AppleScript do script to run a JavaScript

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10 total messages Started by Malcolm Wooden Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:30

#260

Author: Malcolm Wooden
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:30

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I have a mac program that uses an AS do script to run a JavaScript. However, although the AS starts ID it never gets to trigger the JavaScript which is there to build a page. My AS do script is like this:

on run {aScriptPath}
	tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3"
		do script alias aScriptPath language javascript
	end tell
end run

Why does the JScript not run?

Re: AppleScript do script to run a JavaScript

#262

Author: Kasyan_Servetsky
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:16

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There's probably a problem with aScriptPath. What is its value?
This script works for me:

set aScriptPath to "Applications:Adobe InDesign CS3:Scripts:Scripts Panel:myScript.jsx"

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3" 
	do script alias aScriptPath language javascript 
end tell

Re: AppleScript do script to run a JavaScript

#264

Author: Malcolm Wooden
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:50

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The JavaScript is not in the "Applications:Adobe InDesign CS3:Scripts:Scripts Panel" directory. It is created in the fly by my mac program. Does the JavaScript have to be inside this directory for it to run on a Mac? This doen't seem to be the case for Windows.

Re: AppleScript do script to run a JavaScript

#266

Author: Dave_Saunders
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:10

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No, it can be anywhere.

If you're creating it on the fly, you could pass the code as a string rather than saving it to a file and using the file reference.

Could it be that the issue is that the alias is not being recognized as a file? Try an explicit File reference.

Dave

Re: AppleScript do script to run a JavaScript

#267

Author: Kasyan_Servetsky
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:12

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      Does the JavaScript have to be inside this directory for it to run on
      a Mac?




No. You can just copy js code from ESTK and assign it to the variable in script editor, placing it inside double quotes. e.g.

set myJsScript to "target indesign 
var myDoc = app.activeDocument; 
... 
... 
// end of JS code "

But be sure to use single quotes inside JS then.
e.g. var myString = 'Blah-blah-blah';
not var myString = "Blah-blah-blah";

You can even send and &#8211; if my memory serves me right &#8211; receive back parameters (aka arguments). If you are interested I can post an example or send you a script that uses this functionality.

Kasyan

Re: AppleScript do script to run a JavaScript

#271

Author: Malcolm Wooden
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:40

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Kasyan

Thanks for the info. I think I may have not been defining the path correctly in my Mac program because the JavaScript file is not being written in the location I expect it to be. I'll look at it again.

Malcolm

Re: AppleScript do script to run a JavaScript

#292

Author: Malcolm Wooden
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:29

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My ApplsScript looks like this:

set aScriptPath to "HD:Applications:Adobe InDesign CS3:Scripts:Scripts Panel:MyJScript.jsx"
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3"
	do script alias aScriptPath language javascript
end tell

but when I run it, it errors saying:
Adobe InDesign CS3 got an error: Expected: ;

However if I run MyJScript.jsx from the ExtendScript Toolkit it will work. Any idea whay AppleScript doesn't like the script?

Re: AppleScript do script to run a JavaScript

#295

Author: Kasyan_Servetsky
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:53

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First of all, I would check if the path of js-file is correct.
e.g.

set mypath to choose file

      Data:Applications:Adobe InDesign CS3:Scripts:Scripts Panel:myAlert.jsx

Re: AppleScript do script to run a JavaScript

#296

Author: Dave_Saunders
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:21

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That "Expected: ;" error almost certainly means that JavaScript is trying to execute what you passed as though it were a string rather than a File reference.

Dave

Re: AppleScript do script to run a JavaScript

#453

Author: Shane_Stanley
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:03

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On 21/3/09 1:29 AM, "Malcolm Wooden" <member@adobeforums.com> wrote:

> Adobe InDesign CS3 got an error: Expected: ;

You'll get that error if your path is incorrect. Try it this way and you'll
find out:

set aScriptPath to alias "HD:Applications:Adobe InDesign CS3:Scripts:Scripts
Panel:MyJScript.jsx"
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3"
do script aScriptPath language javascript
end tell 


-- 
Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>
AppleScript Pro Sessions <http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>

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