Positioning Inline images? [CS3 JS WIN]

[_Pat_R__Oneill_]

I have an inline graphic in a line of text. I want to be able to automatically position it in the vertical center of the line, but i can't find anyway to do this in javascript. Ive tried geometric and visible bounds to no avail. Ive also tried looking for a way to change it in indesign, but it only seems to be possible by dragging it with the mouse. Any ideas?

[_Dave_Saunders_]

Use a move.

Something like this:

myGBs = myInline.geometricBounds;
myCenterY = (myGBs[2] + myGBs[0])/2;
myBaseline = myInline.parent.baseline;
myInline.move(undefined, [0, myBaseline - myCenterY);

Dave

[Guest]

Dave

I have a related problem. I'm not familiar with scripts but need one that would search a story and, e.g., replace the text "Pencil.tif" with a graphic file named Pencil.tif from a given folder.

Can you help with this?

Thanks,

Tom

[Kasyan Servetsky]

>need one that would search a story and, e.g., replace the text "Pencil.tif" with a graphic file named Pencil.tif from a given folder.

I've found in my archive a script written by Peter Kahrel (I modified it a little). It finds text between two @ characters – e.g. @Pencil.tif@ – and replaces it with image that has the same name and is in the root folder of C drive.

// reset the Find/Change dialog

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;

// formulate a grep search string

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = '@.+?@';

// find all occurrence, last one first

f = app.activeDocument.findGrep (true);

for (i = 0; i < f.length; i++)

   {

   // construct file name

   name = f.contents.replace (/@/g, '');

   // place the pdf

   f.insertionPoints[0].place (File ('/c/' + name));

   }

// delete all @??@ codes

app.activeDocument.changeGrep()

[Guest]

Kasyan

Forgot to mention I'm working in original CS version. Grep probably won't work?

Tom

[Kasyan Servetsky]

>Grep probably won't work?

Certainly it won't – Grep is supported since CS3.

[Guest]

Time to upgrade?

[Harbs.]

You can get the same result in CS2, but it's a lot more convoluted.

The basic idea is to build an array of the exact file name strings. To
do this you use js RegEx to search the contents of every story. The
results of this match() will give you the strings you need. You then
iterate through your array and do a search() on your doc to do the
replacements.

I think Peter's book on scripting InDesign has examples of this method.

--
Harbs
http://www.in-tools.com

[Peter Kahrel]

The good old days, eh, Harbs? Here's a CS2 version. It skips footnotes (because you can't do this kind of thing in footnotes in CS2) and tables.

Peter

#target indesign



picture_dir = '/d/'

app.findPreferences = app.changePreferences = null;

myStories = app.activeDocument.stories;

for (i = 0; i < myStories.length; i++)

   {

   picnames = myStories.contents.match (/@.+?@/g);

   if (picnames != null)

      {

      for (j = 0; j < picnames.length; j++)

         {

         found = app.activeDocument.search (picnames,false,false);

         for (k = found.length-1; k > -1; k--)

            {

            try

               {

               filename = found.contents.replace (/@/g, "");

               found.insertionPoints[-1].place (File (picture_dir + filename));

               found.remove();

               }

            catch(_){}

            }

         }

      }

   }

[Harbs.]

Peter Kahrel wrote:
> The good old days, eh, Harbs?

Yeah. 😉 My problem is, that I still need to support CS2, so I'm still
stuck using these backwards methods on occasion. :(

--
Harbs
http://www.in-tools.com

[_Pat_R__Oneill_]

Took a little messing around with my current situation (its not always centered - sometimes a little off) but the move worked perfectly!

Thank you Dave

[Guest]

Kasyan Servetsky

I've upgraded to CS4 and need a script to replace "filename.tif" with a photo of the same name inline.

Do you have a script that will work in InDesign CS4?

Thanks,

[Kasyan Servetsky]

I don’t have CS4 version at my disposal right now, so I can’t check if this script works with it. But even if it doesn’t, placing the script into ‘Version 5.0 Scripts’ folder should make it compatible with CS4.

Kasyan

[Guest]

Kasyan

Where would I find this "version 5.0 scripts" folder? It doesn't appear in the InDesign/Scripts folder.

[_Dave_Saunders_]

You make it. And the capitalization of the name is vital. It must be named:

Version 5.0 Scripts

not "version 5.0 scripts" as you wrote.

Dave

[Kasyan Servetsky]

Create it yourself – it isn't installed by default.
The exact path should be:
Adobe InDesign CS4\Scripts\Scripts Panel\Version 5.0 Scripts

[Guest]

Okay I did as you suggested, but get this error message:
Windows Scripting Error!
Error Number: 1024
Error String: Expected Statement

File: C\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS4\Scripts\Scripts Panel\Version 5.0 Scripts\InlinePix.vbs
Line: 1
Source://reset the Find/Change dialog
Interpreter: CS3 (5.0)

Any help?

[Kasyan Servetsky]

This script is written in JavaScript(jsx extension), but you saved it as VBscript (vbs extension). So no wonder that it doesn't work.
Copy code, start ExtendScript Toolkit, create a new file, paste the code and save the file.

[Guest]

I had saved it as a jsx after going thru the ExtendScript. It just sits there and does nothing apparent.

Sorry, but I'm a dummy with scripts.

[Kasyan Servetsky]

Aha, I see! The script (post 3) expects that the files to be placed are stored in the root folder of C drive. So you should change the line 12 to where you store your files e.g. suppose folder called ‘Images’ on your Desktop:

f.insertionPoints[0].place (File ('~/Desktop/Images/' + name));

[Kasyan Servetsky]

Or, as an option, the script can ask you to choose the folder:

if(app.documents.length != 0){

  var myFolder = Folder.selectDialog ('Choose a folder with images');

  if(myFolder != null){

      // reset the Find/Change dialog

      app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;

      // formulate a grep search string

      app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = '@.+?@';

      // find all occurrence, last one first

      f = app.activeDocument.findGrep (true);

      for (i = 0; i < f.length; i++)

         {

         // construct file name

         name = f.contents.replace (/@/g, '');

         // place the pdf

         f.insertionPoints[0].place (myFolder.fsName + '/' + name);

         }

      // delete all @??@ codes

      app.activeDocument.changeGrep()

  }

}

else{

   alert('Please open a document and try again.');

}

[SumitKumar]

Dear Kasyan,

I have problem,

In my document there is more than 100 images name, when I run your script I got an error because in my directory some images is different location/path.

Regards,

Sumit

[Kasyan Servetsky]

I just tested the script (I posted in post 20) in InDesign 2015.4 and it works for me in the same way as it worked in CS3.

Before

After

This script doesn't care about the existing images and their locations. It only places new images using the names of files found in between a pair of '@' characters and the selected folder for images.

— Kas

[SumitKumar]

Dear Kasyan,

Thank you for quick response.

Your script is great!

My problem is, if some images are not found in selected directory then pop up error massage and stop executing next.

Below is my scenario,  but my document contains more than 100 image names and in my directory there is less than 100 images found then stop executing script.

I hope you understand my problem, my english is not good.

Thanks,

Sumit

[Harbs.]

This should do it:

if(app.documents.length != 0){
  var myFolder = Folder.selectDialog ('Choose a folder with images');
  if(myFolder != null){
      // reset the Find/Change dialog
      app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
      // formulate a grep search string
      app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = '@.+?@';
      // find all occurrence, last one first
      var f = app.activeDocument.findGrep (true);
      var missedFiles = [];
      for (var i = 0; i < f.length; i++){
         // construct file name
         name = f.contents.replace (/@/g, '');
         // place the pdf
         try{
           f.insertionPoints[0].place (myFolder.fsName + '/' + name);
         }catch(err){
          missedFiles.push(name);
         }
        }
      // delete all @??@ codes
      app.activeDocument.changeGrep();
      if(missedFiles.length){
        alert("The following files could not be found: " + missedFiles.join(", "));
      }
  }
}
else{
   alert('Please open a document and try again.');
}