How to save input values in a dialog?

[gespinha]

Hi there,

I've got the following dialog with an EditText in it:

var win, form;  

form = "dialog {  \  
    orientation: 'column', \  
    alignChildren: ['fill','top'], \  
    preferredSize: [305, 300], \  
    text: 'Form', \  
    margins: 15, \  
    input_group: Panel { \  
        text: 'Number', \  
        orientation: 'row', \  
        alignChildren: ['fill','top'], \  
        margins: 15, \  
        input_obj: EditText { \  
            text: '' \  
        }, \  
    } \  
}"  

win = new Window(form);

Once the dialog is closed, I want it to save the EditText values, so when I open it again it already has it filled.

How do I create this behaviour?

Thanks!

[c.pfaffenbichler]

One can create a txt or xml file to store the value/s and have the Script read the file on its next run.

Re: WorkSpace Saver ?

[DBarranca]

Alternatively, you could use customOptions:

var win, form;    

form = "dialog {  \
    orientation: 'column', \
    alignChildren: ['fill','top'], \
    preferredSize: [305, 300], \
    text: 'Form', \
    margins: 15, \
    input_group: Panel { \
        text: 'Number', \
        orientation: 'row', \
        alignChildren: ['fill','top'], \
        margins: 15, \
        input_obj: EditText { \
            text: '' \
        }, \
    } \
    btn: Button { \
        text: 'Click me' \
    } \
}"    


win = new Window(form); 

win.btn.onClick = function () {
    var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
    desc.putString(0, win.input_group.input_obj.text);
    app.putCustomOptions("77F66FF5-EFAD-49B7-AFE3-8A1403376CB8", desc, true);
    win.close();
}

try {
    var desc = app.getCustomOptions("77F66FF5-EFAD-49B7-AFE3-8A1403376CB8");
    win.input_group.input_obj.text = desc.getString(0);
} catch (e) {
    win.input_group.input_obj.text = "predefined value";
}

win.show();

Cheers,

Davide Barranca

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www.davidebarranca.com

www.cs-extensions.com

[xbytor2]

If you need a unique UUID for use with get/putCustomObjects go here:

UUID (GUID) Generator on the WEB

[gespinha]

DBarranca

Should the CustomOptions key be random? Or is it automatically generated?

[DBarranca]

It needs to be a string, but the content is up to you ("77F66FF5-EFAD-49B7-AFE3-8A1403376CB8" "is technically as OK as "ciao").

Usually you'd use a UUID because it's practically guaranteed it won't be duplicated within the PS register (please see xbytor link for a generator).

Davide Barranca

---

www.davidebarranca.com

www.cs-extensions.com

[gespinha]

How to I access the registry? If I create an ID like this and Photoshop puts it in the registry, how can I then remove it? Is there a way?

I am about to update a couple of scripts with this, but while testing I wouldn't want Photoshop to remember all of these IDs, should I be concerned with managing them?

[xbytor2]

How to I access the registry?

get/putCustomObjects as mentioned above.

how can I then remove it?

Do another putCustomOptions with your ID and either undefined or new ActionDescriptor(), I forget which.

[gespinha]

But is there a way for me to manually delete these registry entries? I will be doing  a couple of tests, is there a problem if the registry keeps all this data?

[bagonterman]

What I do for my InDesign scripts and it should work the same here is I will have the script rewrite itself every time it runs so the text in the script holds the data.

var schlNamePos = 54672 ;
    var updateFile = function(n){
    var f = File(app.activeScript);
    if ( f.open('e') ){
        f.seek(schlNamePos);
        f.write(''+n);
        f.close();
        }
    }

the top variable is the number of bytes in the script. It inserts the value from the dialog.

A way to get the insertion point is to delete everything up until that point and save a seperate script. Then run this script.

var myScript=File("/Applications/Adobe InDesign CC 2014/Scripts/Scripts Panel/Test/Test.jsx");
alert(myScript.length);

That will give you the number of bytes you have to seek into. ex: "54672"