Subfolders/Folders Issue

[Steven Mathisen]

So I am trying to get a handle on getFiles and folder structure.

Currently I have a script that works fine, except it runs repetitively due to how I have my folder call setup. I'm uncertain how to get past it, because it has some functionality I need and frankly I'm new at using .js on folder structures.

So I have a target folder, tFolder, and within this, subfolders to run through the script. Within these folders are .psd files that have a count of 3-5 files.

Currently the script iterates through each file, however many files are in the subfolder, which of course isn't ideal. Could someone help with a modification of the script below? .pop seemed to be the right direction but I couldn't get it to work in this case.

try{
       var tFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Select the folder with PSDs to process");
        var mainFldr = tFolder.path;

}
catch(error){
    alert("User Cancelled Folder Selection")
    }   

try {
           if (tFolder != null)  processFolder(tFolder);

            function processFolder(folder) {
                var fileList = folder.getFiles()
                 for (var i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++) {

                        if (fileList instanceof File && fileList.name.match(/\.(psd)$/i)) {
                            fileOpen(fileList, i);
                                                }

////// This is the area  I know I need to rewrite, but I cannot figure out a way to modify this correctly//////////

                    else if (fileList instanceof Folder) {                       
                       
                   processFolder(fileList);


                        }
                    }
                }
  
   }
    catch(error){
        alert(String("Error in parent process \n"+error))
  
}  


[Paul Riggott]

This is how I would normally do it...

var folders =[];
var topLevel = Folder.selectDialog("Please select top level folder");    
folders = FindAllFolders(topLevel, folders);
folders.unshift(topLevel);
for(var a in folders){
    var fileList = folders.getFiles("*.psd");
    for(var z in fileList){
        //open, process etc...
        }
    }
function FindAllFolders( srcFolderStr, destArray) {
    var fileFolderArray = Folder( srcFolderStr ).getFiles();
    for ( var i = 0; i < fileFolderArray.length; i++ ) {
        var fileFoldObj = fileFolderArray;
        if ( fileFoldObj instanceof File ) {            
        } else {
         destArray.push( Folder(fileFoldObj) );
        FindAllFolders( fileFoldObj.toString(), destArray );
        }
    }
    return destArray;
};

[vinoth_mannu]

Hi Paul,

This was really useful, In addition

Could you please suggest for saving the files in different folder.retaining the same structure of the input folder

For ex - var inputFolder = Folder ( 'D:/Work/In/');

Sub folders may be 1,2,,3

Saving the files in

var outputFolder = Folder( ['D:/Work/out/'] ); with same Sub folders may be 1,2,,3

Regards,

Vinoth

[Paul Riggott]

These might help as both support keeping folder structure...

Image Processor Pro

http://russellbrown.com/scripts.html

Picture Processor

http://www.scriptsrus.talktalk.net/PP.htm

[dgolberg]

Is this what you're looking for?

var rootFold = Folder(selectDialog());

var newFold = Folder(selectDialog());

var folders,fileList = [];

folders.push(rootFold);

getFileAndFold();

processFiles();

function getFileAndFold() {

    for(var i=0;i<folders.length;i++) {

        var files = folders.getFiles();

        while(files.length > 0) {

            for(var f in files) {

                if(files instanceof Folder) {

                    folders.push(files);

                } else if(files.name.match(/\.(psd)$/i)) {

                    fileList.push(files);

                }

            }

        }

    }

}

function processFiles() {

    for(var fo in folders) {

        var current = new Folder(folders[fo].replace(rootFold, newFold));

        if(!current.exists) {

            current.create();

        }

    }

    for(var fi in fileList) {

        //Perform your processing

        var saveFile = new File(fileList[fi].replace(rootFold, newFold));

        //setup saveOptions

        activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, saveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);

    }

}

I apologize if parts may not work, I haven't had time to actually test it.  Also, I may have the .replace() wrong; been working in Java a lot and it seems a little different in how it works.