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‎Mar 12, 2011
01:07 PM
What OS are you on?
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‎Mar 12, 2011
12:44 PM
Paul, AppleScript has 'text item delimiters' which you can set to just about anything… Think of it like someString.split(delim); so you can use almost anything you like. Words is just a simple example of its text handling (I just wanted any list)… As for me this would be done in bridge too… All that app switching back and forth in order to cut and paste. Using JavaScript in Bridge would rip this to ribbons… AppleScript in Bridge has one command 'do javascript' now that is funny… Thanks for adding that Adobe…
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‎Mar 12, 2011
08:52 AM
Im not sure I understand what you are doing… You shouldn't need those ';' in your string Photoshop will add them as its delimiters? In AppleScript using 'word' by definition returns a group of characters a-zA-Z any length greater than 1, no punctuation… If you need other characters then you will need to replace 'words of' with some other text command…
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‎Mar 12, 2011
08:04 AM
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Oh a possible solution if this is the case would be to ask for words of the clipboard. Like so… set the clipboard to "My, key, words, as, a, list" -- A string tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS5" set Doc_Ref to the current document tell Doc_Ref -- This will create a list of words from clipboard text set Key_Words to words of (the clipboard) set keywords of info to Key_Words end tell end tell
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‎Mar 12, 2011
07:54 AM
I can't help with the pulling of data from an Excel spreadsheet but… Photoshop expects info 'key words' to be an AppleScript list… If you are getting a single item "quoted" then you are suppling it a string… You can't use comma or colon in a string as the item delimiters. Only a list will give you separated items… As you will see the first 2 of these don't work but the third does… tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS5" set Doc_Ref to the current document tell Doc_Ref -- set Key_Words to "My, key, words, as, a, list" -- set Key_Words to "My; key; words; as; a; list" set Key_Words to {"My", "key", "words", "as", "a", "list"} set keywords of info to Key_Words end tell end tell
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‎Mar 10, 2011
03:55 PM
This should be doable. If you search the forum I already posted about outlining text. One this is done all you need do is rotate (randomish) each page item of the resulting group… What's returned from Outlining text…
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‎Mar 09, 2011
04:36 AM
Im sorry to say that using a menu item & merging swatches are NOT available to Illustrator as they are to Indesign…
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‎Mar 08, 2011
12:00 PM
That GUI option is almost certainly provided by plug-in and because of that will always be quicker. Unfortunately you get no access to plug-ins from script (well at least I don't) path finder would be top of my wish list… These functions are in InDesign so why not this app too?
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‎Mar 08, 2011
02:27 AM
ditto john…
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‎Mar 08, 2011
01:56 AM
What I mean is that the resulting files modification date is set to the time stamp of the File.copy() call. This is NOT the behavior of the OS. Say if I was to move a directory to process and my script does NOT modify every file within that. (This is typical workflow for me). When I put these files back on the server 'Retrospect' will think everything has been modified and want me to back-up the lot again. But I know this is NOT the case. In my case I need to have the system move/copy the files or I would need to use bridgetalk and have Bridge app do copyTo() and moveTo() as this works correctly…
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‎Mar 06, 2011
03:44 AM
Harbs, is right I noticed your 'new File' too…
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‎Mar 06, 2011
03:05 AM
I just use instanceof works fine on my mac… Or have I miss this point somewhere? (probably/usually) //var f = File(Folder.desktop);
//var f = File(Folder.desktop+'/');
var f = File('~/desktop/');
if (f instanceof File) alert('Its a File…');
if (f instanceof Folder) alert('Its a Folder…');
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‎Mar 05, 2011
06:59 AM
1 Upvote
It's not possible with JavaScript… Running actions is AppleScript & Visual Basic only…
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‎Mar 05, 2011
04:12 AM
I don't use File.copy() myself it creates a 'NEW' file which makes it pretty useless to me. My Retrospect back-ups would be never ending. It looks like form your images you are making a copy across from mounted server? From a personal point of view I would have the system do the copy/moving of files… Here are a few functions that may be of use to you… Copying files/folders you could do this with the shells 'cp' or 'ditto' Using cp… #target photoshop
var source = Folder.selectDialog('Select a Folder to Copy from?');
var dest = Folder.selectDialog('Select a Folder to Copy to?');
if (source != null && dest != null) {
var res = cpFiles(source, dest);
alert(res);
}
function cpFiles(sf,df) {
var comm = 'cp ';
var optns = '-R ';
var sPath = "'" + sf.fsName + "/' ";
var dPath = "'" + df.fsName + "'";
var sh = comm + optns + sPath + dPath;
var res = undefined;
var sh = app.system(sh);
!sh ? res = true : res = false;
return res;
} And much the same using ditto… #target photoshop
var source = Folder.selectDialog('Select a Folder to Copy from?');
var dest = Folder.selectDialog('Select a Folder to Copy to?');
if (source != null && dest != null) {
var res = dittoFiles(source, dest);
alert(res);
}
function dittoFiles(sf,df) {
var comm = 'ditto ';
var optns = '';
var sPath = "'" + sf.fsName + "/' ";
var dPath = "'" + df.fsName + "'";
var sh = comm + optns + sPath + dPath;
var res = undefined;
var sh = app.system(sh);
!sh ? res = true : res = false;
return res;
} And as you mentioned back-up… here are a few things you could use before/after your process to store/back-up whichever… ZIP a folder… #target photoshop
var source = Folder.selectDialog('Select a Folder to create ZIP From?');
if (source != null) {
var res = makeZIP(source);
alert(res);
}
function makeZIP(sf) {
var comm = '/usr/bin/ditto ';
// These should be default after 10.4 Tiger?
var optns = '-c -k -rsrc --keepParent ';
var sPath = "'" + sf.fsName + "' ";
var dPath = "'" + sf.fsName + '.zip' + "'";
var sh = comm + optns + sPath + dPath;
var res = undefined;
var sh = app.system(sh);
!sh ? res = true : res = false;
return res;
} Disk Image a folder… #target photoshop
var source = Folder.selectDialog('Select a Folder to create Disk Image From?');
if (source != null) {
var res = makeDiskImage(source);
alert(res);
}
function makeDiskImage(sf) {
var comm = 'hdiutil create ';
var optns = '-srcfolder ';
var sPath = "'" + sf.fsName + "' ";
var dPath = "'" + sf.fsName + '.dmg' + "'";
var sh = comm + optns + sPath + dPath;
var res = undefined;
var sh = app.system(sh);
!sh ? res = true : res = false;
return res;
} And lastly TAR Archive a folder… #target photoshop
var source = Folder.selectDialog('Select a Folder to create TAR Archive From?');
if (source != null) {
var res = makeTAR(source);
alert(res);
}
function makeTAR(sf) {
var comm = '/usr/bin/tar ';
var optns = 'cjvf ';
var dPath = "'" + sf.fsName + '.tbz' + "' ";
var sPath = "'" + sf.fsName + "'";
var sh = comm + optns + dPath + sPath;
var res = undefined;
var sh = app.system(sh);
!sh ? res = true : res = false;
return res;
} They are for 'mac' and all expect a folder object or two…
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‎Mar 03, 2011
09:32 AM
I only ran a basic test with this so do check it first… It should look for all files in sub folders and all sub layers too? #target illustrator
var df = Folder(Folder.desktop);
var topLevel = Folder.selectDialog('Please choose your Top Level Folder…', df);
if (topLevel != null) {
var fileList = Array();
fileListRecursive(topLevel.fsName, /\.ai$/i);
if (fileList.length > 0) {
removeInvisLayers();
} else {
alert('This Folder or sub folders contained NO Illustrator AI files?');
}
}
function removeInvisLayers() {
var uIL = app.userInteractionLevel;
app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS;
for (var i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++) {
app.open(fileList);
var docRef = app.activeDocument;
recurseLayers(docRef.layers);
docRef.close(SaveOptions.SAVECHANGES);
}
app.userInteractionLevel = uIL;
};
function recurseLayers(objArray) {
for (var i = objArray.length-1 ; i >= 0; i--) {
if (objArray.layers.length > 0) {
recurseLayers(objArray.layers)
}
if (objArray.locked) objArray.locked = false;
if (!objArray.visible) objArray.visible = true, objArray.remove();
}
};
function fileListRecursive(f, exp) {
var temp = Folder(f).getFiles();
for (var i = 0; i < temp.length; i++) {
if (temp instanceof File && RegExp(exp).test(temp.fsName))
fileList.push(temp);
if (temp instanceof Folder)
fileListRecursive(temp.fsName, exp);
}
};
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‎Mar 02, 2011
12:54 PM
I had forgotten about that one Carlos… Yes I suppose you could use that although it does require typing a new name… Im not so keen but each to there own… var f = File.saveDialog('Save Where?','');
if (f!=null) app.activeDocument.saveAs(f,undefined); And pass an options object if there is something you want to change…?
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‎Mar 02, 2011
06:22 AM
In short I think you answer is NO… There is no 'showing dialog' parameter in either language. You can prompt for a location pretty much the same as 'choose folder' in AppleScript. You can however construct your own dialog using ScriptUI and have the user input some options and a place to save. I am currently working on these myself for use my scripts… Here is an example of some for Photoshop… First dialog offers a selection of File Format to use: On choosing you get a second dialog (with limited options) for input:
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‎Mar 02, 2011
03:24 AM
No problem… I saw no point in storing an Array for later access… You already have one the relative 'path items collection'… Naming items is the easiest method you can also use notes or better still tags (a single item can have numerous tags) very handy. No need to have a list of incrementing values when you can make them as you go… someObject.getByName(someString); will return you the 'first' object that matches your query… so make each unique…
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‎Mar 02, 2011
02:11 AM
Do you need to do this with script? If selecting just the 'Text Fames' is all you need to do then this can be done in the GUI? If you need script to do this and other stuff to then post which scripting language you want to do it in… (it helps)…
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‎Mar 01, 2011
05:14 AM
1 Upvote
Just an alternative… If I understood… for (var i = 0, l = 5; i < 30; i++, l += 5)
{
//$.writeln(i+' '+l);
var a = app.activeDocument.layers[0].pathItems.add();
a.name = 'Arrow '+i;
a.setEntirePath([[0,0],[-16, 12],[-16, 8],[-l, 8],[-l,-8],[-16,-8],[-16,-12]]);
a.closed = true;
}
app.activeDocument.layers[0].pathItems.getByName('Arrow 10');
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‎Feb 25, 2011
04:27 AM
If you have NOT already done so post a link to this in the Photoshop forum relating to your OS… This is more of an issue that you should be speaking to TS about. I sounds to me like something has gone 'boom' with your install of Photoshop (If it was working)… so you need to run through the usual dump prefs, verify disk etc. All depending on your OS. You may even have to do a fresh instal…
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‎Feb 24, 2011
01:30 AM
Finding matches in… and renaming swatches is simple to do you would use match(someRegExp) and replace(someString). As for looking for art coloured with certain values and changing them this too is possible but script does NOT have access to all thats available in the Illustrator GUI. So much would depend on the art in question. If I recall correctly changing the values of a colour in swatches with script breaks it's association with the document art… But that is something I would have to go back and check…
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‎Feb 24, 2011
01:17 AM
Ooo that looks a little different to mine… I would surmise thats down to me being on a mac and having the use the recommended viewer… (Which works very well for me). It would be far better for Jong to advise you as he created these. What is very nice is the speed in which you can search them and the easy to follow object hierarchy. Bump his post just in case he's not following this topic…
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‎Feb 23, 2011
04:11 AM
David… Headline is a property of the documents info object and you need to address it as such… I don't know why you are coercing to 'real' that is for numeric values… use as 'text' or as 'string' instead… Particularly when passing to display dialog as it always want string/text… Anyhow' this works for me… tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2" activate tell current document display dialog (headline of info as text) end tell end tell
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‎Feb 23, 2011
02:34 AM
If you are not a fan of the OMV then you could try Jongware's helpers… See: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2928285#2928285
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‎Feb 23, 2011
01:59 AM
Illustrator does not offer a merge method to it's document swatches from script like Indesign does. Also bringing in new spots to a document is messy… Could you NOT rename the swatches and change their values?
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‎Feb 23, 2011
01:18 AM
Now I read 'any' differently… As not specific to the cyan name string as is… If that was the case then there needs to be some variable input. A dialog listing colours or values the other option for input could come from a user defined selection at run time… but I think the OP should clarify their intent…
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‎Feb 22, 2011
04:11 PM
Jong, sure if its just a rename exercise then you could loop the swatches for value matches or given a list of possibilities change the name but Im not seeing the purpose behind this? What affect on the contained art is this supposed to have?
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‎Feb 22, 2011
01:12 PM
Is this just a re-naming of swatches exercise?
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‎Feb 22, 2011
09:01 AM
Well, I had never heard of this one before… And as the forum's 'Mike' has not stepped forward… I googled… Looks like it was never developed past CS3 and was PC only as the UI was done in VB. I only had a quick look out of curiosity… But it does not look promising…
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