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cbishop01
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June 17, 2016
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How to make this check box Apply to all Documents?

  • June 17, 2016
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I'm sure this is probably an easy question.  I've Added another Check BOx (Apply to all Documents) and when its selected i want the changes of the check boxes below it to chage for all open documents.

var RunCH1, RunCH2, RunCH3, RunCH6, RunCH8;
            RunCH8= app.documents[0],  
            allPagesMaPref = RunCH8.pages.everyItem()  ;  
            RunCH8= w.tabs[1].add ('checkbox {text: "APPLY TO ALL DOCUMENTS"}');
            RunCH1= w.tabs[1].add ('checkbox {text: "Find and Replace"}');

Thank you in advance.

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Correct answer Loic.Aigon

I know little to nothing about grep.  What does this do?  When i activate it the Apply button does the changes to the documents and other than some s's being removed i'm not sure what all it does.  I only need the "Apply/cb1CallBack" CB to Apply to all documents if.

cb1CallBack + cb2CallBack    OR      

cb1CallBack + cb3CallBack    OR

cb1CallBack + cb2CallBack + cb3CallBack etc...

and if just the cb1CallBack is unchecked then cb2CallBack, cb3CallBack, etc... will only apply to the active document(which this is how it works now).

BTW thank you for all your doing here.  I'm learning A TON.


Fixed some typos but basically your "all/none" checkbox is a modifier for the source object onto which call the changeGrep function.

Ok you have a lot of material now, so it's up to you now.

//Our Pseudo Event Class    
var EventManager = function()    
{    
    
  //Our internal key object    
  var o  = {    
    
  };    
    
    
  //return the Event Manager API    
  return {    
    
  //Add a listener to the class for a specific event    
  addEventListener:function(name, handler) {    
    
  //Return if the supplied handler already belongs to the listened event    
  if ( this.hasEventListener (name, handler) ) return;    
    
  //Adding the handler for the event    
  o[name] = o[name] || [];    
  o[name][o[name].length]=handler;    
    
  },    
    
  //Executes every handler attached to the event    
  //passing data as argument    
  dispatchEvent:function(name, data) {    
    
  var n, i=0;     
    
  //Return if no handler is set    
  if ( !o[name] || !(o[name] instanceof Array) || !o[name].length ) return;    
    
  n = o[name].length;    
    
  //executes every handler    
  for ( i = 0; i<n; i++ ) {    
  o[name](data);    
  }    
  },    
    
  //Remove a specific handler for the event    
  removeEventListener:function(name, handler) {    
    
  //We will redefine the internal chain of handlers    
  //passing the content of the "new" newArray array    
  var newArray = [], n;    
    
  //Return if no handler is set    
  if ( !this.hasEventListener ( name, handler ) ) return;    
    
  n = o[name].length;    
    
  //Storing handlers into newArray if different from specific handler    
  while ( n-- ) {    
  if ( (o[name] !== handler) ) {    
  newArray [ newArray.length ] = o[name];    
  }    
  }    
    
  //Redefining handlers array    
  o[name] = newArray ;    
    
  },    
    
  //Checking if some event host a specific handler    
  hasEventListener:function(name, handler) {    
  var n;    
    
  if ( !o[name] || !(o[name] instanceof Array) || !o[name].length ) return false;    
    
  n = o[name].length;    
    
  //If handle is found, return true. Otherwise return false    
  while ( n-- ) if ( o[name] === handler ) return true;    
    
  return false;    
  },    
    
  //Some utility to get access to the handler array for some specific event or all the eventManager class    
  expose:function(name){    
  if ( name ) {    
  if ( !o[name] || !(o[name] instanceof Array) || o[name.length] ) return "no events set";    
  else return o[name].toSource();    
  }    
  else {    
  return o.toSource();    
  }    
  }    
  }    
}; 
var main = function() {    
  var ev = new EventManager(),    
  u, actions = {};
  var CBX = function(p, label, v, callback) {    
  var cbx = p.add('checkbox', undefined, label);   
  cbx.onClick = function() {  
  ev.dispatchEvent ( (cbx.value? "ADD_ACTION":"REMOVE_ACTION"), {label:label, callback:callback} );  
  }  
  return cbx;    
  };  
  var w = new Window ('dialog','About CBX & EVENTS');    
  var p1 = w.add('panel', u,'MAIN CBX');    
  new CBX ( p1, 'F/C 1', false, cb1CallBack ); 
  //adding main checkbox that once click will dispatch the "DEFINE_TARGET" event
  var mainCbx = w.add('checkbox',undefined, 'Apply to all documents');
  mainCbx.onClick = function() {
  ev.dispatchEvent ( "DEFINE_TARGET", mainCbx.value );
  }
  var btn = w.add('button',u, 'Run' );    
  btn.onClick = function () {    
  w.close(1);    
  }    
  ev.addEventListener ( "ADD_ACTION", function(data) {  
  ev.actions = ev.actions || {};  
  ev.actions[data.label] = data.callback;  
  });  
  
  ev.addEventListener ( "REMOVE_ACTION", function(data) {  
  if ( !ev.actions) return;  
  delete ev.actions[data.label];  
  });  
  ev.target = app.properties.activeDocument;
  //add a listener so any event of type "DEFINE_TARGET" dispatched set ev.target value;
  ev.addEventListener ( "DEFINE_TARGET", function(data) {   
  ev.target = data? app : app.properties.activeDocument;
  });
  if ( w.show() == 1 && ev.actions) {    
  
  //looping through all properties of the ev.actions object  
  //which are functions  
  
  for ( prop in ev.actions ) {    
  ev.actions[prop](ev.target);    
  }    
  }    
} 
function grep(target, findProps, changeProps) {  
  app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;  
  app.findGrepPreferences.properties = findProps;  
  app.changeGrepPreferences.properties = changeProps;  
  target.changeGrep();  
}  
  
  
function cb1CallBack(target) {  
  var findProps = {  
  findWhat:"\\s{2, }",  
  },  
  changeProps = {  
  changeTo:" ",  
  };  
  
  
  grep (target,  findProps, changeProps );  
}  
if ( !app.properties.activeDocument ) {
  alert('you need an open document at least');
}
else {
  main();
}
  
    
 

3 replies

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cbishop01Author
Inspiring
June 21, 2016

Ok one more update.  GOt the FInd/replace to work.  I have to take it out of the function {}.  SO now i just need it to Apply to all documetns once that check box is selected and i'm pretty much done.  Oh and i do like the way this script handels Checkboxes.  it is cleaner and easier to manage.  SO thank you..

Loic.Aigon
Loic.Aigon
Legend
June 21, 2016

Glad it helped.

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    cbishop01Author
    Inspiring
    June 22, 2016

    I cannot find how to make this apply button work for every document when its checked.  I've tried searching here to look for the coding but i'm not seeing it. Also.

    This did break one thing that i need.  It makes all my changes at once.  I only want it to make the changes of the selected Checkbox.  How can i do that with this code?  

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    cbishop01Author
    Inspiring
    June 21, 2016

    If you need to see the full code let me know and i'll paste it. 

    ava74628296
    ava74628296
    Inspiring
    June 18, 2016
    RunCH8.onClick  = function(){
                    if(RunCH8.value == true){ 
                        RunCH1.value = true;
                    }
                    else{
                            RunCH1.value = false;
                    }
    Loic.Aigon
    Loic.Aigon
    Legend
    June 20, 2016

    In this kind of stuff, I would definitively avoid having to tell any of the instances to switch true/false all the time.

    Here is a proposal based on a event programming approach:

    var main = function() {
      var ev = new EventManager(),
      u;
      var cbx = function(p, label, v) {
      var cbx = p.add('checkbox', undefined, label);
      var mainHandler = function(data){
      cbx.value = data.value;
      };
      cbx.onClick = function () {
      alert("Hey I am "+cbx.text );
      }
      //Adding event listeners
      ev.addEventListener ("MAIN_FIRED", mainHandler  );
      return cbx;
      };
      var w = new Window ('dialog','About CBX & EVENTS');
      var p1 = w.add('panel', u,'MAIN CBX');
      var cbxMain = p1.add('checkbox',u,'MAIN');
      cbxMain.onClick = function() {
      ev.dispatchEvent ("MAIN_FIRED", {value:cbxMain.value} );
      };
      var i = 0, n=20;
      while ( i<n ) {
      new cbx ( p1, 'Child '+(i+1), false );
      i++;
      }
      w.show();
    }
    main();

    Using a library of mine:

    //Our Pseudo Event Class
    var EventManager = function()
    {
      //Our internal key object
      var o  = {
      };
      //return the Event Manager API
      return {
      //Add a listener to the class for a specific event
      addEventListener:function(name, handler) {
      //Return if the supplied handler already belongs to the listened event
      if ( this.hasEventListener (name, handler) ) return;
      //Adding the handler for the event
      o[name] = o[name] || [];
      o[name][o[name].length]=handler;
      },
      //Executes every handler attached to the event
      //passing data as argument
      dispatchEvent:function(name, data) {
      var n, i=0; 
      //Return if no handler is set
      if ( !o[name] || !(o[name] instanceof Array) || !o[name].length ) return;
      n = o[name].length;
      //executes every handler
      for ( i = 0; i<n; i++ ) {
      o[name](data);
      }
      },
      //Remove a specific handler for the event
      removeEventListener:function(name, handler) {
      //We will redefine the internal chain of handlers
      //passing the content of the "new" newArray array
      var newArray = [], n;
      //Return if no handler is set
      if ( !this.hasEventListener ( name, handler ) ) return;
      n = o[name].length;
      //Storing handlers into newArray if different from specific handler
      while ( n-- ) {
      if ( (o[name] !== handler) ) {
      newArray [ newArray.length ] = o[name];
      }
      }
      //Redefining handlers array
      o[name] = newArray ;
      },
      //Checking if some event host a specific handler
      hasEventListener:function(name, handler) {
      var n;
      if ( !o[name] || !(o[name] instanceof Array) || !o[name].length ) return false;
      n = o[name].length;
      //If handle is found, return true. Otherwise return false
      while ( n-- ) if ( o[name] === handler ) return true;
      return false;
      },
      //Some utility to get access to the handler array for some specific event or all the eventManager class
      expose:function(name){
      if ( name ) {
      if ( !o[name] || !(o[name] instanceof Array) || o[name.length] ) return "no events set";
      else return o[name].toSource();
      }
      else {
      return o.toSource();
      }
      }
      }
    };

    which produces the expected result:

    And yet allow some differenciation at the child level

    Loic

    Ozalto | Productivity Oriented - Loïc Aigon

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      cbishop01Author
      Inspiring
      June 20, 2016

      Thank you. Just for my knowledge. What would the draw back to using the True False statement? 

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