Cancel Printing in InDesign Dialog box "Print"

[FRIdNGE]

Hi All,

No idea about this:

My Script step:

app.activeDocument.print(true);

Is there a way to get an alert (in my Script) if I cancel (or not) the printing in the InDesign Dialog Box "Print", like:

if the printing is canceled (after clicking on the "Cancel" button) alert("Printing canceled!")

esle alert("Printing done!")

Thanks in advance for any idea!

Best,

(^/)  The Jedi

[brianp311]

Perhaps by attaching an AFTER_PRINT event to the doc? 

[Mike Bro]

@FRIdNGE,

Take a look here...

https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/index.html#Event.html#d1e34342

Regards,

Mike

[rob day · Accepted solution]

Hi @FRIdNGE , In order to check whether the Print dialog was cancelled, you might need a combination of print events and an idle task. I don’t think an afterPrint event will let you know if the dialog was cancelled. Not sure if there is an easier way to do it, but this works for me:

#targetengine "checkprint"

app.eventListeners.add("beforePrint", checkModal);
var iTask;

/**
* Before the print dialog add an afterPrint event and an idleTask
* to check for the dialog cancel 
* @ param e beforePrint event 
*/
function checkModal(e){
    if (!e.propagationStopped) {
        app.removeEventListener("beforePrint", checkModal);
        app.eventListeners.add("afterPrint", checkPrint);
        iTask = makeIdleTask("NoPrint", 10)
        iTask.addEventListener(IdleEvent.ON_IDLE, checkDialog);
    } 
}

/**
* Check if the printing happened, if it has remove listeners
* @ param e afterPrint event 
*/
function checkPrint(e){
    if (!e.propagationStopped) {
        alert("Printing")
        app.removeEventListener("afterPrint", checkPrint);
        app.idleTasks.itemByName("NoPrint").remove();
        //iTask = null;
    }
}

/**
* Check if the print dialog was cancelled—the modal state is false
* @ param e idle event 
*/
function checkDialog(e){
    if (!app.modalState) {
        alert("Cancelled")
        app.removeEventListener("afterPrint", checkPrint);
        app.idleTasks.itemByName("NoPrint").remove();
        //iTask = null;
    }
}

/**
* Makes a new named idleTask 
* @ param the task name 
* @ param the sleep time 
* @ return the named idleTask
*/
function makeIdleTask(n, s){
    var it;
    try {
        app.idleTasks.add({name:n, sleep:s})
    }catch(e) {
        it = app.idleTasks.item (n);
    } 
    return app.idleTasks.item (n);
}

[FRIdNGE]

Hi All,

Rob, your Script works fine with some adjustments.

Thanks a lot!

Best,

(^/)