Progress bar script running

You mentioned smart objects:

We are talking of InDesign here.

Not PhotoShop…

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

Hi Dana,

the number of documents can be counted, the number of layers in each of the documents you like to access can also be counted. So in the end you could do a progress bar for that amount of layers if you want.

// Example for all open documents:
var numLayers = app.documents.everyItem().layers.everyItem().getElements().length;

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

An example:

Define a function for progress...

function progress(steps) {
    var b;
    var t;
    var w;
    w = new Window("palette", "Progress", undefined, {closeButton: false});
    t = w.add("statictext");
    t.preferredSize = [450, -1]; // 450 pixels wide, default height.
    if (steps) {
        b = w.add("progressbar", undefined, 0, steps);
        b.preferredSize = [450, -1]; // 450 pixels wide, default height.
    }
    progress.close = function () {
        w.close();
    };
    progress.increment = function () {
        b.value++;
    };
    progress.message = function (message) {
        t.text = message;
    };
    w.show();
}

Use it like this...

// Example is ten things to do. That is the number of 'steps' to do.
var steps = 10;
progress(steps);
// Your loop of something to do...
for (var i = 0; i < steps; i++) {
    progress.message("Doing step " + i);
    // Do something.
    progress.increment();
}
// All done.
progress.close();

Make sense?

To see its use in context of an entire script, see the source section on this page, a simple script to export a folder of PDFs.

https://www.marspremedia.com/software/indesign/pdf-export-folder

Hi,

you can learn about how to create a progressbar from Peter Kahrel's scripting guide "ScriptUI for dummies" PDF. Download link below.

ScriptUI for dummies | Peter Kahrel