problem with writing a log file using writeln

[Guest]

Hi All,

Am writing script for InDesign CS5 and have problem with writing log file using writeln statement. Already i generate these kind of log file using with InDesign CS4.

I am working with directory and there is collection of names and phone numbers. Yet I have to recieve some hundreds of phone number for the particular names. I want to collect those names and generate the log report. for example, John. K 000 000 00.

Simply by using findGrep method, i found all the names and phone numbers which are having zeros. All these found items should be generated with one log file. I couldn't write the log using javascript "writeln" class. But I can alert and show all the found names and zeros. Simply i can write some text, and those texts are written in log file. But these things are not write in the log file and i couldn't generate the report.

If anyone already faced and have a solution for this, please provide your valuable suggestion and ideas.

Many thanks

Peru.

[csm_phil]

Hi Peru,

Please try this below JS Code.

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myDocname  =  myDoc.name
var Report = new File("~/Desktop/Indd_Report.log" );
Report .open( "w" );
// here i write the file name only in log file,  You already alert the text, just you replace the below (myDocname) instead of you finding result.
Report.writeln(myDocname);
Report.close();

thx

csm_phil

[Guest]

Hi csm_phil,

Thanks for your reply. The same thing only i have been used in my code. Please see below.

I can alert and show the found items. But, the generated log file is empty. That is what my problem.

Pleas look into the Javascript console. I have written the "myLogFile.writeln("  "+serialno+".  "+myFound);". The result is false. That is why the report generated with only one line which is "Yet to be updated phone numbers" in 14 th line of my code. But if i select in the console only the line ("  "+serialno+".  "+myFound);, which give the output correctly. Also sequentially i can show the output exactly in the console. But i couldn't see in the report in the generated log file.

Please advice.

Thanks

[csm_phil]

Hi Peru,

Please try this JS code i have modified your JS code. Its working fine to me.

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\b(\\w.+\\s000\\s000\\s00)";
var mySearch = myDoc.findGrep();
var Report = new File("~/Desktop/Indd_Report.log" );
Report .open( "w" );
for (var i =0; i<mySearch.length; i++){
    Report.writeln(mySearch.contents);
    }
Report.close();
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
alert("Done!");

thx

csm_phil

[John Hawkinson]

THat's weird. I don't suppose it will help, but please put semicolons (;) at the end of your JavaScript lines and try again.

[Guest]

Hello John,

Am always using semicolons at end of the JavaScript lines, also checked once again and tried. Eventhough I couldn't get the generated report.

Any other suggestion would be helpful.

Many thanks

Peru.

[csm_phil]

Hi Peru,

Have you tried my previous post JS Code is working fine in my system. Please use that and revert.

thx

csm_phil

[Guest]

Hi csm_phil,

Yes. I tried your code in both CS5 and CS4. But i got only the empty report as usual. If i alert, i can see all the searched contents. But its not written inside the log file.

This might be any system related problem? I am using the Mac OS 10.5.2. InDesign CS5 7.0.

Please suggest anyone.

Thank you all

[Manan Joshi]

Hello Peru,

The code written by csm_phil should work, could you make sure that you have all the rights on the location where you are trying to create the log file and that the path you are using is correct.

I mean we need to be sure first that the file is being created. You can use a simple script like

var logFile = new File("~/Desktop/Report.log");

logFile.open("w");

logFile.writeln("Hello");

and see if it works or not, if not then what is the status, the file is created but not written or not created at all. You can try out by using a different path to save the log file.

I am using MAC 10.6.8 and the above code works both for CS4 and CS5.

Try this and let us know.

Manan Joshi

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[Guest]

Hi Manan,

I don't have any problem with creating .log file. My real problem is inside the log file, there is no text to be generated.

Please look into my post dated Sep 29, 2011 10:27AM. I am able to create a .log file. Alos have a look at the Javascript console. I have written the "myLogFile.writeln("  "+serialno+".  "+myFound);". The result is false. That is why the report generated without any output text. If I alert myFound, i can show all the output what i want. But i couldn't see the "myFound" contents in the generated log file.

Manan, need more explanation regarding my problem, please let me know.

Any other suggestion would be helpful for me to write the myFound in my log report.

Thanks for all

Regards

Peru.

[Manan Joshi]

Peru,

Did you try out with my peice of code, i means lets keep the code simple and just try to write a file. You could also try trashing your preferences and then run the code.

Manan

[csm_phil]

Hi Peru,

Can you please post the full JS code?

thx

csm_phil

[Guest]

Hi csm_phil,

Please find below as my code.

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myDocPath = myDoc.filePath;
var myDocName = myDoc.name;

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\b(\\w.+\\s000\\s000\\s00)";
var mySearch = myDoc.findGrep();
var myFound = new Array()
for (var j = 0; j < mySearch.length; j++)
{
myFound.push (mySearch.contents);
}
alert(myFound);
var inc=0;
var myLogFile = new File(myDocPath.fsName + "/Report_" + myDocName.split(".")[0] +".log");
if(myLogFile.open("w", undefined, undefined))
{
myLogFile.writeln("Tool name : Report Generator for CS5");
myLogFile.writeln("************************************");
if(myFound.length != 0)
{
        myLogFile.writeln("");
        for (var k = 0; k<myFound.length; k++)
  {
   serialno = k + 1;
   myLogFile.writeln("  "+serialno+".  "+myFound);
         }
}
  else
  {
   myLogFile.writeln("No terms found");
  }
}
//myDoc.close();

myLogFile.writeln("Tool name : Report Generator for CS5");

myLogFile.writeln("************************************");

The above two bolded lines only generated in my report. Please check and let me know, if there need any modification to generate the report with myFound Array also.

Many thanks

Peru.

[csm_phil]

Hi Peru,

I have checked the above mentioned JS Code is working fine in my MAC system 10.5.6 version.

Can you please try save the InDesign document  in  system local (i.e, Desktop or D:)  and try again, I think you open the InDesign file in direct from the server don't try this for now testing stage.

Please try and let me know please find the attached report also.

Tool name : Report Generator for CS5

************************************

  1.  This is for test coding InDesign. K 000 000 00

  2.  This is for test John. K 000 000 00

thx

csm_phil

[Patook2132]

Perhaps the string used with writeln is an UTF-8 string and your file was opened with an other encoding ?

Try to use : file.encoding="UTF-8";