Save the ui state of a script

[Teddy5FF4]

Hi everyone,
I'm looking for an elegant way to store the value changes on a script ui from one use to another.
Here is a simple example, how to get the same value back for checkboxes and editable text.

// ======
var dialog = new Window("dialog"); 
    dialog.text = "Dialog"; 
    dialog.orientation = "column"; 
    dialog.alignChildren = ["center","top"]; 
    dialog.spacing = 10; 
    dialog.margins = 16; 

// GROUP1
// ======
var group1 = dialog.add("group", undefined, {name: "group1"}); 
    group1.orientation = "row"; 
    group1.alignChildren = ["left","center"]; 
    group1.spacing = 10; 
    group1.margins = 0; 

var checkboxA = group1.add("checkbox", undefined, undefined, {name: "checkboxA"}); 
    checkboxA.text = "A"; 
    checkboxA.value = true; 

var checkboxB = group1.add("checkbox", undefined, undefined, {name: "checkboxB"}); 
    checkboxB.text = "B"; 
    checkboxB.value = true; 

var checkboxC = group1.add("checkbox", undefined, undefined, {name: "checkboxC"}); 
    checkboxC.text = "C"; 
    checkboxC.value = false; 

var checkboxD = group1.add("checkbox", undefined, undefined, {name: "checkboxD"}); 
    checkboxD.text = "D"; 
    checkboxD.value = false; 

var checkboxE = group1.add("checkbox", undefined, undefined, {name: "checkboxE"}); 
    checkboxE.text = "E"; 
    checkboxE.value = false; 

// DIALOG
// ======
var edittext1 = dialog.add('edittext {properties: {name: "edittext1"}}'); 
    edittext1.text = "my text 1"; 

var launchButton = dialog.add("button", undefined, undefined, {name: "launchButton"}); 
    launchButton.text = "launch"; 
	launchButton.onClick = function(){
		//do stuff
		dialog.close();
	};

dialog.show();

  I' m actually doing the job with another .jsx wher i store the values.

//version to manage the pref file
prefVersion = 1.00
//check if the pref file is up to date
prefFile = new File(Folder.myDocuments + "/myPref_" + prefVersion + ".jsx");
if (!prefFile.exists) {
	var fileList = new Folder(Folder.myDocuments).getFiles();
	for (var i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++) {
		fileList[i].remove(); //erase the file if it is not up to date
	}
}



// ========================================= UI
var dialog = new Window("dialog"); 
    dialog.text = "Dialog"; 
    dialog.orientation = "column"; 
    dialog.alignChildren = ["center","top"]; 
    dialog.spacing = 10; 
    dialog.margins = 16; 

// GROUP1
// ======
var group1 = dialog.add("group", undefined, {name: "group1"}); 
    group1.orientation = "row"; 
    group1.alignChildren = ["left","center"]; 
    group1.spacing = 10; 
    group1.margins = 0; 

var checkboxA = group1.add("checkbox", undefined, undefined, {name: "checkboxA"}); 
    checkboxA.text = "A"; 
    checkboxA.value = false; 

var checkboxB = group1.add("checkbox", undefined, undefined, {name: "checkboxB"}); 
    checkboxB.text = "B"; 
    checkboxB.value = false; 

var checkboxC = group1.add("checkbox", undefined, undefined, {name: "checkboxC"}); 
    checkboxC.text = "C"; 
    checkboxC.value = false; 

var checkboxD = group1.add("checkbox", undefined, undefined, {name: "checkboxD"}); 
    checkboxD.text = "D"; 
    checkboxD.value = false; 

var checkboxE = group1.add("checkbox", undefined, undefined, {name: "checkboxE"}); 
    checkboxE.text = "E"; 
    checkboxE.value = false; 

// DIALOG
// ======
var edittext1 = dialog.add('edittext {properties: {name: "edittext1"}}'); 
    edittext1.text = "my text 1"; 

var launchButton = dialog.add("button", undefined, undefined, {name: "launchButton"}); 
    launchButton.text = "launch"; 
	launchButton.onClick = function(){
		//do stuff
		dialog.close();
	};


//check if the pref file exist
if (!prefFile.exists) {
	defaultPref(); 
}
// if not a pref file with default value is create
function defaultPref() {
	var defaultValue = "prefVersion = 1.00; checkboxA.value = false; checkboxB.value = false; checkboxC.value = false; checkboxD.value = false; checkboxE.value = false; edittext1.text = \"my text 1\";";
	prefFile.open('w');
	prefFile.writeln(defaultValue);
	prefFile.close();
	return "defaultValueUP"
}

//include pref file
eval('#include' + prefFile.fullName);

dialog.show();


dialog.onClose = savePref();

//on close the pref file is updated
function savePref() {
	var newValue = " checkboxA.value = " + checkboxA.value + "; checkboxB.value = " + checkboxB.value + "; checkboxC.value = " + checkboxC.value + "; checkboxD.value = " + checkboxD.value + "; checkboxE.value = " + checkboxE.value +"; edittext1.text = \"" + edittext1.text + "\" ;";
	prefFile.open('w');
	prefFile.writeln(newValue.toString());
	prefFile.close();
}

Any idea ?

thanks  🙂

Teddy

[c.pfaffenbichler]

A txt-file would do as well. 

Another option would be using a custom namespace to store the settings, but I couldn’t find a more recent or pertinent thread than this one at current. 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/newbie-question-how-to-create-a-namespace-and-record-fileda...

[Teddy5FF4]

thx,
for sure, i will do it with a text file.
hmmm i don't really anderstand the the thread.
But to store the value in an object sounds like an elegant option. Is that what you are talking about ?

[Lumigraphics]

Either a text file or see if you can write to Preferences (which is possible in Bridge.)

app.preferences.myNamespace_.myPreference

[Teddy5FF4]

Thx,
i don't know why i didn't simply create a text file ^^'

it'is not really pref but just UI values i want to store...