Script to check the application is available or not

Hi Rocky

To check wheather indesign is available or not   run this code//////////////////////////

if ($.os.toString().match("Windows", "i")){
Pc = "Windows";
if(app.name.indexOf("Adobe InDesign") !=-1){
alert("Adobe indesign Available in windows")
}
}else
if($.os.toString().match("Macintosh", "i")){
pc="Macintosh";
alert(pc);
}

Ah. Something I forgot: Check, what this will return:

apps

More revealing perhaps:

var result = apps;
result.sort().join("\r")

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

You could also exploit the string that is returned by that:

BridgeTalk.__diagnostics__;

For example if you need to know the file path to the installed application.

FWIW: This all is "only" working for apps that are able to work with ExtendScript's BridgeTalk class.

If you need the information about applications that are not Adobe or will not work with the BridgeTalk class you must go a different way. Perhaps best with AppleScript executed by ExtendScript. But AppleScript is out of my field of knowledge.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

Thanks, Rob!

Hi Rocky, with Rob's code you could be even more specific.

If you need to know for example if any version of InDesign 2021 is available, you could test this like that:

var specificVersionString = "indesign-16.064";
var targetApp = BridgeTalk.getSpecifier( specificVersionString );

if( targetApp )
{
	$.writeln( specificVersionString + " is available")
} else
{
	$.writeln("No app by that name " + specificVersionString )
};

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

You can check for an Adobe app you want to target with the Bridgetalk class getSpecifier method:

var targetApp = BridgeTalk.getSpecifier( "photoshop");

if( targetApp ) {
  $.writeln("Photoshop is available")
} else {
    $.writeln("No app by that name")
}

Sorry, but I don't understand. What script are you looking for?

Or are you writing a JavaScript to see if InDesign is installed on the machine?