How can add a progress bar into script?

[HarveyLiu]

Hi,

I got a script for gen pdf

I want put a progress bar, and make it working

but I don't know where I can put the progress bar

and how

//=====================================================================

var doc = app.documents; 

app.findTextPreferences = null; 

app.findTextPreferences.underline = true; 

for(var i=0;i<doc.length;i++) 

{ 

        var found = doc.findText(); 

        var _pages = []; 

        for(var j=0;j<found.length;j++) 

        { 

                var txfms = found.texts[0].parentTextFrames; 

                for(var k=0;k<txfms.length;k++) 

                { 

                        _pages.push(txfms.parentPage.name); 

                    } 

            } 

        for(var j=0;j<_pages.length;j++) 

        { 

                if(_pages === _pages[j-1]) 

                { 

                        _pages.splice(j,1); 

                    } 

            } 

        if(_pages.length != 0) 

        { 

                app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = _pages.toString(); 

                doc.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, new File(doc.fullName.toString().replace(/\.indd$/i,".pdf")), false); 

            } 

        _pages = []; 

    } 

//=================================================================== Can I put progress bar in here?

           var counter = new Window("palette");

           counter.prompt = counter.add("statictext",[0,0,80,20]);

           counter.show();

           var cells = app.activeDocument.allCellStyles;

           for(var i = cells.length-1; i > 0; i--){

           counter.prompt.text = String(i);

           cells.verticalJustification = VerticalJustification.bottomAlign;

           }

           counter.close();

//===================================================================

app.findTextPreferences = null;

alert("Done.");

thanks

Harvey

[Peter Kahrel]

Progress bars are described here: http://www.kahrel.plus.com/indesign/scriptui.html

Peter

[hasvi]

Hi harvey,

you can add this code in "front or back" part of your script, try this

main();

function main(){

      var progress_win = new Window ("palette");

var progress = progress_bar(progress_win, 2, 'Processing ... Completed');

    delay(1);

      progress.value = progress.value+1;

    delay(1);

    progress.parent.close();

    }

// delay function found here

//found here http://www.wer-weiss-was.de/theme157/article1143593.html

  function delay(prmSec){

  prmSec *= 1000;

  var eDate = null;

  var eMsec = 0;

  var sDate = new Date();

  var sMsec = sDate.getTime();

  do {

  eDate = new Date();

  eMsec = eDate.getTime();

  } while ((eMsec-sMsec)<prmSec);

  }

/**

* Taken from ScriptUI by Peter Kahrel

*

* @param  {Palette} w    the palette the progress is shown on

* @param  {[type]} stop [description]

* @return {[type]}      [description]

*/

function progress_bar (w, stop, labeltext) {

var txt = w.add('statictext',undefined,labeltext);

var pbar = w.add ("progressbar", undefined, 1, stop);

pbar.preferredSize = [300,20];

w.show ();

return pbar;

}

by

hasvi

[Chinnadk]

Hi Harvey,

Try this,

var doc = app.documents;
app.findTextPreferences = null;
app.findTextPreferences.underline = true;

for(var i=0;i<doc.length;i++)
{
        var found = doc.findText();
        var _pages = [];
        for(var j=0;j<found.length;j++)
        {
                var txfms = found.texts[0].parentTextFrames;
                for(var k=0;k<txfms.length;k++)
                {
                        _pages.push(txfms.parentPage.name);
                    }
            }
        for(var j=0;j<_pages.length;j++)
        {
                if(_pages === _pages[j-1])
                {
                        _pages.splice(j,1);
                    }
            }
        if(_pages.length != 0)
        {
                app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = _pages.toString();
                doc.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, new File(doc.fullName.toString().replace(/\.indd$/i,".pdf")), false);
            }
        _pages = [];
    }


    var counter = new Window("palette");
    counter.prompt = counter.add("statictext",[0,0,80,20]);
    counter.show();
    var cells = app.activeDocument.allCellStyles;

    var w = new Window('palette'); 
    w.pbar = w.add('progressbar', undefined, 0, cells.length); 
    w.pbar.preferredSize.width = 300; 
    w.show();
    w.pbar.value = 0;

    for(var i = cells.length-1; i > 0; i--)
    {
        w.pbar.value += 1;
        counter.prompt.text = String(i);
        cells.verticalJustification = VerticalJustification.bottomAlign;
    }
    counter.close();


app.findTextPreferences = null;

alert("Done.");

Regards,

Chinna

[HarveyLiu]

Hi, Chinna

thank you for your help

but the progress bar not really work

may be the progress bar need to put at beginning

Harvey