Re: I would like to export form fields from a PDF ...

BarlaeDC · ‎Jun 14, 2018

Hi, You should be able to use this.exportAsText to get a tab delimited file that you can then manipulate to make as you want. As you have a large number of forms it would be best to run it as a batch. This is probably the easiest option, once you have the file you could use numerous tools to be able to convert it to the format above, but I don't think you would be able to get it out of Acrobat that way. Hope this helps Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎Jun 14, 2018

Hi, If you use the code above in a calculation script, would it not make all the fields you haven't got to yet ( assuming they are blank to start with) read only before the user gets to fill it in? User enters field1 - types some text "myName" Calculate runs field2 and field3 that don't have any text become read only. This would probably need to be on each fields validate ( or calculate) event, but you could store the function globally as a document script which you could then call. Something like function makeReadOnly ( fieldName) { var f = this.getField (fieldName); if ( f.value !== "") { f.readonly = true; } else { f.readOnly = false; } } then on each field you could just call makeReadOnly ( event.target.name); Then if you had to change anything in the function you only have to do it at one place. Hope this helps Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎Jun 12, 2018

Hi, can you check the drop down list at the top on the left so extendscript to make sure it says the name of the application that you want to debug? (indesign cc 2018) hope this helps Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎Jun 12, 2018

Hi, The === matches type as well as value, == just matches value. I think this is because I missed out the .length inside the if, so it should look like this if ( changedResults.length === 0) but as long as it is working which is the main thing. Regards Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎Jun 12, 2018

HI, It is not possible to get errors as such, as no error is thrown if the find doesn't find anything, but you can catch that the find didn't find anything. if you change the following line app.activeDocument.changeText(); to var changedResults = app.activeDocument.changeText(); Then you can check the length of changedResults to see if anything was changed something like if ( changedResults === 0) { // I have put it into a alert, but you could put it to the console. alert ( "No results for " + input); } Hpoe this helps Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎Jun 11, 2018

HI, I apologies I thought the solution was easier that it turned out to be, please find the code below which should do what is required. ArrayCompress=function(array){ var str = array.sort().join('\r')+'\r' str = str.replace(/([^\r]+\r)(\1)+/g,'$1') str = str.replace(/\r$/,'') return str.split('\r') } IsInArray = function (item,array){ for(var i=0;i<array.length;i++){ if(array == item){return true;} } return false; } var doc = app.documents[0]; var styles = doc.stories.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().appliedParagraphStyle; try{ styles = styles.concat(doc.stories.everyItem().footnotes.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().appliedParagraphStyle); }catch(e){} try{ styles = styles.concat(doc.stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem().cells.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().appliedParagraphStyle); }catch(e){} var names = []; for(var i=0;i<styles.length;i++){ names = styles.name; } names = ArrayCompress(names); var allStyles = doc.allParagraphStyles; for(var i=allStyles.length-1;i>=0;i--){ if(IsInArray(allStyles.name,names)){ allStyles.splice(i,1); } } var appendixStyles = doc.paragraphStyleGroups.itemByName("APPENDIX").paragraphStyles; var stylesToRemove = []; for ( var k = 0; k < allStyles.length; k++) { for ( var l = 0; l < appendixStyles.length; l++) { if ( allStyles .name == appendixStyles .name) { stylesToRemove.push ( appendixStyles ); } } } for ( var p = stylesToRemove.length-1; p > 0; p--) { stylesToRemove .remove(); } I have left the original code alone this time, to get a list of all the paragraph styles that are not needed, then I have compared that this to the list of paragraph styles in the paragraph style group you wanted, then finally I have removed the styles, I have done it like this as it can get really confusing to delete styles while still working out which styles you need. Hope this helps. Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎Jun 11, 2018

Hi , Sorry there was a typo in my initial message, it should be var allStyles = doc.paragraphStyleGroups.itemByName("APPENDIX").paragraphStyles; notice the 's' at the end of paragraphStyleGroups Regards Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎Jun 11, 2018

HI, I think you need to adjust your approach, it is not possible to find unused paragraph styles that are in a specific paragraphStyleGroup, as when they are used the story does not track which group the style was in. It would be better to change the code later on to only compare against the group you wish to remove from. There is line 31 in the code you posted var allStyles = doc.allParagraphStyles; if you changed this to only get the paragraph styles in the specific group you wanted you would then compare against that list. var allStyles = doc.paragraphStyleGroup.itemByName("APPENDIX").paragraphStyles; Hope this helps Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎Jun 11, 2018

Hi, You should be able to use some code similar to below, depending on your wsdl, there will be changes. // Start Of Code // This is a service that converts the number to words - e.g. '100' becomes ' One Hundred' service = Net.SOAP.connect("http://www.dataaccess.com/webservicesserver/numberconversion.wso?WSDL"); var result = null; try{ //the following line makes the web service call, which takes one parameter 'ubiNum' the number to convert. result = service.NumberToWords('<ubiNum>' + cResponse + '</ubiNum>'); }catch(e){ app.alert("ERROR: There was a problem making the web service call to the web method" + e); //error goes to message box } this.getField("TranslatedText").value = result; } // EOC Please note: as this is a webcall, there may be a dialog that displays asking for permission to access the wsdl location. Hope this helps Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎Jun 08, 2018

HI, First point, the if statements don't appear to be correct ( based on the code above). The should have double equals rather than single if ( skill == "Yes" && rank > 0) ..... else if ( skill == "Off" ) ...... And based on your text you want rank to be greater than 1 so it would probably need to be if ( skill == "Yes" && rank > 1) ..... else if ( skill == "Off") ...... Hope that helps Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎Jun 08, 2018

HI, Just a point of clarification. Are you trying to do this through Scripting of the application? Regards Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎Jun 08, 2018

HI, I would like to check the functionality you want to make sure I am understanding the result you need correctly. In the form you have control questions and questions that are controlled. CONTROL QUESTION - GENERAL PREMISE INSPECTIONS This has the option of 'Yes' and 'N/A'. If you select 'Yes' all questions of that section should be enabled. If you select 'N/A' all question of that section should be disabled and controlled questions should be set to 'N/A'. There is no 'No' Option. CONTROLLED QUESTION - Are these inspections recorded and help on site? This has the option of 'Yes', 'No', and 'N/A' If you select 'Yes' nothing happens to any other field If you select 'N/A' nothing happens If you select 'No' nothing should happen - IS THAT CORRECT? If the above is correct, then you need to remove the code from all the 'No' check boxes as it is not needed. The control question is the only one that requires the code to be applied. If I have a mis-understanding, please respond with corrections and I will re-evaluate my answer. Hope this helps Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎Jun 08, 2018

Hi, Could you call the app.ListMenuItems call to list all the menu items with the plugin installed, then see what the menu is called if it is listed and then you should be able to call app.execMenuItem ( "INSERTNAMEHERE"); to call that menu. This is a bit of a shot in the dark as I don't have access to the product you are using so can't test. Hope this helps Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎Jun 08, 2018

Hi, Just a thought, do you have the code on all 'Yes' and 'No' answers of just the "GENERAL PURPOSE INSPECTIONS" question? because it only needs to be at the top level to work as you described. If not can you upload the file so that I can take a look at the code? Regards Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎Jun 01, 2018

HI, Could you share a sample document using a file sharing service, so that we can take a look at the before and after to see if we can spot the problem? Regards Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎May 25, 2018

HI, You could create 2 functions, probably best to add them at the document level, they would need to be something like this. [ Code slightly more verbose than it probably needs to be for clarity ] function disableRadioButtons ( controlButton, controlledButtons) { var controlBut = this.getField ( controlButton); if ( controlBut.value == "Choice3") { for ( var i = 0; i < controlledButtons.length; i++) { var controlledBut = this.getField ( controlledButtons); controlledBut.value = "Choice3"; controlledBut.readonly = true; } } } function enableRadioButtons ( controlButton, controlledButtons) { var controlBut = this.getField ( controlButton); if ( controlBut.value != "Choice3") { for ( var i = 0; i < controlledButtons.length; i++) { var controlledBut = this.getField ( controlledButtons); if ( controlledBut.value == "Choice3") { // only if the NA option is selected do we unselect it. controlledBut.value = ""; } controlledBut.readonly = false; } } } Then from the "Mouse Up" event if the non-NA buttons, call this enableRadioButtons ( "Group1", ["Group2", "Group3", "Group4"]); from the NA buttons call this. disableRadioButtons ( "Group1", ["Group2", "Group3", "Group4"]); Each function takes 2 parameters, the first is the NA button to control the logic, the second is an array of all the names of the groups that you want to be controlled. Hope this helps Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎May 25, 2018

Hi, You don't need to cycle through, you can just use this tell application "Adobe InDesign CC 2018" tell document 1 set myTextFrame to every text frame whose label is "findMe" set selection to myTextFrame end tell end tell That will get you an array of all the text frames which have the label "findMe" in your instance it will have a single entry, so it will only select the one text frame, obviously if it returns more than one text frame it would select them all, or we would need to add code to get the first one. Regards Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎May 23, 2018

Hi, Can you not infer the Colour Mode based on the name? only checked in CC 2018, but when you select a Colour Mode you seem to get predictable results: For example: Colour Choosen ---- > Colour Mode PANTONE P 1-3 C ---- > PANTONE+ CMYK Coated PANTONE P 1-3 U --- > PANTONE+ CMYK Uncoated PANTONE 103 CP --- > PANTONE+ Color Bridge Coated I haven't checked them all but they appear to have a set naming structure: PANTONE **Colour Information** CHARACTERCODE Hope this helps Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎May 17, 2018

Hi, Can you share the final document? ( using dropbox or similar service) Can you share a sample of the actual filenames including extension? Are you on wndows or mac ? Regards Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎May 17, 2018

HI, Can you provide a sample document so that we can see what the issues is, it is probably just some graphic object or other non text item, which doesn't have the properties required by the scripts. Regards Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎May 16, 2018

Hi, You should be able to use code something like this, I have made it more verbose than is probably needed as you say you are just discovering what can be done, and I wanted to make it as easy to follow as possible. // get active document var myDoc = app.activeDocument; // get all tables from that document var myPageItems = myDoc.pageItems.everyItem(); var myTables = myPageItems.tables.everyItem().getElements(); // for each table for ( var i = 0; i < myTables.length; i++) { // get all cells var curTable = myTables; var curTableCells = curTable.cells; // for each cell for ( var j = 0; j < curTableCells.length; j++) { var curCell = curTableCells ; // get all text ranges - a text range is made everytime a style is changed var curTextStyleRanges = curCell.textStyleRanges; for ( var k = 0; k < curTextStyleRanges.length; k++) { var curTextStyleRange = curTextStyleRanges ; // check the name of the text ranges appliedParagraphStyle if ( curTextStyleRange.appliedParagraphStyle.name === "partno") { // as your example the empty cell is always the one before the cell we currently have var jMinusOne = j - 1; var newDestCell = curTableCells [jMinusOne]; // only copy the cells contents that match our range newDestCell.contents = curTextStyleRange.contents; // set the new contents to have the same paragraph style newDestCell.textStyleRanges[0].appliedParagraphStyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.itemByName("partno"); // delete the contents from the original cell curTextStyleRange.remove(); } } } } Hope this helps Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎May 14, 2018

Hi, From the JavaScript Toolbar, select "Document Actions", then pick the one you want to use from the dialog. Regards Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎May 10, 2018

HI, Based on the error you are missing a closing '}' in that if that you added it should be Note: you are also missing the keyword "alert") if ( nextString === undefined) { alert ( ....); } Regards Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎May 10, 2018

Hi, Because the word that failed is the last word in the document, you cannot get the word after it, as there is no word to get. If this is the case you need to check there is actually a word to get before you use it. You could do this in two ways. 1 - Check the number of words you have, and make sure that there are more words after the one that failed. var nextStringLocation = i + 1; var nextString = null; // define it so we know it has changed. if ( numberOfWords > nextStringLocation) { nextString = compareDocWords [ nextStringLocation]; } if ( nextString !== null) { alert ( "unmatched italics: " + previousString.contents + " " + currentDoc1Contents + " " + nextString.contents); } 2 - check that nextWord is valid before you use it. if ( nextString !== undefined) { alert ( "unmatched italics: " + previousString.contents + " " + currentDoc1Contents + " " + nextString.contents); } It is up to you how you handle this, although note you probably need to handle the same for "previousString" in case the failed word is the first word in the document/story as there will be no word before it. hope this helps Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎May 10, 2018

Hi, Would that script only un-merge the first table, would it not need to be app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem().columns[0].cells[0].unmerge(); to un-merge all the 1st cells in the 1st columns. Regards Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎May 10, 2018

Hi, I posted the thread so you could see 2 points, 1 - that ExtendScript does not conform to the specifications, and hence you get some anomalies in how code functions. and 2 - that there is a debate about what to do with Scripting going forward, do Adobe update extendscript or move to a different framework (nodejs ........ ). This was just to give you some understanding of where the ExtendScript library is, and the problems that can arise because of this. I agree that it should be fixed/updated to match the specification but until such time as there is a approach chosen by Adobe as to how to move forward with ExtendScript, we pretty much have to work around the issues. As always you can log the issue officially with Adobe here - Feature Request/Bug Report Form Regards Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎May 10, 2018

Hi, retString is a Word Object, hence the string you get in the dialog, if you want the actual word you need to add ".contents" so the alert line would read. alert ( "unmatched italics: " + currentDoc1Contents + " " + retString.contents); Or you could change the declaration line to var retString = previousWord.contents; Either would work. hope this helps Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎May 09, 2018

Hi, As per this thread it is stated that the scripting engine doesn't conform in all ways, so it could be either a bug or a implementation issue, Does Adobe have any plans to update JavaScript . At the moment, I guess it is just best to be explicit with your JavaScript. Regards Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎May 09, 2018

HI, Sorry, I used that as an example, in your code that would be currentDoc1Contents or currentDoc2Contents, depending on which one failed. I also notice that you have added "var currentDoc1Contents = currentDoc1Word.contents" to the if statement this is not needed as you already have a valid currentDoc1Contents variable from above in the code. Hope this helps Malcolm

BarlaeDC · ‎May 08, 2018

Hi, Getting the full paragraph is probably not as easy as it would appear, you can easily get a number of words that surround the word that failed, just by using the index to get the words. In the code above we get the word to test "var currentDoc1Word = compareDoc1Words;" you could easily add something like var previousWordLocation = i - 1; var previousWord = compareDoc1Words[previousWordLocation]; var nextWordLocation = i + 1; var newWord = compareDoc1Words[nextWordLocation]; I have done this with word 1, but you could do it with both, there is also no reason you could take 2,3,4 or how ever many words you want before or after the one that failed, but you would need to make sure that those words exist, check that you are not out of range of the total number of words you have, or trying to access the array with a negative number. Once you have all the words then you can just concat them to make a string. var retString = previousWord + FailedWord + nextWord; // simplification to keep code easy. Hope this helps Malcolm

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