How include external file in a script?

[manuelb27477138]

Hi,

Please, do you know how can I include an external file in a multiples scripts?

I would like to place all my words translations from English to Spanish in one file, and each time I need some word simple get the word from the main file called translation.jsx

EXAMPLE STRUCTURE:

translation.jsx

MyScript1.jsx

MyScript2.jsx

MyScript3.jsx

EXAMPLE FILE translation.jsx

$english1="hello"; $spanish1="hola";  
$english2="bye"; $spanish2="adios";  
$english3="car"; $spanish3="carro";  
etc......  

EXAMPLE FILE MyScript1.jsx, MyScript2.jsx, MyScript3.jsx

(function () {    
    var doc = app.activeDocument,    
        indexIdx = doc.indexes.length - 1;   
    function removeNewEntriesFromIndex(index) {    
        var idx = index.topics.length - 1;      
        for (; idx >= 0; idx -= 1) {    
            $.writeln(idx);  
            index.topics[idx].name = index.topics[idx].name.replace(/ *^$english1$/, '$spanish1');  
            index.topics[idx].name = index.topics[idx].name.replace(/ *^$english2$/, '$spanish2');  
        }    
    }    
    for (; indexIdx >= 0; indexIdx -= 1) {    
        removeNewEntriesFromIndex(doc.indexes[indexIdx]);    
    }    
}());  

Thanks so much in advance!

[Peter Kahrel]

Use the #include compiler directive (JavaScript isn't compiled, but that's what it's called in other languages). Like this:

#include MyScript1.jsx;

#include MyScript2.jsx;

#include MyScript3.jsx;

P.

[manuelb27477138]

Hi Peter!

I two things , but is not working

translate.jsx

#include MyScript1.jsx;
#include MyScript2.jsx;
#include MyScript3.jsx;
$english1="hello"; $spanish1="hola";   
$english2="bye"; $spanish2="adios";   
$english3="car"; $spanish3="carro";

and also:

MyScript1.jsx;

#include translate.jsx
(function () {      
    var doc = app.activeDocument,      
        indexIdx = doc.indexes.length - 1;     
    function removeNewEntriesFromIndex(index) {      
        var idx = index.topics.length - 1;        
        for (; idx >= 0; idx -= 1) {      
            $.writeln(idx);    
            index.topics[idx].name = index.topics[idx].name.replace(/ *^$english1$/, '$spanish1');    
            index.topics[idx].name = index.topics[idx].name.replace(/ *^$english2$/, '$spanish2');    
        }      
    }      
    for (; indexIdx >= 0; indexIdx -= 1) {      
        removeNewEntriesFromIndex(doc.indexes[indexIdx]);      
    }      
}()); 

thanks!

[manuelb27477138]

sorry I didn't know what is #include compiler directive

[Peter Kahrel]

I think the includes have to go inside the anonymous function:

(function () {
  #include . . .
  // Rest of the code
}());

P.

[manuelb27477138]

good, looks work if I do a:

$.writeln($english1);

I can get the text "hello" in my Javascript console. But unfortunate is not working with the code here:

.....name.replace(/ *^$english1$/, '$spanish1');

Also I try:

(/ *\$english1$/,

(/ *$english1$/,

(/ *'$english1'$/,

....

Please, do you know the right way to do?

Thanks!

[Peter Kahrel]

> But unfortunate is not working with the code here:

> .....name.replace(/ *^$english1$/, '$spanish1');

That's because $ has a special meaning in regular expressions (end of input). Try using a different character, e.g. # (#English instead of $English).

[manuelb27477138]

I try to use:

var english = "hello";

and document.getElementById

....

but nothing work.

But can we use a trick like?

....
var en1 = $english1;
var es1 =$spanish1;
....
....
index.topics[idx].name = index.topics[idx].name.replace(/ *^en1$/, 'es1');

[Peter Kahrel · Accepted solution]

> But can we use a trick like?

> var en1 = $english1;

No: you'll see that the result is '$english1 is undefined'.

> ....replace(/ *^en1$/, 'es1');

doesn't work because you can't use a variable like that inside a regular expression. Use variables like this:

var english1 = "hello";
var spanish1 = "hola";
index.topics[idx].name = index.topics[idx].name.replace (RegExp ('^' + english1 + '$'), spanish1);

But that's expensive because the regexes are compiled at every iteration. Better to compile everything once:

var english1 = /^ *hello$/;
var spanish1 = "hola";
index.topics[idx].name = index.topics[idx].name.replace (english1, spanish1);

and it would probably be a good idea to make one pass through the topic names to remove any leading spaces, and remove that space remover from the translate strings:

var english1 = /^hello$/;

P.

[manuelb27477138]

I follow your instructions, but didn`t work.

Do you see something wrong?

MyScritp1.jsx

(function () {
    #include translate.jsx;
    var doc = app.activeDocument,     
        indexIdx = doc.indexes.length - 1;   
    function removeNewEntriesFromIndex(index) { 
        var idx = index.topics.length - 1;       
        for (; idx >= 0; idx -= 1) {     
            $.writeln(idx);   
            index.topics[idx].name = index.topics[idx].name.replace(english1, spanish1);   
        }     
    }     
    for (; indexIdx >= 0; indexIdx -= 1) {     
        removeNewEntriesFromIndex(doc.indexes[indexIdx]);     
    }     
}()); 

translate.jsx

var english1 = /^hello$/;
var spanish1 = "hola";  

Thanks!

[Peter Kahrel]

Works fine over here. In what way did it not work at your end?

[manuelb27477138]

Thanks so much, Petter for your patience.

is working perfectly.