?how to export file name & date created as text?

Hi all,

For a job like this I prefer use the Excel CSV format than a simple text file. The advantage is interesting : you will be able to sort your files either by their names, or by their creation date.

In the following example we have to find the code number 36867 of the Exif "date" ; it doesn't depend on the user's camera (of course, this is possible only with formats that have EXIFs infos like Jpg, Tif, Psd. This script registers in an Excel file all the photos found in a tree (top folder). It is not difficult to adapt.

// ******************************** Michel Rohan *****************************************************
// MAC Finder ou WINDOWS Explorer, on autorise le double clic  et on fait passer Photoshop au 1er plan 
#target photoshop
app.bringToFront();
unitRuler =    app.preferences.rulerUnits;
unitType = app.preferences.typeUnits;
var inputFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Select the top folder in which are the directories where the images are : ");
if (inputFolder != null) 
{
    filesArray = scanFolder(inputFolder);
}
// Tries to open a photo
if (filesArray.length == 0)
{
    alert('There is no image in this folder. NOP')
}
else
// The script is launched
{
    app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
    app.preferences.typeUnits = TypeUnits.PIXELS;        
    var outputFolder = Folder(inputFolder + "/Excel");
    if (!outputFolder.exists) outputFolder.create();
    app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO;
    var linesArray = new Array();
    main();
}
// Main program
function main()  
{  
    try {
        for (var i=0;i<filesArray.length;i++)
        {
            var docRef = filesArray;
            app.open (docRef);
            var docName  = docRef.name;
            var nbExifs = app.activeDocument.info.exif.length;
            for (var j = 0; j < nbExifs; j++) 
            {
                if (app.activeDocument.info.exif[2]==36867)
                {
                    var exifDate = app.activeDocument.info.exif[1];
                    var line = docName + '  ;  ' + exifDate;
                    linesArray.push(line);
                }
            }
            app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
        }
    }
    
    catch(gestError)
    {
        alert(gestError+gestError.description);
    }    
}
writeFile();
alert('Done ! your textFile is in the folder \"../Excel\"');
app.preferences.rulerUnits = unitRuler;
app.preferences.typeUnits = unitType;
// Recursive function
function scanFolder(dossier) {
    var listeFichiers = [],
    fileList = dossier.getFiles(),i, fichier;
    
    for (i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++) {
        fichier = fileList;
        if (fichier instanceof Folder) {
            listeFichiers = listeFichiers.concat(scanFolder(fichier));
        }
        else if (fichier instanceof File && fichier.name.match(/\.(psd|jpg|tif|)$/i)) {
            listeFichiers.push(fichier);
        }
    }
    return listeFichiers;
}
function writeFile()
{
    var saveFile = new File(outputFolder+'/fileList.csv');
    saveFile.open('w');
    for (i = 0; i < linesArray.length; i++) 
    {
        saveFile.encoding = "UTF8";
        saveFile.writeln(decodeURI(linesArray));
    }
    saveFile.close();
}

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If your using digital camera images the data you want may be in the files metadata and file name.  You could use a script. that you downloaded from the web like my stampexif script. That I wrote to be used in actions. It is included in my crafting actions package.

Crafting Actions Package UPDATED Aug 10, 2014 Added Conditional Action steps to Action Palette Tips.
Contains

• Action Actions Palette Tips.txt
• Action Creation Guidelines.txt
• Action Dealing with Image Size.txt
• Action Enhanced via Scripted Photoshop Functions.txt
• CraftedActions.atn Sample Action set includes an example Watermarking action
• Sample Actions.txt Photoshop CraftedActions set saved as a text file.
• More then a dozen Scripts for use in actions

Example
Download

There are Adobe Bridge Scripts:

extracting bridge metadata

Scripts | Image Metadata to CSV File.

http://www.ps-bridge-scripts.talktalk.net

And of course, there is always ExifTool

exiftool -csv -r -System:FileName -ExifIFD:CreateDate -IPTC:DateCreated -IPTC:TimeCreated -XMP-xmp:CreateDate -XMP-photoshop:DateCreated 'mac-os-platform/specific/path/to/file/or/top-level-folder' > '/Users/currentuser/Desktop/meta out.csv'

If you are using Win OS just swap ' for " and make sure that you have the correct file path, current logged in user name etc.

What format do you want the text file to be? Just plain text, xml, csv, etc? This can easiely be done with scripting. Moving post to scripting forum.