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egikas
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March 12, 2019
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Add items to library via script

  • March 12, 2019
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Hello! I want to add items from a page as separate objects to the library via script. May be someone know how it could be done. What command should I use in ExtendScript or AppleScript. Thanks!

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Correct answer Manan Joshi

Thank you, again Manan Joshi! I've combine your script with selection script, but I can't make it right to loop through pages. Can your help me again?

var myDoc=app.documents[0]

var myPages = myDoc.pages;

var newLib = app.libraries.add("Test.indl");

for(i=0; i<myDoc.pages.length; i++)

{

   

    app.selection = null; 

    pItems = app.windows[0].activeSpread.pageItems; 

    app.select (pItems, SelectionOptions.ADD_TO); 

for(var i=0; i < app.selection.length; i++)  

{ 

     var obj = app.selection 

     if(obj.allGraphics.length > 0) 

         newLib.store(obj,{name:obj.allGraphics[0].itemLink.name}); 

         

     else 

          newLib.store(obj,{name:"myObject" + i}); 

}

}


I am not sure what you are trying to do, as you iterate pages but then add pageitems of the spread. Remember that pageitems of the page would be included in the spread pageitems as well. So either iterate the spread or iterate the pages but not both.

Apart from that you don't actually need to select these objects to add them the library, as you can pass the pageitem object directly to the store method. Below is the demonstration of what i explained, in this code snippet i am iterating the pages, if needed you can iterate the spreads as well.

var myDoc=app.documents[0]
var myPages = myDoc.pages;
var newLib = app.libraries.add("Test.indl");
for(i=0; i<myDoc.pages.length; i++)
{
     for(var j=0; j < myDoc.pages.allGraphics.length; j++)
     { 
          var obj = myDoc.pages.allGraphics 
          newLib.store(obj,{name:obj.itemLink.name}); 
     }
}

To iterate the spreads you could use something like below, this will give you the graphics in the first spread

app.documents[0].spreads[0].allGraphics

-Manan

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Sudha_K
Inspiring
March 13, 2019

Hi,

     Try like this according your requirement.

  

     var newLib = app.libraries.add("Test.indl");          // You can define here existing library instead of creating

     var sel = app.selection[0];               // Selection object from a page

     newLib.store(sel,{name:"ImgFrame"});

    

E
egikasAuthor
Participating Frequently
March 13, 2019

Hi, and thanks for the reply. But you suggest to store only SELECTED items into library. Besides they store as single object "ImgFrame".

I can't find the way to store them as SEPARATED objects via script. The same way as it does in menu. Maybe you know how?

M
Community Expert
Manan JoshiCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 14, 2019

The code sample given above by Sudha showed how to do it for an object, you can extend it to work for multiple objects. For ex if you want to add all the selected objects to the library you could run a loop and add the objects. Something like the below should work

var newLib = app.libraries.add("Test.indl");
for(var i=0; i < app.selection.length; i++)
    newLib.store(app.selection,{name:"myObject" + i});

Make a selection of all the objects that you want in the library and then execute the script above.

-Manan

-Manan
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