JS CS2: Image Link

[Guest]

Is it possible to store in a variable the file name of an image that is selected in a document?

Cheers
Norbert

[Guest]

Sorry forgot to mention that the selected item could be jpeg/pdf/eps tiff.

Regards
Norbert

[Guest]

I found this code snippet in the forum but this only works on jpegs or tiffs and not on eps/ai or tiffs.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Cheers
Norbert

var myString = "";
myDoc=app.activeDocument
myImage = myDoc.selection[0].images[0];
myCurrLink = myImage.itemLink;
myName = getFileNameOnly (myCurrLink.name);
alert(myString);

function getFileNameOnly (myFileName)
{
var myResult = myFileName.lastIndexOf(".");
if (myResult == -1)
{
myString = myFileName;
}
else
{
myString = myFileName.substr(0, myResult);
}
}

[Peter Kahrel]

For EPS and AI, use epss[0] instead of images[0]

Peter

[Peter Kahrel]

... but then you need to know the type of image, which could be epss, images, picts, pdfs, or wmfs (maybe some more). It's safer to avoid that and use "graphics" instead:

try
{
alert (File (app.selection[0].graphics[0].itemLink.filePath).name)
}
catch (_)
{
alert ("Selection doesn't contain any images.")
}

Peter

[Guest]

Thanks very much Peter!!

[_Jay_Sparks_]

Something like this may work too...<br /><br />var filenameVariable = ""; <br />g = app.activeDocument.allGraphics;<br />for (i=0; i<g.length; i++){<br /> if (g.itemLink == null) {<br /> i++;}<br /> else {<br /> filenameVariable = g.itemLink.name;<br />}<br />}