ID JS (any version): How to access "Author Title" field value through scripting.

[Theresa_V_]

Good Morning:

In the file information dialog box, there is a field for "Author Title".
Is it possible to reference this field via scripting?

I've tried many different field name options for it (i.e. "authorTitle", "titleAuthor", etc...), but no luck so far.

Thanks!

Theresa

[Harbs.]

myDoc.metadataPreferences.author

[Theresa_V_]

Nope. That's for Author. I was talking about the field below that one, "Author Title".

[Harbs.]

Interesting one.

For some reason it's in the Photoshop namespace:

<rdf:Description rdf:about=""

  xmlns:photoshop="http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/">

  <photoshop:AuthorsPosition>That's me!</photoshop:AuthorsPosition>

</rdf:Description>

You're going to need getProperty() and setProperty() for that:

doc.metadataPreferences.getProperty("http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/","AuthorsPosition");

and

doc.metadataPreferences.setProperty("http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/","AuthorsPosition","All About Me!");

Harbs

[Jongware]

Using Export XMP .. in Acrobat I found this is a Photoshop property -- at least, it's in the Photoshop namespace.

You can set and retrieve it with this:

alert (app.activeDocument.metadataPreferences.getProperty("http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/", 'AuthorsPosition'));
app.activeDocument.metadataPreferences.setProperty("http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/", 'AuthorsPosition', 'Master of Puppets');

Message was edited by: [Jongware] Obligatory Edit to get Code highlighting ... Also: hi Harbs!