Paul,<br /><br />I think perhaps one of the problems with our original approach, using XMPScript, is that the Dublin Core "title" property is a LangAlt type, and not a simple array, so...<br /><br />xmp.appendArrayItem(XMPConst.NS_DC, "title", title, 0,XMPConst.ARRAY_IS_ORDERED); <br /><br />Is not setting the metadata correctly. I see that in the versions of the scripts where you are creating XMP XML, you are using the LangAlt type, for example...<br /><br />filTmpl.writeln("<rdf:li xml:lang=\"x-default\">"+Title+"</rdf:li>"); <br /><br />Instead you should use the setLocalizedText() function. Here is an example that uses the setLocalizedText function...<br /><br />#target bridge<br /><br />// Load XMPScript if it's not already<br />if( ! ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript ) {<br /> ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject("lib:AdobeXMPScript");<br />}<br /><br />var x = new XMPMeta();<br /><br />$.writeln( $.locale );<br /><br />try {<br /> x.appendArrayItem( XMPConst.NS_DC, "creator", "John Doe", 0, XMPConst.ARRAY_IS_ORDERED );<br /> x.setLocalizedText( XMPConst.NS_DC, "title", null, "en-US", "Hello World" );<br /><br />} catch( e ) {<br /> $.writeln("ERROR: " + e );<br />}<br /><br />$.writeln( x.dumpObject() );<br /><br />This will produce the following output in the JavaScript console in ESTK:<br /><br />Dumping XMPMeta object "" (0x0)<br /><br /> dc: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ (0x80000000 : schema)<br /> dc:creator (0x600 : isOrdered isArray)<br /> [1] = "John Doe"<br /> dc:title (0x1E00 : isLangAlt isAlt isOrdered isArray)<br /> [1] = "Hello World" (0x50 : hasLang hasQual)<br /> ? xml:lang = "x-default" (0x20 : isQual)<br /> [2] = "Hello World" (0x50 : hasLang hasQual)<br /> ? xml:lang = "en-US" (0x20 : isQual)<br /><br />Adobe apps (at least up to CS4, which is the latest as I write) select and set only the "x-default" member of LangAlt arrays, however the setLocalizedText function seems picky and requires that you specify an actual language string -- and you should use a valid RFC 3066 string, like "en-US" (or one local to you). Whatever string you use, the x-default one will be set. <br /><br />Here is another example, that extends the above, using XMPFiles to write the XMP into a JPEG file. I also added an example setting one of the IPTC Core Creator Contact Info fields, since this uses another helper function from XMPScript, setStructField.<br /><br />#target bridge<br /><br />// Load XMPScript if it's not already<br />if( ! ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript ) {<br /> ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject("lib:AdobeXMPScript");<br />}<br /><br />// Make a JPEG for test purposes<br />var curFolder = new File( $.fileName ).parent;<br />var jpeg = new File( curFolder.fsName + "/TestMe.jpg" );<br /><br />var bitmap = new BitmapData( 300, 200 );<br /><br />app.syncronousMode = true;<br />bitmap.exportTo( jpeg );<br />app.syncronousMode = false;<br /><br />var x = new XMPMeta();<br /><br />try {<br /> <br /> x.appendArrayItem( XMPConst.NS_DC, "creator", "John Doe", 0, XMPConst.ARRAY_IS_ORDERED );<br /> x.setLocalizedText( XMPConst.NS_DC, "title", null, "en-US", "Hello World" );<br /> <br /> // Set one of the IPTC Core reator properties<br /> x.setStructField( XMPConst.NS_IPTC_CORE, "CreatorContactInfo", XMPConst.NS_IPTC_CORE, "CiAdrCtry", "United States of America" );<br /><br /> $.writeln( x.dumpObject() );<br /><br /> // Opent he file with XMPFiles<br /> var xmpFile = new XMPFile( jpeg.fsName, XMPConst.FILE_UNKNOWN, XMPConst.OPEN_FOR_UPDATE | XMPConst.OPEN_USE_SMART_HANDLER );<br /><br /> if( xmpFile.canPutXMP( x ) )<br /> {<br /> xmpFile.putXMP(x);<br /> }<br /><br /> xmpFile.closeFile(XMPConst.CLOSE_UPDATE_SAFELY);<br /><br />} catch( e ) {<br /> $.writeln("ERROR SETTING METADATA: " + e );<br />}<br /><br />-David<br /><br />-David
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