Greetings, and health and happiness in the new year! 🙂
I've made solid progress with my script and overcame quite a bit of unexpected (deep down expected of course) complexity. Have a peek!
Now, what I've been struggling with for a few hours, which humbly warrants my presence here I dare to hope, is that I do have a piece of code that will create the mixed ink swatch. But when I used into a function it stops working. By that I mean, when I start parametrizing the colorants using parameters passed in the function, the code breaks.
Let me show you with a video first:
The exact code, in a blank file, works.
Notice the 'Process Cyan' etc are just straight numbers hard coded in.
Here it is:
// Your settings
// -------------------------------------
var MY_MIX_INKS = {
// Valid ink names are required
// At least 2 process inks are required
'Process Cyan' : 0, // Process1 : %
'Process Magenta' : 0, // Process2 : %
'Process Yellow' : 100, // Custom1 : %
'Gold' : 100 // Custom2 : %
},
MY_MIX_NAME = 'DoubleColor';
// Ink Validator
// -------------------------------------
var validateInkData = function(o, c, ll, pp)
{
var k, t, z=0, r=1;
ll.length = pp.length = 0;
for( k in o )
{
if( !o.hasOwnProperty(k) ) continue;
if( !(t=c.itemByName(k)).isValid ){ r=0; break; }
ll[z] = t.getElements()[0];
pp[z++] = +o[k];
}
return r;
};
// Main Code
// -------------------------------------
var doc = app.activeDocument,
inkList, // will receive validated ink list (array)
inkPerc; // corresponding percentages (array)
if( !doc.mixedInks.itemByName(MY_MIX_NAME).isValid )
{
if( validateInkData(MY_MIX_INKS,
doc.inks, inkList=[], inkPerc=[]) )
{
doc.mixedInks.add(inkList, inkPerc,
{
name: MY_MIX_NAME,
model: ColorModel.MIXEDINKMODEL,
space: ColorSpace.MIXEDINK
});
alert( "The mixed ink '" + MY_MIX_NAME +
"' has been successfully created." );
}
else
{
alert( "Unable to create mixed ink. " +
"Some inner inks are missing." );
}
}
else
{
alert( "The mixed ink '" + MY_MIX_NAME +
"' already exists." );
}
The same code, called from inside a function in my code file, fails at the adding mixed in step.
The only change is that I pass the function's parameters to the 'Process Cyan' etc.
And that breaks it for some reason.
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ADD SWATCHES TO THE SWATCHES PANEL ONE BY ONE----------------------------------------------------------------
function addMixedInk(cyan, magenta, yellow, black, specialty, mixedInkName)
{
$.writeln(cyan + " " + magenta+ " " + yellow+ " " + black+ " " + specialty+ " " + mixedInkName);
// Your settings
// -------------------------------------
var MY_MIX_INKS = {
// Valid ink names are required
// At least 2 process inks are required
'Process Cyan' : cyan, // Process1 : %
'Process Magenta' : magenta, // Process2 : %
'Process Yellow' : yellow, // Custom1 : %
'Gold' : specialty // Custom2 : %
},
MY_MIX_NAME = 'DoubleColor';
// Ink Validator
// -------------------------------------
var validateInkData = function(o, c, ll, pp)
{
var k, t, z=0, r=1;
ll.length = pp.length = 0;
for( k in o )
{
if( !o.hasOwnProperty(k) ) continue;
if( !(t=c.itemByName(k)).isValid ){ r=0; break; }
ll[z] = t.getElements()[0];
pp[z++] = +o[k];
}
return r;
};
// Main Code
// -------------------------------------
var doc = app.activeDocument,
inkList, // will receive validated ink list (array)
inkPerc; // corresponding percentages (array)
if( !doc.mixedInks.itemByName(MY_MIX_NAME).isValid )
{
if( validateInkData(MY_MIX_INKS,
doc.inks, inkList=[], inkPerc=[]) )
{
doc.mixedInks.add(inkList, inkPerc,
{
name: MY_MIX_NAME,
model: ColorModel.MIXEDINKMODEL,
space: ColorSpace.MIXEDINK
});
alert( "The mixed ink '" + MY_MIX_NAME +
"' has been successfully created." );
}
else
{
alert( "Unable to create mixed ink. " +
"Some inner inks are missing." );
}
}
else
{
alert( "The mixed ink '" + MY_MIX_NAME +
"' already exists." );
}
switch(selectedSpecialty)
{
case "Silver":
theMixedInk = { 'Process Cyan': cyan, 'Process Magenta' : magenta, 'Process Yellow': yellow, 'Process Black': black, 'Silver' : specialty}, mixedInkName;
break;
case "Gold":
theMixedInk = { 'Process Cyan': cyan, 'Process Magenta': magenta, 'Process Yellow': yellow, 'Process Black': black, 'Gold': specialty}, mixedInkName;
break;
}
}
Any help is greatly appreciated!
I will be sharing the code of course and its been great fun to learn all this.
Thank you for your kindness, and time!!!
Antoine
1 Correct answer
Hi Antoine,
Looking into your video, I think the problem is obvious: the modal dialog box is preventing the script from continuing.
The script (as well as the user in InDesign) can't change the document while a modal dialog box is open so you have either to close it before continuing or use non-modal dialog box — use "palette" instead of "dialog" — which acts like the "find-change" dialog: the user can interact with the document when it's open.
Note the "Cannot handle the request because a modal d
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