PDFOpenOptions issue with open(file, options)

[Guest]

Hi guys,

I have a script to open JPGs and now I need to adapt it to open PDFs.

I'm getting a "wrong type of enumerated value" error exactly because of the way I'm working the PDFOpenOptions (line "open(fileList, pdfOpenOptions);").

I found quite a few scripts that define pdf open options just like I did, but in all of them the root path was hard coded (I need it dynamic).

So, where am I going wrong? Too much time on it, can't see errors anymore... (mac, cs4)

#target photoshop

app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;

app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO;

app.backgroundColor.rgb.red = 255;

app.backgroundColor.rgb.green = 255;

app.backgroundColor.rgb.blue = 255;

var pdfOpenOptions = new PDFOpenOptions();

pdfOpenOptions.antiAlias = true;

pdfOpenOptions.mode = DocumentMode.RGB;

pdfOpenOptions.bitsPerChannel = BitsPerChannelType.EIGHT;

pdfOpenOptions.resolution = 72;

pdfOpenOptions.supressWarnings = true;

pdfOpenOptions.cropPage = CropToType.TRIMBOX;

var fileList = File.openDialog("Select files to batch",true);

if (fileList != null) {

     for (var i in fileList) {

          if (fileList instanceof File && fileList.hidden == false) {

               open(fileList, pdfOpenOptions);

          }

     }

alert("Done");

}

else {

     alert("No files selected");

}

Thanks in advance!

[Muppet_Mark-QAl63s · Accepted solution]

Replace 'DocumentMode.RGB' with 'OpenDocumentMode.RGB'

[Guest]

Bingo! Thanks!!!

[Guest]

Cool!

I had to figure some other things out like extracting the path from openDialog
which I didn't find anywhere else.

So it's finely time to share a decent and commented script (with the invaluable
help of Muppet Mark, thanks man!):

//This script is set to open pdf files,
//make 256x256px JPG duplicates,
//create a folder named zJPGs relative to the doc's path
//and save the files there
//Gustavo Soares,
//with the great help of Muppet Mark and many others
#target photoshop
//set units to pixels
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
//avoid displaying dialog boxes
app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO;
//set background color to white
app.backgroundColor.rgb.red = 255;
app.backgroundColor.rgb.green = 255;
app.backgroundColor.rgb.blue = 255;
//define the pdf options for opening the document
var pdfOpenOptions = new PDFOpenOptions();
pdfOpenOptions.antiAlias = true;
pdfOpenOptions.mode = OpenDocumentMode.RGB;
pdfOpenOptions.bitsPerChannel = BitsPerChannelType.EIGHT;
pdfOpenOptions.resolution = 72;
pdfOpenOptions.supressWarnings = true;
pdfOpenOptions.cropPage = CropToType.TRIMBOX;
//pdfOpenOptions.page = 1
//Select files to batch ('true' is for aloowing multiple seleciont)
var fileList = File.openDialog("Select files to batch", true);
//Returns the dynamic path from the openDialog –
//there's certainly a better way for doing this
var fullPath = fileList[0];
var fullPathTemp = fullPath.fsName;
var sliceIndex = fullPathTemp.lastIndexOf ("/");
var docPath = fullPathTemp.slice(0, sliceIndex); //'0' means the beginning of the string
//Read the functions below to understand the loop
if (fileList != null) {
     for (var i in fileList) {
          if (fileList instanceof File && fileList.hidden == false) {
               open(fileList, pdfOpenOptions);
               jpg256();
               app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
          }
     }
alert("Done");
}
else {
     alert("No files selected");
}
//––––––––––––––––––––
//Functions start here
//––––––––––––––––––––
function jpg256() {     
     //make a 256 x 256px image of the original document
     var myDoc = app.activeDocument
     var docName = myDoc.name;
     //can use this for opening files with extension
     //var docNameChange = docName.slice(0, -4);
     var myNewDocName = docName + ".jpg";
     var myNewDoc = myDoc.duplicate(myNewDocName, true);
     var width = myNewDoc.width;
     var height = myNewDoc.height;
     //resize
     if (height >= width) {
          myNewDoc.resizeImage (null, 256, 72, ResampleMethod.BICUBICSHARPER); 
          // 'null' resizes proportionally
          myNewDoc.resizeCanvas (256, 256, AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER);
     } 
     else {
          myNewDoc.resizeImage (256, null, 72, ResampleMethod.BICUBICSHARPER); 
          // 'null' resizes proportionally
          myNewDoc.resizeCanvas (256, 256, AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER);
     }
     //save the file in a folder named 256x256
     //check if it exists, if it doesn't then create
     var jpegOptions = new JPEGSaveOptions();
     jpegOptions.quality = 7;
     var folder256 = docPath + "/zJPGs";
     if (Folder(folder256).exists) {
          save256();
     }
     else {
          var fldr = new Folder(folder256);
          fldr.create();
          save256();
     }
     function save256() {
          myNewDoc.saveAs(new File(folder256), jpegOptions);
          myNewDoc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
     }
} 

[DevilsChariot]

I wanted to use the dynamic file opening code you wrote in one of my own scripts. However, I also need to open EPS, TIff, PSD, PNG, and jpeg files.

There is something in the code that disallows or doesn't specify whcih files can be opened.

Could you explain or give me a sample to get me started in the right direction?

Thanks for your consideration.

[_wckdTall_]

One Edit to the loop for it to work, adding [i]

if (fileList != null) {
     for (var i in fileList) {
          if (fileList instanceof File && fileList.hidden == false) {
               open(fileList, pdfOpenOptions);
          }
     }

[Stephen Marsh]

@_wckdTall_ 

Thanks for posting/updating. When Adobe changed the forum software it broke the variables in the old code.