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Scripting Features

Getting the current script

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Getting the current script

You can get a reference to the current script using the

activeScript

property of the application object.

You can use this property to help you locate files and folders relative to the script, as shown in the

following example (from the ActiveScript tutorial script):

var myScript = app.activeScript;

alert("The current script is: " + myScript);

var myParentFolder = File(myScript).parent;

alert("The folder containing the active script is: " + myParentFolder);

When you debug scripts using a script editor, the

activeScript

property returns an error. Only scripts run

from the Scripts palette appear in the

activeScript

property.

When you debug scripts from the ExtendScript Toolkit, using the

activeScript

property returns an error.

To avoid this error and create a way of debugging scripts that use the

activeScript

property, use the

following error handler (from the GetScriptPath tutorial script):

function myGetScriptPath() {

try{

return app.activeScript;

}

catch(myError){

return File(myError.fileName);

}

}

userInteractionLevel

This property controls the alerts and dialogs InCopy presents to the user.

When you set this property to

UserInteractionLevels.neverInteract

,

InCopy does not display any alerts or dialogs; set it to

UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAlerts

to enable alerts but

disable dialogs; and set it to

interactWithAll

to restore the normal

display of alerts and dialogs. The ability to turn off alert displays is very

useful when you are opening documents via script; often, InCopy displays

an alert for missing fonts or linked graphics files. To avoid this alert, set the

user-interaction level to

UserInteractionLevels.neverInteract

before opening the document, then restore user interaction (set the

property to

interactWithAll

) before completing script execution.

version

The version of the scripting environment in use. For more information, see

“

Script versioning

” on page 21

. Note that this property is

not

the same as

the version of the application.

Property

Description

Section	Page
Introduction	6
How to use the scripts in this document	6
About the structure of the scripts	6
For more information	6
Getting Started	7
Installing scripts	7
Running scripts	8
Using the scripts panel	8
JavaScript language details	8
Using the scripts in this document	9
Your first InCopy script	9
Walking through the script	10
Scripting terminology and the InCopy object model	10
Scripting terminology	10
Comments	10
Values	10
Variables	11
Operators	12
Conditional statements	12
Control structures	13
Functions	13
Understanding the InDesign and InCopy object model	13
Looking at the InCopy object model	15
Measurements and positioning	16
Coordinates	16
Measurement units	16
Adding features to “Hello World”	17
Scripting Features	19
Script preferences	19
Getting the current script	20
Script versioning	21
Targeting	21
Compilation	21
Interpretation	21
Using the doScript method	21
Sending parameters to doScript	22
Returning values from doScript	22
Running scripts at start-up	23
Session and main script execution	23
Text and Type	25
Entering and importing text	25
Stories and text frames	25
Adding text to a story	25
Replacing text	26
Inserting special characters	26
Placing text and setting text-import preferences	27
Exporting text and setting text-export preferences	30
Text objects	34
Selections	35
Moving and copying text	36
Text objects and iteration	37
Formatting text	38
Setting text defaults	38
Fonts	41
Applying a font	42
Changing text properties	42
Changing text color	43
Creating and applying styles	43
Deleting a style	45
Importing paragraph and character styles	45
Finding and changing text	45
Find/change preferences	46
Finding text	46
Finding and changing formatting	47
Using grep	48
Using glyph search	50
Tables	50
Autocorrect	54
Footnotes	54
User Interfaces	55
Dialog-box overview	55
Your first InCopy dialog box	56
Adding a user interface to “Hello World”	57
Creating a more complex user interface	57
Working with ScriptUI	59
Creating a progress bar with ScriptUI	60
Creating a button-bar panel with ScriptUI	60
Menus	63
Understanding the menu model	63
Localization and menu names	65
Running a menu action from a script	66
Adding menus and menu items	66
Menus and events	67
Working with script menu actions	68
Events	70
Understanding the event scripting model	70
About event properties and event propagation	72
Working with eventListeners	73
A sample “afterNew” eventListener	75
XML	77
Overview	77
The best approach to scripting XML in InCopy	77
Scripting XML Elements	77
Setting XML preferences	78
Setting XML import preferences	78
Importing XML	79
Creating an XML tag	79
Loading XML tags	79
Saving XML tags	79
Creating an XML element	80
Moving an XML element	80
Deleting an XML element	80
Duplicating an XML element	80
Removing items from the XML structure	81
Creating an XML comment	81
Creating an XML processing instruction	81
Working with XML attributes	81
Working with XML stories	82
Exporting XML	83
Adding XML elements to a story	83
Associating XML elements with text	83
Inserting text in and around XML text elements	83
Mapping tags to styles	84
Mapping styles to tags	84
Applying styles to XML elements	85

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