Script to autoload Question.

[cbishop01]

Is there a way to get my Script to autoload and be placed in the menu's where the plugin's are found? maybe right before the help menu.  I have a markzware plugin that is in the menu's and i just click on that and go from there.  It would be nice to have this script up there too.  Is there a way to make this happen?

[cbishop01]

I should say is there a easy way where i'm not going to have to remake this script all together.

[cbishop01]

I found this if there is a newer way let me know.  I may have questions if this gives me errors.

//=============================Script Start =============================//

var mySampleScriptAction = app.scriptMenuActions.add("First Script");

var myEventListener = mySampleScriptAction.eventListeners.add("onInvoke", function(){alert("This menu item was added by a script.");});

//If the submenu "Script Menu Action" does not already exist, create it.

try{

    var mySampleScriptMenu = app.menus.item("$ID/Main").submenus.item("NewMenu");

    mySampleScriptMenu.title;

}

catch (myError){

    var mySampleScriptMenu = app.menus.item("$ID/Main").submenus.add("New Menu");

}

var mySampleScriptMenuItem = mySampleScriptMenu.menuItems.add(mySampleScriptAction);

//============================== Script End ===============================//

Thanks & Regards

T.R.Harihara Sudhan

[cbishop01]

Ok this does put a menu where i'm wanting but i cannot see where to place my script.  Any ideas?

[tpk1982]

just add this on top of your main script..

[tpk1982 · Accepted solution]

example:

var 

  myEventListener = app.eventListeners.item("xx"); 

  if (!myEventListener.isValid) { 

  myEventListener = app.addEventListener( "onInvoke", doJob ); 

  myEventListener.name = "xx"; 

  } 

function doJob() { 

  //your main function

}

[cbishop01]

Oh i see what i was doping wrong.  I was placing my script after the last }  ..  Thank you..

[cbishop01]

One more thing.  I cannot seem to get rid of the other 2 menu's this placed up on my menu bar.

I checked to see if i had any test scripts still running but i do not.

[cbishop01]

Never mind after i worded it different i found it. The below script worked.

try {

app.menus.item("$ID/Main").submenus.item("New Menu").remove();

}catch(e){}

[Laubender]

Never mind after i worded it different i found it. The below script worked.

Be very careful with removing menus or submenus.

Some years ago when I experimented with that I ruined my InDesign installation completely by removing the wrong menu.

Even after reinstalling I had some problems so I had to to use the cleaner tools to get rid of all entries somewhere in my system and install again.

Uwe

[cbishop01]

I was very careful to only delete those two menu's.  I am way to afraid to play around with that script.

[Peter Kahrel]

The safe way to do this is to delete your preferences on start-up: Press (the Mac equivalent) of Shift+Ctrl+Alt when you start Indesign, and when it asks you if you want to delete the prefeences, answer yes.

Peter

[cbishop01]

Ok I didnt think that would work because it was a script that i used that added those menu's.  So my thinking was the Reseting Preferences would not remove the unused script menu's

[Peter Kahrel]

You should have tried