Passing arguments to the jsx file from command line

I am using the following Command  to run my script from the command line.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit CC\ExtendScript Toolkit.exe" -run %JSX_OUT_FILE%

Now i can run my jsx file from the command line. But I am unable to find out how to use command line arguments to "export to binary" and "save" the jsx file.

If available please provide any documentation of the Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit regarding the command line arguments

Thanks for to all for the previous posts on getting command line arguments to jsx. I'm using CS3 and post #7 does not work. I generalized another post to have `generic` runjavascript.vbs.

Here's what I came up with.

command line example: runjavascript.vbs c:\mydirectory\test.jsx arg0 arg1 arg2 arg3

===== start runjavascript.vbs =====

Set vbsArguments = WScript.Arguments

If vbsArguments.Length = 0 Then
	WScript.Echo "Argument(0) is `your script to execute"
	WScript.Echo "Arguments(0+n) are passed to your script as argument(0) to argument(n-1)"
Else
	ReDim jsxArguments(vbsArguments.length-2)

	for i = 1 to vbsArguments.length - 1
		jsxArguments(i-1) = vbsArguments(i)
	Next

	Set photoshop = CreateObject("Photoshop.Application")
	photoshop.BringToFront

	'DoJavaScript has 3 parameters
	'syntax DoJavaScript(arg[0], arg[1], arg[2]]
	'arg[0] == javascript file to execute, full pathname
	'arg[1] == an array of arguments to past to the javascript
	'arg[2] == AiJavaScriptExecutionMode: aiNeverShowDebugger = 1, aiDebuggerOnError = 2, aiBeforeRunning = 3
	'only use 1
	Call photoshop.DoJavaScriptFile(vbsArguments(0), jsxArguments, 1)
End IF

===== start test.jsx =====

#target photoshop

for(n = 0; n < arguments.length; n++){
	alert("argument(" + n + ")= " + arguments);
}

Hello guys! It is possible to get values from command line.

Let's see this example:

testclient -host localhost:6666 myscript.jsx "x=123456"

To access "x" from command line just type:

var my_x = app.scriptArgs.getValue("x");

Good Luck 🙂

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To run JavaScript from the prompt using ExtendScript Toolkit 1.0.3 or 2.0.2 you need to do the following:
(add the line #target indesign to the top of your script otherwise ESTK will open without executing the script. Example)

#target indesign

//MakeDocumentWithParameters.jsx
//An InDesign CS2 JavaScript
//Shows how to use the parameters of the document.open method.
//The first parameter (showingWindow) controls the visibility of the
//document. Hidden documents are not minimized, and will not appear until
//you add a new window to the document. The second parameter (documentPreset)
//specifies the document preset to use. The following line assumes that
//you have a document preset named "Flyer" on your system.
var myDocument = app.documents.add(true, app.documentPresets.item("Flyer"));

//SaveDocumentAs.jsx
//An InDesign CS2 JavaScript
//If the active document has not been saved (ever), save it.
if(app.activeDocument.saved == false){
	//If you do not provide a file name, InDesign will display the Save dialog box.
	app.activeDocument.save(new File("/c/temp/myTestDocument.indd"));
}

Ensure Indesign is open. Execute the following command:

"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Utilities\ExtendScript Toolkit\ExtendScript Toolkit.exe" -run "[path to script]\script.jsx"

For example:

"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Utilities\ExtendScript Toolkit\ExtendScript Toolkit.exe" -run "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS2\Presets\Scripts\test.jsx"

This command can be easily called from Java or any other third party application of your choice.

It took me a while to find this information, so I thought I'd share it with everyone.

Good luck!

hi Tim Stoddard,
nice to meet you, I am sunil kumar. I am also using the follwing application that passing arguments to the jsx file from command line. Can you tell me how to do that? My javascript is given below. Please go through that, and give me the applicaiton.

//DataMerge.jsx
//An InDesign CS3 JavaScript
//
//Performs a data merge given an InDesign template
//file and a data file.

main();
function main()
{
	//You'll have to fill in valid files names on your system
	//for the data file and the InDesign template file.
	var myDocument = app.open(File("/d/DataMerge/DataMerge1.indd"));
	var myDataSource = File("/d/DataMerge/datasheet.csv");
	myDocument.dataMergeProperties.selectDataSource(myDataSource);
	myDocument.dataMergeProperties.mergeRecords();
	myDocument=myDocument.save("d:\kumar\datamerge3.indd");
	myDocument.close();
}

Can you tell me how to run javascript in command prompt? I tried ur way, but I am not able to run the script. Can you tell how to run the javascript from command prompt?

@_Tim_Stoddard_ wrote:

I have tried the following

"c:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Utilities\ExtendScript Toolkit\ExtendScript Toolkit.exe" "c:\path to script\myscript.jsx" "argument1" "argument2"

and tried to refer these arguments within the script using arguments[0] and arguments[1] . But looks like this does not work.

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That doesn't work. In your server-side script, write the arguments to
predetermined text file (e.g. "~/myscript.ini"), the read from that file in your
jsx script. Your choice as to whether you use ini, xml, or some other format.
I typically use ini format. It's easy enough to read and generate.


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