Hello everyone, I'm trying to understand why the code I attach works perfectly with InDesign 19.x and does not work with Indesign 20.x (see image)
Both versions of InDesign are on MacOS Ventura 13.7.5. Is it perhaps a bug in the latest version of InDesign?
Is it a bug in the latest version of InDesign or a stupid mistake of mine? Thanks to all.
Here is the code:
function createFolder(folder) {
var script = "";
script += "try\r";
script += "do shell script \"mkdir \" & quote & item 1 of arguments & quote\r";
script += "tell application id \"com.adobe.InDesign\"\r";
script += "tell script args\r";
script += "set value name \"success\" value \"true\"\r";
script += "end tell\r";
script += "end tell\r";
script += "on error\r";
script += "tell application id \"com.adobe.InDesign\"\r";
script += "tell script args\r";
script += "set value name \"success\" value \"false\"\r";
script += "end tell\r";
script += "end tell\r";
script += "end try\r";
app.doScript(script, ScriptLanguage.applescriptLanguage, Array(folder.fsName));
if(app.scriptArgs.getValue('success') == "false") {
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
if(document.saved) {
var file = new File(document.filePath + "/New folder");
} else {
var file = new File("~/Documents/New folder");
}
var saveFile = file.saveDlg(
"Create folder",
"All files:*"
);
if(saveFile) {
var folder = new Folder(saveFile.fullName);
if(folder.exists) throw {
message: "The folder '" + folder.name + "' already exists.",
level: "Warning"
};
if(!createFolder(folder)) throw {
message: "Error creating folder.",
level: "Error"
};
};
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It looks to me like Folder.fsName returns a POSIX path and that do shell script uses a POSIX path...
By @AndreaParaboni
Better let us see some output.
I hope the following AppleScript survives the forum software.
tell application id "com.adobe.indesign"
set f1 to full name of active document
log class of f1
-- class furl
set p1 to POSIX path of f1
set h1 to do shell script "/bin/echo -n " & quoted form of p1 & " | hexdump -C"
tell application "Finder" to set f2 to container of (f1 as alias)
log class of f2
-- folder
set p2 to POSIX path of (f2 as alias)
set h2 to do shell script "/bin/echo -n " & quoted form of p2 & " | hexdump -C"
set f3 to do script "app.activeDocument.fullName" language javascript
log class of f3
set p3 to POSIX path of f3
set h3 to do shell script "/bin/echo -n '" & p3 & "' | hexdump -C"
set p4 to do script "app.activeDocument.fullName.fsName" language javascript
set h4 to do shell script "/bin/echo -n '" & p4 & "' | hexdump -C"
set p5 to do script "app.activeDocument.fullName.parent.fsName" language javascript
set h5 to do shell script "/bin/echo -n '" & p5 & "' | hexdump -C"
log return & h1 & return & h2 & return & h3 & return & h4 & return & h5 & return
display dialog h5
end tell
Launch AppleScript Editor
Create a new script, paste the code
At the bottom, switch to last choice "Responses" or whatever localization made from it to see intermediate values and log output.
Run the script with InDesign having an active document.
The most interesting part is the final output of the hexdumps.
If your original script fails only with specific folders, adjust the javascript for p5 accordingly to look at them, or add the h5 related lines including the display dialog line to the applescript part of your own script.
If you are thrill seeker, re-run the script with a document or parent folder using some perfectly allowed characters
(Screenshot from Finder)
and watch your approach of passing around fsName as posix path fail.
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. What concerns me is that the code has been working fine in InDesign for many years... until version 20.1. From the next version (20.2) it stops working. If there were any errors in the code they would have emerged. Or not?
By @andrea.paraboni
https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/indesign/kb/user-dictionaries-missing-hfs-path-dropped.html
HFS to POSIX Migration History
- By default, InDesign 19.3 supported HFS Path Styles but developers could enable POSIX Support through Cookies.
- Since InDesign 19.4, POSIX Path Styles was enabled by default. Developers/partners can still choose to work with HFS Path through Cookies.
- From InDesign 20.0 onwards, POSIX Path Styles will be enabled by default, and HFS Path Support will be stopped.
@Manan Joshi The AppleScript part could be a workaround attempt for a crash.
Better rewrite that to a simple function rather than change the prototype function as Marc did.
By @Dirk Becker
I do agree with Dirk. The 'prototype' approach only makes sense in a framework (like IdExtenso) or if you're troubleshooting a client script (or jsxbin!) with a hundred thousand lines of code that may call folder.create() anywhere 😉
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