How to attach a UI dialog to a script?

[ojodegato]

I use a custom script to batch process files into photoshop layers.

Every time I run the script I have to manually edit the folder path in the script to save the new images in a new folder.

Can a UI dialog be implemented into a script used for batch file processing?

The UI dialog:

Enter folder path

Remember the last folder path used

When the scripts runs the UI dialog displays. After the user enters the folder path the the scripts batch processes a folder of images.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Instead of entering the path manually would a folder selection dialog not be more convenient?

var theFolder = Folder.selectDialog ("select folder");

if (theFolder) {

var theFiles = theFolder.getFiles(/\.(jpg|tif|eps|psd)$/i)

};

[ojodegato]

I try the Folder dialog but the Bridge script does not complete when using this option.

I would like to save the new tiff file  in the same directory with the stack images.

Is there a way to omit the save location path to save the tiff in the same directory as the Bridge stack images?

        var stackFileName = app.activeDocument.name;

        var saveFile = new File('~/desktop/pscc test/'+stackFileName+' ');

        app.activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, tifOpts, true); 

        app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);

[c.pfaffenbichler]

There is a Bridge Scripting Forum, too, maybe you should post there.

[matias.kiviniemi]

And you can save the data by putting it to an action descriptor and saving to custom options. I have assumption about JSON encoding, but many other ways of stuffing things to action descriptors are possible.

savePreferences: function (metadata) {
  var metadata_json = serialize_to_json(metadata)
  var desc = new ActionDescriptor()
  desc.putData(0, metadata_json)
  app.putCustomOptions (APP_ID, desc, true)
},
loadPreferences: function () {
  try {
  var desc = app.getCustomOptions (APP_ID)
  if (desc) {
  var metadata_json = desc.getData(0)
  if (metadata_json) {
  eval("var result = (" + metadata_json + ")")
  if (result) {
  return result
  }
  }
  }
  } catch (e) {
  var foo = e.message
  } 
},