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Working with ScriptUI

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User Interfaces Working with ScriptUI 59 //Display the dialog box. if(myDialog.show() == true){ var myParagraphAlignment, myString, myPointSize, myVerticalJustification; //If the user didn't click the Cancel button, //then get the values back from the dialog box. //Get the example text from the text edit field. var myString = myTextEditField.editContents //Get the point size from the point size field. var myPointSize = myPointSizeField.editValue; //Get the paragraph alignment setting from the radiobutton group. if(myRadioButtonGroup.selectedButton == 0){ myParagraphAlignment = Justification.leftAlign; } else if(myRadioButtonGroup.selectedButton == 1){ myParagraphAlignment = Justification.centerAlign; } else{ myParagraphAlignment = Justification.rightAlign; } var mySwatchName = mySwatchNames[mySwatchDropdown.selectedIndex]; //Remove the dialog box from memory. myDialog.destroy(); //Now create the document and apply the properties to the text. var myDocument = app.documents.add(); with(myDocument.stories.item(0)){ //Set the contents of the story to the string you entered //in the dialog box. contents = myString; //Set the alignment of the paragraph. texts.item(0).justification = myParagraphAlignment; //Set the point size of the text. texts.item(0).pointSize = myPointSize; //Set the fill color of the text. texts.item(0).fillColor = myDocument.swatches.item(mySwatchName); } } else{ myDialog.destroy() } Working with ScriptUI JavaScripts can make, create, and define user-interface elements using an Adobe scripting component named ScriptUI. ScriptUI gives scripters a way to create floating palettes, progress bars, and interactive dialog boxes that are far more complex than InCopy's built-in dialog object. This does not mean, however, that user-interface elements written using Script UI are not accessible to users. InCopy scripts can execute scripts written in other scripting languages using the method.

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User Interfaces
Working with ScriptUI
59
//Display the dialog box.
if(myDialog.show() == true){
var myParagraphAlignment, myString, myPointSize, myVerticalJustification;
//If the user didn't click the Cancel button,
//then get the values back from the dialog box.
//Get the example text from the text edit field.
var myString = myTextEditField.editContents
//Get the point size from the point size field.
var myPointSize = myPointSizeField.editValue;
//Get the paragraph alignment setting from the radiobutton group.
if(myRadioButtonGroup.selectedButton == 0){
myParagraphAlignment = Justification.leftAlign;
}
else if(myRadioButtonGroup.selectedButton == 1){
myParagraphAlignment = Justification.centerAlign;
}
else{
myParagraphAlignment = Justification.rightAlign;
}
var mySwatchName = mySwatchNames[mySwatchDropdown.selectedIndex];
//Remove the dialog box from memory.
myDialog.destroy();
//Now create the document and apply the properties to the text.
var myDocument = app.documents.add();
with(myDocument.stories.item(0)){
//Set the contents of the story to the string you entered
//in the dialog box.
contents = myString;
//Set the alignment of the paragraph.
texts.item(0).justification = myParagraphAlignment;
//Set the point size of the text.
texts.item(0).pointSize = myPointSize;
//Set the fill color of the text.
texts.item(0).fillColor = myDocument.swatches.item(mySwatchName);
}
}
else{
myDialog.destroy()
}
Working with ScriptUI
JavaScripts can make, create, and define user-interface elements using an Adobe scripting component
named ScriptUI. ScriptUI gives scripters a way to create floating palettes, progress bars, and interactive
dialog boxes that are far more complex than InCopy’s built-in
dialog
object.
This does not mean, however, that user-interface elements written using Script UI are not accessible to
users. InCopy scripts can execute scripts written in other scripting languages using the
method.