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Programmatic copy vs. manual copy

Community Expert ,
Feb 15, 2018 Feb 15, 2018

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What is the hidden secret here?

  1. The script is copied from a desktop-subdirectory into FrameMaker Startup by mans of an installation program.
  2. The script is manually copied (using File explorer) from the desktop-subdirectory into FrameMaker Startup.

Starting FM after case 1 executes the script twice !

Starting FM after case 2 executes (as expected) the script once.

I have cut down my script to something manageable and did the tests with this stub.

// FMdict_test.jsx ------ UTF-8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
#target framemaker
ShowDictInfo ()                                   // At start of FM inform about the User dictionary
SetUpMenus()    // inactivate for debugging       // Establish menu item to get the information also later.

function SetUpMenus() { // =========================================================================
// This function MUST NOT be named DefineMenu - because this is a reserved function!
  var sDictMenu  = "Dictionary information";
  var sShortLbl  = "ESC q d i";
  var sShortCut  = "\\!qdi";

  var menuLocation = app.GetNamedMenu("FileMenu");
  var cmdDoc       = menuLocation.DefineAndAddCommand(1, "FMdict_DocInfo", sDictMenu, sShortCut);
  cmdDoc.KeyboardShortcutLabel = localize(sShortLbl); 
  UpdateMenus();                                  // refresh and actually make the new menu appear
 
} // ---  end SetUpMenus

function Command(cmd){
  switch(cmd) {
    case 1:
     ShowDictInfo();
     break;
  }
} // --- end Command

function ShowDictInfo () { // === Alert the dictionary information ================================
var appdata    = app.UserSettingsDir;             // %appdata%\Adobe\FrameMaker\<version>
var FMdictDir  = appdata.replace (/Adobe.*/ , "D+DD\\FMdict");
var iniFile    = FMdictDir + "\\scripts\\FMdict.ini";
var title      = "FMdict — Dictionary information";
var currentPrj = "current Project"                // GetIniValue (iniFile, "currentPrj");
var currentDir = "current Directory"              // GetIniValue (iniFile, "currentDir");
var text       = "The User dictionary was loaded from \nFMdict project:\t" + currentPrj + "\nLocated in:  \t" + currentDir;

  if (currentPrj !== "NONE") {                    // must fit with FMdict
    alert (text, title, false);
  }
}

the installation routine is a compiled AHK (AutoHotKey) script which uses this statement:

  FileCopy, %installDir%\scripts\*.jsxbin, %FMtarget%, 1

This expands to

  FileCopy, C:\Users\Klaus\Desktop\InstallThis\scripts\*.jsxbin, C:\Users\Klaus\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\14\Startup, 1

Parameter 1 allows to overwrite an existing file.

After deleting the target file I repeated the experiment with the command prompt:

Copy C:\Users\Klaus>copy C:\Users\Klaus\Desktop\InstallThis\scripts\*.jsxbin C:\Users\Klaus\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\14\Startup

This copied script also hits twice!

Find the jsxbin here - it shoud be the same if you 'Export as Binary' the above script.

A very bewitched situation...

Klaus

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Feb 16, 2018 Feb 16, 2018

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Testing today 2018-02-16 10:12

Scripts are in Desktop\InstallThis\scripts
FMdict.jsx          as presented in first post
FMdict.jsxbin      FMdict.jsx Exported as jsxbin

Test.bat is on the Desktop (edited between the tests)

REM Copy C:\Users\Klaus\Desktop\InstallThis\scripts\*.jsx C:\Users\Klaus\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\14\Startup
Copy C:\Users\Klaus\Desktop\InstallThis\scripts\*.jsxbin C:\Users\Klaus\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\14\Startup

Delete script in Startup before copy to avoid prompt for override

Copying via test.bat
1) FMdict.jsx      => alert once
2) FMdict.jsxbin    => alert twice

Manual (drag and drop) copy
1) FMdict.jsx      => alert once
2) FMdict.jsxbin    => alert once

I repeated this after a Windows restart - fully reproducible.

FrameMaker 14.0.2.425 UKenglish

I repeated this after a Windows restart:

System: Win 7 x64 SP1 International English
Hardware:
  ThinkPad T440p (purchase 2015-10), 2.5 GHz, 8GB RAM, 500GB SSD.
  At docking station:
    Dual monitor (Dell 2405FPW on DVI-D 1920×1200, Dell U2412M on analog 1920×1200).
    USB 3 hub: HD 2.0 TB, scanner, speakers, Wacom tablet, BlueTooth station for KB and mouse.
  Printers connected via network.
Locale settings:
  Location:       UK (to outbluff websites)
  Input Language: German (CH)
  Keyboard:       CH-de
  Time Zone:      CET/CETS (Amsterdam, Berlin)

As an "immediate fix" I will use the jsx version for this script (others are built of various includes which makes a jsxbin more convenient).

=> Any ideas about this phenomenon are welcome.

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