Community Beginner
,
I have a script set up to export images/links and groups as jpegs with specified settings. It looks for the images/links and groups on a specified layer (ProdLayer) and exports them to a local path designated through a panel:
I am trying to have the script run through a series of pages and export the images (links) and groups from each page to a designated folder locally. The script works fine to export everything, however, each iteration through the loop exports all images and groups from all pages into each folder.
How can I force the export to only push the images on the page designated in the loop?
(also, any suggestions to clean up the redundant code woudl be swell 😉 )
function extract() {
var i,
myDoc = app.activeDocument,
myLayer = myDoc.layers.itemByName( "ProdLayer" ),
myGroups = myDoc.layers.itemByName( "ProdLayer" ).groups,
apis = myDoc.links.everyItem().getElements(), rect, fileName;
alert("Script is running. Press OK and wait until done...");
var myFilePath = outfolder.text;
if (myFilePath !== ""){
} else {
alert ("Error!\nNo Output folder was selected. Please select a Folder and try again")
return;
}
var myFolder = (String(myFilePath)); // Create a new file path
while ( rect = apis.pop() ) {
rect = rect.parent.parent;
if( rect.itemLayer != myLayer ){ continue }
if ( !(rect.hasOwnProperty ("graphics") ) ){ continue }
fileName = File ( rect.graphics[0].itemLink.filePath ).name;
fileName = fileName.replace( /\.[a-z]{2,4}$/i, '.jpg' );
if (settingGroup.selection == 0){
app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegQuality =JPEGOptionsQuality.LOW;
}
if (settingGroup.selection == 1){
app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegQuality = JPEGOptionsQuality.MEDIUM;
}
if (settingGroup.selection == 2){
app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegQuality = JPEGOptionsQuality.HIGH;
}
if (settingGroup.selection == 4){
app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegQuality = JPEGOptionsQuality.MAXIMUM;
}
if (settingGroup2.selection == 0){
app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegRenderingStyle = JPEGOptionsFormat.BASELINE_ENCODING;
}
if (settingGroup2.selection == 1){
app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegRenderingStyle = JPEGOptionsFormat.PROGRESSIVE_ENCODING;
}
if (settingGroup3.selection == 0){
app.jpegExportPreferences.exportResolution = 72;
}
if (settingGroup3.selection == 1){
app.jpegExportPreferences.exportResolution = 150;
}
if (settingGroup3.selection == 2){
app.jpegExportPreferences.exportResolution = 300;
}
if (settingGroup3.selection == 3){
app.jpegExportPreferences.exportResolution = 600;
}
for(var myCount= 0; myCount< myPages.length; myCount++) {
if (myPages.item(myCount).appliedSection.name != "") {
myPages.item(myCount).appliedSection.name = "";
}
var myPageName = myPages.item(myCount).name;
if (myPageName == 1){
// if (rect.itemPage != myPageName){ continue }
newPageName = "RTW";
var fol1 = Folder(String(myFolder ) + "/RTW/");
if (!fol1.exists) {
fol1.create();
}
var myFile1 = new File (String(myFolder) + "/RTW/" + fileName);
rect.exportFile(ExportFormat.JPG, myFile1);
}
if (myPageName == 2){
// if (rect.itemPage != myPageName){ continue }
newPageName = "HOME";
var fol1 = Folder(String(myFolder ) + "/Home/");
if (!fol1.exists) {
fol1.create();
}
var myFile2 = new File (String(myFolder) + "/Home/" + fileName);
rect.exportFile(ExportFormat.JPG, myFile2);
}
if (myPageName == 3){
// if (rect.itemPage != myPageName){ continue }
newPageName = "KIDS";
var fol1 = Folder(String(myFolder ) + "/Kids/");
if (!fol1.exists) {
fol1.create();
}
var myFile3 = new File (String(myFolder) + "/Kids/" + fileName);
rect.exportFile(ExportFormat.JPG, myFile3);
}
if (myPageName == 4){
// if (rect.itemPage != myPageName){ continue }
newPageName = "MOBILE";
var fol1 = Folder(String(myFolder ) + "/Mobile/");
if (!fol1.exists) {
fol1.create();
}
var myFile4 = new File (String(myFolder) + "/Mobile/" + fileName);
rect.exportFile(ExportFormat.JPG, myFile4);
// alert ("Exporting Groups...");
for ( i = 0; i < myGroups.length; i++ ) {
// var fol2 = Folder(String(myFolder ) + "/groups/");
// if (!fol2.exists) {
// fol2.create();
// }
var grpFile = new File( String(myFolder) + "/Mobile/" + i + '.jpg' );
myGroups[i].exportFile( ExportFormat.JPG, grpFile, false );
}
}
//var myFile = new File (String(myFolder) + newPageName + fileName);
//rect.exportFile(ExportFormat.JPG, myFile);
}
}
alert ("Done.");
w.close();
}
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Import and export
,
Scripting
1 Correct answer
Advocate
,
Feb 19, 2020
Add this code for your script UI for better understanding :
if(app.documents.length > 0){
// DIALOG
// ======
var dialog = new Window("dialog");
dialog.text = "Export AS PNG";
dialog.preferredSize.width = 300;
dialog.preferredSize.height = 300;
dialog.orientation = "column";
dialog.alignChildren = ["center","top"];
dialog.spacing = 10;
dialog.margins = 16;
// GROUP1
// ======
var group1 = dialog.add("group"
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Phlume
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Community Beginner
,
So, i'm still missing something I think. I worked with this a few times (Thank you @Sunil_Yadav1 for the UI assist) but the loop just isn't getting to the export of the different links/images from each page. With this code, nothing is exported.
As I am still novice to the syntax and all of the methods/declarations in ExtendScript, is there something I am missing with the while loop and the rect = api.pop()? I don't fully understand how rect works within the code.
Also of note, I'm having trouple pulling in the selection for the "layers" from the new interface element into the script itself. Currently I have it hard coded ("ProdLayer") but I'd like to pull it out of the layer dropdown array. Here is the code I have on that dropdown:
var layer_array = [];
for(var p = 0; p < app.documents[0].layers.length; p++){
layer_array.push(app.documents[0].layers[p].name);
}
var layerSelect = group2.add("dropdownlist", undefined, undefined, {name: "dropdown1", items: layer_array});
layerSelect.selection = 0;
layerSelect.preferredSize.width = 150;
As for the rest of the code, and the troubles wiht the looping and exporting only the links/images and groups form the specific pages to their specific folder, here is what I am working with for tthat function:
// ExportButton ------------------------------------------------------
var buttonExtract = w.add("button", undefined, "Export Images & Groups");
buttonExtract.addEventListener("click", function () {
extract();
});
buttonExtract.alignment = 'right';
// EXPORT THE IMAGES ------------------------------------------------------
function extract() {
var i,
myDoc = app.activeDocument,
myLayer = myDoc.layers.itemByName( "ProdLayer" ),
myGroups = myDoc.layers.itemByName( "ProdLayer" ).groups,
apis = myDoc.links.everyItem().getElements(), rect, fileName;
alert("Script is running. Press OK and wait until done...");
var myFilePath = outfolder.text;
if (myFilePath !== ""){
} else {
alert ("Error!\nNo Output folder was selected. Please select a Folder and try again")
return;
}
var myFolder = (String(myFilePath)); // Create a new file path
while ( rect = apis.pop() ) {
rect = rect.parent.parent;
if( rect.itemLayer != myLayer ){ continue }
if ( !(rect.hasOwnProperty ("graphics") ) ){ continue }
fileName = File ( rect.graphics[0].itemLink.filePath ).name;
fileName = fileName.replace( /\.[a-z]{2,4}$/i, '.jpg' );
if (settingGroup1.selection == 0){
app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegQuality =JPEGOptionsQuality.LOW;
}
if (settingGroup1.selection == 1){
app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegQuality = JPEGOptionsQuality.MEDIUM;
}
if (settingGroup1.selection == 2){
app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegQuality = JPEGOptionsQuality.HIGH;
}
if (settingGroup1.selection == 4){
app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegQuality = JPEGOptionsQuality.MAXIMUM;
}
if (settingGroup2.selection == 0){
app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegRenderingStyle = JPEGOptionsFormat.BASELINE_ENCODING;
}
if (settingGroup2.selection == 1){
app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegRenderingStyle = JPEGOptionsFormat.PROGRESSIVE_ENCODING;
}
if (settingGroup3.selection == 0){
app.jpegExportPreferences.exportResolution = 72;
}
if (settingGroup3.selection == 1){
app.jpegExportPreferences.exportResolution = 150;
}
if (settingGroup3.selection == 2){
app.jpegExportPreferences.exportResolution = 300;
}
if (settingGroup3.selection == 3){
app.jpegExportPreferences.exportResolution = 600;
}
//Loop through pages, then groups, then verify layers, then export to specific folders
for (var i = 0; i < myPages.length; i++) {
var gs = myPages[i].groups;
for (var j = 0; j < gs.length; j++) {
if (gs[j].itemLayer == "ProdLayer") {
//export
if (i == 0){
newPageName = "RTW2";
var fol1 = Folder(String(myFolder ) + "/RTW2/");
if (!fol1.exists) {
fol1.create();
}
var myFile1 = new File (String(myFolder) + "/RTW2/" + fileName);
rect.exportFile(ExportFormat.JPG, myFile1);
}
if (i == 1){
newPageName = "Home2";
var fol1 = Folder(String(myFolder ) + "/Home2/");
if (!fol1.exists) {
fol1.create();
}
var myFile2 = new File (String(myFolder) + "/Home2/" + fileName);
rect.exportFile(ExportFormat.JPG, myFile2);
}
if (i == 2){
newPageName = "KIDS";
var fol1 = Folder(String(myFolder ) + "/Kids2/");
if (!fol1.exists) {
fol1.create();
}
var myFile3 = new File (String(myFolder) + "/Kids2/" + fileName);
rect.exportFile(ExportFormat.JPG, myFile3);
}
if (i == 3){
newPageName = "MOBILE";
var fol1 = Folder(String(myFolder ) + "/Mobile2/");
if (!fol1.exists) {
fol1.create();
}
var myFile4 = new File (String(myFolder) + "/Mobile2/" + fileName);
rect.exportFile(ExportFormat.JPG, myFile4);
}
}
}
}
for ( i = 0; i < myGroups.length; i++ ) {
var fol2 = Folder(String(myFolder ) + "/groups/");
if (!fol2.exists) {
fol2.create();
}
var grpFile = new File( String(myFolder) + "/groups/" + i + '.jpg' );
myGroups[i].exportFile( ExportFormat.JPG, grpFile, false );
}
}
//var myFile = new File (String(myFolder) + newPageName + fileName);
//rect.exportFile(ExportFormat.JPG, myFile);
alert ("Done.");
w.close();
}
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