Why does closing a window in Indesign doesn't work?

Question

I have a question concerning Indesign script.

Why does it work, when you close a window like:

submitButton.onClick = function(){ close(); }

But when I try to execute a function afterwards like:

submitButton.onClick = function(){ close(); tagElements(); }

(note I am using the "with" tag, so no window.close() is needed)

The window does not close? Am I forgetting about something here? Shouldn't the window close, and then execute the function?

The window is initialized like:

var de = new Window('dialog', 'Descriptions');

Harbs. · Accepted Answer

Yep this is a difference between the way CS and CC handle dialog modules.

CS does what you want and CC does not.

This is not the only example you can find of this

You can the function as an object to pass data i.e. instead of var de = .... you could use newwindow.de = .... this can sometimes have advantages over globals, for example keeping track of the variables origin and the ability to delete it.

You could of course use palettes or windows instead of dialogs with those you do not have this problem.

Maybe someone else has some better ideas.

Here's the pattern I use:

  var ds = new Window('dialog');
   buttonnew = ds.add('button', undefined, 'submit');
   buttonnew.onClick = function(){
       ds.close(1);
   }
if(ds.show()){
  newwindow();
}

   function newwindow(){
   var de = new Window('dialog');
   buttonnew2 = de.add('button', undefined, 'submit');
   buttonnew2.onClick = function(){
       de.close(1);
   }
   if(de.show()){
     dosth();
}
}

function dosth(){
       alert('test');
   }

Trevor: · Answer

Stamm wrote:(note I am using the "with" tag, so no window.close() is needed)The window is initialized like:var de = new Window('dialog', 'Descriptions');O.k. but did you see if it does work when you use de.close() ?

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