Script to move description metadata information into title field

[pwfasprod]

I have tried for 2 days (off and on) to try to get Bridge CS6 to copy the information from the Description field to the Title field in the metadata. I can get it into the menu, but nothing happens when I modify other scripts. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

If you want a good laugh, I can post my previous attempts.

[Paul Riggott · Accepted solution]

This is one way to copy the information ...

#target bridge   
 if( BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge" ) {  
descToTitle = MenuElement.create("command", "Description to Title", "at the end of Tools");
}
descToTitle.onSelect = function () { 
 if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript == undefined) ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject("lib:AdobeXMPScript");
 var thumb = app.document.selections;
    for(var s in thumb){
 if(thumb.hasMetadata){
        var selectedFile = thumb.spec;
  var myXmpFile = new XMPFile( selectedFile.fsName, XMPConst.UNKNOWN, XMPConst.OPEN_FOR_UPDATE);
  var myXmp = myXmpFile.getXMP();
         var Description =  getArrayItems(XMPConst.NS_DC, "description"); 
        myXmp.deleteProperty(XMPConst.NS_DC, "title");
        myXmp.appendArrayItem(XMPConst.NS_DC, "title", Description, 0, XMPConst.ALIAS_TO_ALT_TEXT);
        myXmp.setQualifier(XMPConst.NS_DC, "title[1]", "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace", "lang", "x-default");
    }
function getArrayItems(ns, prop){
var arrItem=[];
try{
var items = myXmp.countArrayItems(ns, prop);
 for(var i = 1;i <= items;i++){
 arrItem.push(myXmp.getArrayItem(ns, prop, i));
     }
return arrItem;
}catch(e){alert(e +" Line: "+ e.line);}
}
        if (myXmpFile.canPutXMP(myXmp)) { 
        myXmpFile.putXMP(myXmp);
        myXmpFile.closeFile(XMPConst.CLOSE_UPDATE_SAFELY); 
         } else {
  xmpFile.closeFile();
        }
    }
}
    

[pwfasprod]

100% What I needed! It worked flawlessly- thank you very much. Now, it will be interesting to compare yours with what I did to see where, exactly, I went wrong.

[ScriptingRules]

Paul Riggott

I came across this solution and thought it might fit my needs.

This is the first time I have seen Bridge scripting as I usually stay in the Illustrator scripting arena.

Would it be possible to get this code to move a text item in the Sublocation field to the GPS field?

I currently have several thousand photos with GPS information in the Sublocation field that I would like to move to the GPS fields.

Sublocation:  48.286848, -122.986450

GPS

     Latitude:  48,17.21N

     Longitude:  122,59.187W

The conversion is easy enough given the Sublocation can be broken into the two components, assigned to variables operated on and them moved to the GPS fields.

I can do the math, but am unfamiliar with the code to get the data and put it where I want.

Thanks for any help you can give me...

[belindat]

Can you tell me what the process is to save this as a .jsx? I understand which folder it goes into, and I have the code copy/pasted into Script Editor, but that utility doesn't like the copied code and I'm unable to save.

[Lumigraphics]

Can you post more information? What operating system? Script Editor on the Mac is for AppleScript, not Adobe Extendscript.