Just throwing this script out there in case it helps somebody:
/*
https://community.adobe.com/t5/bridge-discussions/find-and-replace-function-for-bridge/td-p/12947572
*/
#target bridge
if (BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge") {
ReplaceDescription = new MenuElement("command", "Find and Replace Description/Caption", "at the end of tools");
}
// Load the XMP Script library
if (!xmpLib) {
if (Folder.fs == "Windows") {
var pathToLib = Folder.startup.fsName + "/AdobeXMPScript.dll";
}
else {
var pathToLib = Folder.startup.fsName + "/AdobeXMPScript.framework";
}
var libfile = new File(pathToLib);
var xmpLib = new ExternalObject("lib:" + pathToLib);
}
ReplaceDescription.onSelect = function () {
var win = new Window('dialog', 'Find & Replace');
//g = win.graphics;
//var myBrush = g.newBrush(g.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR, [0.99, 0.99, 0.99, 1]);
//var myBrush = g.newBrush(g.BrushType.THEME_COLOR, "appDialogBackground");
//g.backgroundColor = myBrush;
win.orientation = 'column';
win.p1 = win.add("panel", undefined, undefined, { borderStyle: "black" });
win.p1.preferredSize = [380, 100];
win.g1 = win.p1.add('group');
win.g1.orientation = "row";
win.title = win.g1.add('statictext', undefined, 'Description/Caption Editor');
win.title.alignment = "fill";
var g = win.title.graphics;
//g.font = ScriptUI.newFont("Georgia", "BOLDITALIC", 22);
g.font = ScriptUI.newFont("dialog", "BOLD", 13);
win.p6 = win.p1.add("panel", undefined, undefined, { borderStyle: "black" }); //Replace
win.p6.preferredSize = [380, 100];
win.g600 = win.p6.add('group');
win.g600.orientation = "row";
win.g600.alignment = 'fill';
win.g600.st1 = win.g600.add('statictext', undefined, 'Replace');
win.g600.st1.preferredSize = [75, 20];
win.g600.et1 = win.g600.add('edittext');
win.g600.et1.preferredSize = [200, 20];
win.g610 = win.p6.add('group');
win.g610.orientation = "row";
win.g610.alignment = 'fill';
win.g610.st1 = win.g610.add('statictext', undefined, 'With');
win.g610.st1.helpTip = "Leave this field blank if you want to remove the characters";
win.g610.st1.preferredSize = [75, 20];
win.g610.et1 = win.g610.add('edittext');
win.g610.et1.preferredSize = [200, 20];
win.g620 = win.p6.add('group');
win.g620.orientation = "row";
win.g620.alignment = 'fill';
win.g620.cb1 = win.g620.add('checkbox', undefined, 'Global');
win.g620.cb1.helpTip = "Replace all occurrences of";
win.g620.cb2 = win.g620.add('checkbox', undefined, 'Case Insensitive');
win.g620.cb2.value = true;
win.g620.cb3 = win.g620.add('checkbox', undefined, 'Remove any ()[]');
win.g620.cb3.value = false;
win.g1000 = win.p1.add('group');
win.g1000.orientation = "row";
win.g1000.alignment = 'center';
win.g1000.bu1 = win.g1000.add('button', undefined, 'Process');
win.g1000.bu1.preferredSize = [170, 30];
win.g1000.bu2 = win.g1000.add('button', undefined, 'Cancel');
win.g1000.bu2.preferredSize = [170, 30];
win.g1000.bu1.onClick = function () {
if (win.g600.et1.text == '') {
alert("No replace value has been entered!");
return;
}
win.close(0);
var sels = app.document.selections;
for (var a in sels) {
var thumb = sels[a];
// Get the metadata object
md = thumb.synchronousMetadata;
// Get the XMP packet as a string and create the XMPMeta object
var xmp = new XMPMeta(md.serialize());
if (win.g620.cb1.value && !win.g620.cb2.value) var patt = new RegExp(win.g600.et1.text.toString(), "g");
if (!win.g620.cb1.value && win.g620.cb2.value) var patt = new RegExp(win.g600.et1.text.toString(), "i");
if (win.g620.cb1.value && win.g620.cb2.value) var patt = new RegExp(win.g600.et1.text.toString(), "gi");
if (!win.g620.cb1.value && !win.g620.cb2.value) var patt = new RegExp(win.g600.et1.text.toString());
// Read existing dc:description property
var Caption = xmp.getArrayItem(XMPConst.NS_DC, "description", 1);
// Change existing dc:description property based on user input
var result = patt.test(Caption.toString());
if (result == true) {
var newCaption = Caption.toString().replace(patt, win.g610.et1.text.toString());
if (win.g620.cb3.value) newCaption = newCaption.replace(/["'\(\)]/g, "");
}
// Delete the dc:description property
xmp.deleteProperty(XMPConst.NS_DC, "description");
// Populate the new dc:description property and set lang to x-default
xmp.appendArrayItem(XMPConst.NS_DC, "description", newCaption, 0, XMPConst.ALIAS_TO_ALT_TEXT);
xmp.setQualifier(XMPConst.NS_DC, "description[1]", "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace", "lang", "x-default");
/*
// Paul Riggott's original write method
md.namespace = "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";
var Caption = md.description ? md.description[0] : "";
if(Caption == "") continue;
var result=patt.test(Caption.toString());
if(result == true){
var newCaption = Caption.replace(patt,win.g610.et1.text.toString());
if(win.g620.cb3.value) newCaption = newCaption.replace(/["'\(\)]/g, "");
md.description='';
md.description = newCaption;
}
*/
// Write the packet back to the selected file
var updatedPacket = xmp.serialize(XMPConst.SERIALIZE_OMIT_PACKET_WRAPPER | XMPConst.SERIALIZE_USE_COMPACT_FORMAT);
thumb.metadata = new Metadata(updatedPacket);
}
}
win.show();
//app.document.chooseMenuItem("PurgeCacheForSelected");
};
https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html
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