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rudytj
rudytj
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May 15, 2024
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preflight snippet help

  • May 15, 2024
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i need a bit of help with this snippet...
i wrote this as part of a preflight script to check for RGB and spot colors
on some (NOT ALL) files that had offending colors, it still flags as having an incorrect swatch even after i have corrected the issue... but gives no name in the alert. could someone look it over to see where i am missing something?
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var rgbSwatchExists = false;
var spotColorsPresent = false;
var offendingColors = []; // Array to store names of offending colors
var allSwatches = myDoc.colors.everyItem().getElements();
for (var i = 0; i < allSwatches.length; i++) {
if (allSwatches[i].space === ColorSpace.RGB) {
rgbSwatchExists = true;
offendingColors.push(allSwatches[i].name); // Store name of RGB color
}
}
for (var j = 0; j < myDoc.colors.length; j++) {
var color = myDoc.colors[j];
if (color.model == ColorModel.SPOT) {
spotColorsPresent = true;
offendingColors.push(color.name); // Store name of spot color
}
}
if (rgbSwatchExists || spotColorsPresent) {
var message = "RGB or spot colors swatches are present:\n";
for (var k = 0; k < offendingColors.length; k++) {
message += "+ " + offendingColors[k] + "\n";
}
var userResponse = confirm(message + "\nDo you want to continue?");
if (!userResponse) {
exit();
}
}
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    Correct answer rob day

    but gives no name in the alert

     

    Hi @rudytj, You are getting a collection of colors, which would return unnamed colors— swatches always have a name, but there still could be unnamed RGB colors used. You can see this gets unnamed colors:

     

    var myDoc = app.activeDocument
var allSwatches = myDoc.colors.everyItem().getElements();
var s = ""
for (var i = 0; i < allSwatches.length; i++){
    s += "Name: " + allSwatches[i].name + "\n"
};  

alert(s)

     

     

    While this returns only named swatches:

     

    var myDoc = app.activeDocument
var allSwatches = myDoc.swatches.everyItem().getElements();
var s = ""
for (var i = 0; i < allSwatches.length; i++){
    s += "Name: " + allSwatches[i].name + "\n"
};  

alert(s)

     

    3 replies

    rob day
    Community Expert
    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 16, 2024

    Also, getting the RGB and Spot swatches doesn’t mean they are used in the document.

     

    You can script InDesign’s built-in preflight, for example this would get the pages where RGB or Spot Colors are used:

     

     

     


    var doc = app.activeDocument;

//add a preflight profile 
try {
    var tp = app.preflightProfiles.add({name:"Check RGB"});
}catch(e) {
    var tp = app.preflightProfiles.itemByName("Check RGB")
}

//add a rule
try {
    var rr = tp.preflightProfileRules.add("ADBE_Colorspace");
}catch(e) {
    var rr = tp.preflightProfileRules.itemByName("ADBE_Colorspace")
}  

rr.flag = PreflightRuleFlag.returnAsError; 
rr.ruleDataObjects.itemByName("no_rgb").properties = {dataType:RuleDataType.BOOLEAN_DATA_TYPE, dataValue:true};
rr.ruleDataObjects.itemByName("no_spot").properties = {dataType:RuleDataType.BOOLEAN_DATA_TYPE, dataValue:true};

//turn on and get preflight results
var pf = app.preflightProcesses.add(doc, tp);
pf.waitForProcess();
var pr = pf.processResults;

var message = "There are RGB or Spot Colors on the following pages:\n"
if (pr != "None"){
    var er = pf.aggregatedResults[2];
    for (var i = 2; i < er.length; i++){
        message += er[i][2] + "\n"
    };   
}

//remove the profile
tp.remove();
doc.preflightOptions.preflightOff = true


var userResponse = confirm("Do you want to continue?\n" + message);
if (!userResponse) {
    exit();
}

     

     

      Robert at ID-Tasker
      Robert at ID-Tasker
      Legend
      May 15, 2024

      @rudytj

       

      To add to @rob day's post - there is "Add unnamed colors" option:

       

      https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/indesign/using/swatches.html#:~:text=Select%20Add%20Unnamed%20Colors%20option,%2C%20HSB%2C%20or%20Lab%20components.

       

      rob day
      Community Expert
      rob dayCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      May 15, 2024

      but gives no name in the alert

       

      Hi @rudytj, You are getting a collection of colors, which would return unnamed colors— swatches always have a name, but there still could be unnamed RGB colors used. You can see this gets unnamed colors:

       

      var myDoc = app.activeDocument
var allSwatches = myDoc.colors.everyItem().getElements();
var s = ""
for (var i = 0; i < allSwatches.length; i++){
    s += "Name: " + allSwatches[i].name + "\n"
};  

alert(s)

       

       

      While this returns only named swatches:

       

      var myDoc = app.activeDocument
var allSwatches = myDoc.swatches.everyItem().getElements();
var s = ""
for (var i = 0; i < allSwatches.length; i++){
    s += "Name: " + allSwatches[i].name + "\n"
};  

alert(s)

       

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