answer, but I was out of order for some days.

Here's a little snippet that may help you:

You can extend the array and that will append more checkboxes.

BTW: I was talking about this documentation: https://wwwimages2.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/scripting/pdfs/javascript_tools_guide.pdf

Please have in mind, that Peters excellent documentation is developed for Indesign and not all is usable for FrameMaker. But it is a great help, if you adapt things from it!

 var myWindow = new Window ("dialog"); 
var gaLanguages = ["BG_Bulgarian","CS_Czech", "DA_Danish", "DE_German","ES_Spanish","FI_Finnish","FR_French","HR_Croatian","HU_Hungarian","IT_Italian","JA_Japanese"
,"KO_Korean","NL_Dutch","PL_Polish","PT_Portuguese","RO_Romanian","RU_Russian","SK_Slovak","SV_Swedish","TR_Turkish","ZH_Chinese"];
   
var CheckBoxGroup = myWindow.add("group");
CheckBoxGroup.orientation = "column";
CheckBoxGroup.alignChildren = "left";
myWindow.myButtonGroup1 = myWindow.add("group"); 
myWindow.myButtonGroup1.selectAllButton = myWindow.myButtonGroup1.add("button", undefined, "Select All"); 
myWindow.myButtonGroup1.deselectAllButton = myWindow.myButtonGroup1.add("button", undefined, "Deselect All"); 
myWindow.myButtonGroup1.orientation = "row"; 
myWindow.generateFMbooks = myWindow.add("button", undefined, "Generate FM books"); 
myWindow.myButtonGroup1.deselectAllButton.onClick = UnSelectAll;
myWindow.myButtonGroup1.selectAllButton.onClick = SelectAll;
myWindow.generateFMbooks.onClick = CloseWindow; 
CreateCheckBoxes();
SelectAll();
myWindow.show (); 
   
   
function CreateCheckBoxes()
{
for (var i = 0; i < gaLanguages.length; i++)
{
CheckBoxGroup.add("checkbox",undefined,gaLanguages);
}
}  
function UnSelectAll()
{
for (var i = 0; i < CheckBoxGroup.children.length; i++)
{
CheckBoxGroup.children.value = false;  
}
}
function SelectAll()
{
for (var i = 0; i < CheckBoxGroup.children.length; i++)
{
CheckBoxGroup.children.value = true;  
}
}
function CloseWindow()
{
for (var i = 0; i < CheckBoxGroup.children.length; i++)
{
if (CheckBoxGroup.children.value == true)
{
$.writeln("Checked: " + CheckBoxGroup.children.text)   
}
}
myWindow.close(); 
}

	var myWindow = new Window ("dialog");
	var gaLanguages = ["BG_Bulgarian","CS_Czech", "DA_Danish", "DE_German","ES_Spanish","FI_Finnish","FR_French","HR_Croatian","HU_Hungarian","IT_Italian","JA_Japanese"

	var CheckBoxGroup = myWindow.add("group");
	CheckBoxGroup.orientation = "column";
	CheckBoxGroup.alignChildren = "left";

	myWindow.myButtonGroup1 = myWindow.add("group");

	myWindow.myButtonGroup1.selectAllButton = myWindow.myButtonGroup1.add("button", undefined, "Select All");
	myWindow.myButtonGroup1.deselectAllButton = myWindow.myButtonGroup1.add("button", undefined, "Deselect All");
	myWindow.myButtonGroup1.orientation = "row";
	myWindow.generateFMbooks = myWindow.add("button", undefined, "Generate FM books");


	myWindow.myButtonGroup1.deselectAllButton.onClick = UnSelectAll;

	myWindow.myButtonGroup1.selectAllButton.onClick = SelectAll;


	myWindow.generateFMbooks.onClick = CloseWindow;

	CreateCheckBoxes();
	SelectAll();

	myWindow.show ();

	for (var i = 0; i < gaLanguages.length; i++)
	{
	CheckBoxGroup.add("checkbox",undefined,gaLanguages);
	}

	for (var i = 0; i < CheckBoxGroup.children.length; i++)
	{
	CheckBoxGroup.children.value = false;
	}

	for (var i = 0; i < CheckBoxGroup.children.length; i++)
	{
	CheckBoxGroup.children.value = true;
	}

	for (var i = 0; i < CheckBoxGroup.children.length; i++)
	{
	if (CheckBoxGroup.children.value == true)
	{
	$.writeln("Checked: " + CheckBoxGroup.children.text)
	}

	}

	myWindow.close();

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