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Hi,

I have made a quick translation of the cool script PlaceAllFiles.vbs
by Olav Kvern to JavaScript. Someone asked about this before.

Please send me an e-mail if something should be wrong.

Regards,
Magnus Strand
ms @ timbits.se

//----------PlaceAllFiles.js-----------
// Enter the number or rows and columns you want. If you're adding
// a user interface to this script, you can get these values from
// a pair of text fields.
myNumberOfRows = 1
myNumberOfColumns = 1
// If you want to remove any empty frames, set myRemoveEmptyFrames to true.
myRemoveEmptyFrames = true;
// Enter the path to the folder containing the images you want to place.
myFolderName = "C:\\images";
myFramesPerPage = myNumberOfRows * myNumberOfColumns;
myDocument = app.documents.add();
myDocumentPreferences = myDocument.documentPreferences ;
// Fill in the path to the folder containing the files you want to place.
// If you're add a user interface to this script, you can use a DirListBox
// to set the folder location.
folder = new Folder(myFolderName);
myFiles = new Array();
myFiles2 = folder.getFiles("*");
n = myFiles2.length;
item = 0;
for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
	if (myFiles2[i] instanceof File)
	{
		myFiles[item] = myFiles2[i];
		item++;
	}
}
myNumberOfFrames = myFiles.length;
myNumberOfPages = Math.round(myNumberOfFrames / myFramesPerPage);
if ((myNumberOfPages * myFramesPerPage) < myNumberOfFrames)
{
	myNumberOfPages++;
}
myDocumentPreferences.pagesPerDocument = myNumberOfPages;
myDocumentPreferences.facingPages = false;
myPage = myDocument.pages.item(1);
myMarginPreferences = myPage.marginPreferences;
myLeftMargin = myMarginPreferences.left;
myTopMargin = myMarginPreferences.top;
myRightMargin = myMarginPreferences.right;
myBottomMargin = myMarginPreferences.bottom;
myLiveWidth = myDocumentPreferences.pageWidth - (myLeftMargin + myRightMargin);
myLiveHeight = myDocumentPreferences.pageHeight - (myTopMargin + myBottomMargin);
myFrameWidth = myLiveWidth / myNumberOfColumns;
myFrameHeight = myLiveHeight / myNumberOfRows;
myPages = myDocument.pages;

// Construct the frames in reverse order. Don't laugh--this will
// save us time later (when we place the graphics).
for (myCounter = myDocument.pages.length-1; myCounter >= 0; myCounter--)
{
    myPage = myPages.item(myCounter) ;
    for (myRowCounter = myNumberOfRows; myRowCounter >= 1; myRowCounter--)
	{
        myY1 = myTopMargin + (myFrameHeight * (myRowCounter - 1));
        myY2 = myTopMargin + (myFrameHeight * myRowCounter);
	 for (myColumnCounter = myNumberOfColumns; myColumnCounter >= 1; myColumnCounter--)
		{
            myX1 = myLeftMargin + (myFrameWidth * (myColumnCounter - 1));
            myX2 = myLeftMargin + (myFrameWidth * myColumnCounter);
            myRectangle = myPage.rectangles.add();
            myRectangle.geometricBounds = Array(myY1, myX1, myY2, myX2);
		}
    }
}
// Because we constructed the frames in reverse order, rectangle 1
// is the first rectangle on page 1, so we can simply iterate through
// the rectangles, placing a file in each one in turn. myFiles = myFolder.Files;
for (i = 0; i < myNumberOfFrames; i++)
{
	myFile = myFiles[i];
	pi = myDocument.pageItems.item(i);
	n = myDocument.pageItems.length;
	s = myFile.fsName.toString();
	pi.select(SelectionOptions.replace);
    pi.place(s);
    pi.fit(FitOptions.proportionally);
    pi.fit(FitOptions.centerContent);
}

if (myRemoveEmptyFrames)
{
	n = myDocument.rectangles.length;
    for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
	{
		rect = myDocument.rectangles[i];
        if (rect.ContentType == ContentType.unassigned)
		{
            rect.remove();
		}
    }
}