[JS,AS,CS3]running javascript in bridge from applescript

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6 total messages Started by james_hendrickx Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:16

#2053

Author: james_hendrickx
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:16

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Sorry for the cryptic subject description, and you might think this is a bit off topic, but i hope you could shed some light on this.

I need to execute a Javascript in Bridge from an applsecript using an Applescript. Bridge only has one AS command: do javascript with arguments.

My testtude looks like this:

set myJS to "
alert(arguments[0].toString());
alert(arguments[1].toString());
alert(arguments[2].toString());
alert(arguments[3].toString());
alert(arguments[4][0].toString());
"
set arg1 to 12
set arg2 to "some text"
set arg3 to "'some single quoted text'"
set arg4 to "\"some double quoted text\""
set arg5 to {1, 2, 3, "a", "b", "c"}

tell application "Bridge CS3"
	do javascript myJS with arguments {arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5}
end tell
--tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS3"
--	do javascript myJS with arguments {arg1,arg2,arg3,arg4,arg5}
--end tell

You would expect a series of dialogs to appear with the content of the arguments, but you'll get nothing! If you omit the '[0]', you'll get any numerical value, but all strings, however they are quoted, are ignored.

Strange.

Stranger still is, that if do the exact same thing in Photoshop, it works like a charm and you can pass any kind of data as argument.

Any ideas on what's going on?

Thanks!

Re: [JS,AS,CS3]running javascript in bridge from applescript

#2066

Author: Kasyan Servetsky
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:08

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Hi James,

Bridge doesn't support AppleScript, so JavaScript is the only option.
But you can run JS in Bride from AS via another Adobe application, for example, InDesign using BridgeTalk.

A couple of years ago I did an experiment in Xcode 2.2. The goal was to create a simple interface with Interface Builder � a window with 5 buttons grouped into 2 panels. The buttons have an AS attached to them. And this AS, in turn, triggers a JS from InDesign to Bridge, using BridgeTalk, and sending some parameters in variables. The JS in Bridge writes some metadata and sets label.

To demonstrate the approach I�ll post the script in the next post.

Kasyan

Re: [JS,AS,CS3]running javascript in bridge from applescript

#2067

Author: Kasyan Servetsky
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:14

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Here is my AS script from Xcode project:
Some text is in Russian � don't mind it. Most important that this is a working example.

global myBridgeLabel

on clicked theObject 
	if name of theObject is "b1" then 
		set processName to (StringToUnicode "&#1053;&#1072;&#1095;&#1072;&#1083;&#1086; &#1088;&#1072;&#1073;&#1086;&#1090;&#1099;") 
		set myBridgeLabel to "Red" 
		set myLabel to 1 
	else if name of theObject is "b2" then 
		set processName to (StringToUnicode "&#1057;&#1076;&#1072;&#1085;&#1086; &#1085;&#1072; &#1094;&#1074;-&#1082;&#1086;&#1088;&#1088;") 
		set myBridgeLabel to "Green" 
		set myLabel to 2 
	else if name of theObject is "b3" then 
		set processName to (StringToUnicode "&#1057;&#1076;&#1072;&#1085;&#1086; &#1085;&#1072; &#1044;&#1058;&#1055;") 
		set myBridgeLabel to "Yellow" 
		set myLabel to 3 
	else if name of theObject is "b4" then 
		set processName to (StringToUnicode "&#1047;&#1072;&#1073;&#1088;&#1072;&#1085;&#1086;") 
		set myBridgeLabel to "Blue" 
		set myLabel to 4 
	else if name of theObject is "b5" then 
		set processName to (StringToUnicode "&#1055;&#1077;&#1088;&#1077;&#1089;&#1076;&#1072;&#1085;&#1086;") 
		set myBridgeLabel to "Purple" 
		set myLabel to 5 
	end if



	tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2" 
		set mydocument to active document 
		set myDocumentPath to full name of mydocument 
		set workerName to "&#1057;&#1077;&#1088;&#1074;&#1077;&#1094;&#1082;&#1080;&#1081;"

		tell metadata preferences of mydocument 
			set theDate to current date 
			set myWeekday to weekday of theDate as string 
			set myDenNedeli to my convertWeekday(myWeekday) 
			set myRecord to (processName & " � " & workerName & " � ") & myDenNedeli & " " & text 1 thru -4 of time string of theDate & "  
" 
			set myHistory to get property namespace "http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/" path "History" 
			set property namespace "http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/" path "History" value myHistory & myRecord 
		end tell











		set myJavaScript to "var myLabel =\"" & myBridgeLabel & "\"; app.activate(); var bt = new BridgeTalk; bt.target = \"bridge\"; myScript = 'app.displayDialogs = \"none\"; var t = new Thumbnail (File (\"" & myDocumentPath & "\")); var mdata = t.metadata; mdata.namespace = \"http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/\"; mdata.Label = \"' + myLabel + '\";'; bt.body = myScript; bt.send();"

		do script myJavaScript language javascript

		tell mydocument to save

	end tell

	tell application "Finder" 
		set myFile to a reference to file myDocumentPath 
		set label index of myFile to myLabel 
	end tell





end clicked

on convertWeekday(myWeekday) 
	if myWeekday = "Monday" then 
		return "&#1055;&#1085;" 
	else if myWeekday = "Tuesday," then 
		return "&#1042;&#1090;&#1086;&#1088;&#1085;&#1080;&#1082;" 
	else if myWeekday = "Wednesday" then 
		return "&#1057;&#1088;&#1077;&#1076;&#1072;" 
	else if myWeekday = "Thursday" then 
		return "&#1063;&#1077;&#1090;&#1074;&#1077;&#1088;&#1075;" 
	else if myWeekday = "Friday" then 
		return "&#1055;&#1103;&#1090;&#1085;&#1080;&#1094;&#1072;" 
	else if myWeekday = "Saturday" then 
		return "&#1057;&#1091;&#1073;&#1073;&#1086;&#1090;&#1072;" 
	else if myWeekday = "Sunday" then 
		return "&#1042;&#1086;&#1089;&#1082;&#1088;&#1077;&#1089;&#1077;&#1085;&#1100;&#1077;" 
	else 
		return "N/a" 
	end if 
end convertWeekday

Re: [JS,AS,CS3]running javascript in bridge from applescript

#2074

Author: Shane_Stanley
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:41

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On 8/1/09 6:08 AM, "Kasyan Servetsky" <member@adobeforums.com> wrote:

> Bridge doesn't support AppleScript, so JavaScript is the only option.

Not according to its AS dictionary -- it lists two variations of the "do
javascript" command, one for strings and one for files. What James is seeing
looks like a bug to me.

-- 
Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>
AppleScript Pro Florida, April 2009 <http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>

Re: [JS,AS,CS3]running javascript in bridge from applescript

#2078

Author: Kasyan Servetsky
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:25

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It is strange, but I was unable even to open Bridge's dictionary in Script Debugger: When I was trying to add Bridge, it was 'grayed out'.

Re: [JS,AS,CS3]running javascript in bridge from applescript

#2079

Author: james_hendrickx
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:19

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It does look like a bug, especially because the exact same command sent to photoshop does work as expected...

I made a workaround by avoiding the 'with arguments' construction to pass the arguments, therefor i had to place the javascript as a string in my applescript and insert the variables there. It works, but i would have liked the 'cleaner' solution...

Anyway thanks for your input...

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