Hi
I’m trying to select a bunch of files repeat thru them then create a quark
dock with the same amount of pages as files. then each page would have a picture box.
and a file would be placed into each picture box on each page… sounds simple right!!
well i think i’m almost there but really struggling not to get all my files in each picture box…
here’s the script so far…
set x to choose file with multiple selections allowed without invisibles
set f to count x
tell the application "QuarkXPress"
activate
set newdoc to make new document
tell newdoc
set page height to "100 mm"
set page width to "100 mm"
repeat f - 1 times
try
set newpage to make new page at end with properties {master spread:"Blank Single", horizontal measure:millimeters, vertical measure:millimeters}
end try
end repeat
repeat with i from 1 to count of pages
set picBox to make new picture box at beginning of page i with properties {bounds:{"0", "0", "100", "100"}}
tell application "Finder"
repeat with y in x
--display dialog y as string
set y to y as alias
tell application "QuarkXPress"
tell picBox --picture box 1
--set rotation to -25
set image 1 of picBox to y
end tell
end tell
end repeat
end tell
end repeat
end tell
end tell
an help or advice would be fantastic…
this is really doing my head in…
I am unable to test without Quark Xpress but, at first look these changes may help:
set x to choose file with multiple selections allowed without invisibles
set f to count x
tell the application "QuarkXPress"
activate
set newdoc to make new document
tell newdoc
set page height to "100 mm"
set page width to "100 mm"
repeat f - 1 times
try
set newpage to make new page at end with properties {master spread:"Blank Single", horizontal measure:millimeters, vertical measure:millimeters}
end try
end repeat
repeat with i from 1 to count of pages
set picBox to make new picture box at beginning of page i with properties {bounds:{"0", "0", "100", "100"}}
repeat with y in x
--display dialog y as string
set y to y as alias (* no need to tell Finder for that *)
tell application "QuarkXPress"
tell picBox --picture box 1
--set rotation to -25
set image 1 to y (* of picBox was redundant *)
end tell -- to picBox
end tell -- to QXP
end repeat
end repeat
end tell -- to newDoc
end tell -- to QXP
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE dimanche 1 octobre 2006 14:04:44)
set x to choose file with multiple selections allowed without invisibles
set f to count x
tell the application "QuarkXPress"
activate
set newdoc to make new document
tell newdoc
set page height to "100 mm"
set page width to "100 mm"
repeat f - 1 times
try
set newpage to make new page at end with properties {master spread:"Blank Single", horizontal measure:millimeters, vertical measure:millimeters}
end try
end repeat
repeat with i from 1 to count of pages
set picBox to make new picture box at beginning of page i with properties {bounds:{"0", "0", "100", "100"}}
repeat with y in x
--display dialog y as string
set y to y as alias (* no need to tell Finder for that *)
-- tell application "QuarkXPress"
tell picBox --picture box 1
--set rotation to -25
set image 1 to y (* of picBox was redundant *)
end tell -- to picBox
-- end tell -- to QXP
end repeat
end repeat
end tell -- to newDoc
end tell -- to QXP
May you post the log report?
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE dimanche 1 octobre 2006 19:22:10)
pidge1, here is a script of mine for printing files of a folder which I think you can pull the lines of code you need from, a bit of extra stuff there too. The thing to get around is you always have a page 1 in a new Quark doc based on Master Page A. You can set this up by using the set default page before creating the new doc. Once you have this you place image 1 in this default page then use a repeat after this from item 2 of your list to add the required extra pages. I have only had time to alter some of the specifics to you sample but this should provide you with much of what you wanted.
set TodaysDate to do shell script "date \"+%d-%m-%y\""
--
set thepath to (choose folder with prompt "Choose Folder") as text
set ItemList to list folder thepath without invisibles
set FileList to {}
--
tell application "QuarkXPress"
activate
--
tell default document 1 -- Set up your page defaults here.
set page height to "100 mm"
set page width to "100 mm"
set left margin to "5 mm"
set right margin to "5 mm"
set top margin to "5 mm"
set bottom margin to "5 mm"
set automatic text box to false
set guides showing to true
set guides in front to true
set horizontal measure to millimeters
set vertical measure to millimeters
end tell
--
make document at beginning -- Then make the doc.
--
tell document 1
set bounds to {23, 80, 1150, 200} -- This just sets the view.
set view scale to 50
end tell
--
tell spread 1 of master document 1 -- Add your objects to the master page.
make picture box at beginning with properties ¬
{bounds:{"0 mm", "0 mm", "80 mm", "100 mm"}, color:"None"}
make text box at beginning with properties ¬
{bounds:{"85 mm", "0 mm", "100 mm", "100 mm"}}
tell text box 1
set color to "none"
end tell
tell story 1 of text box 1
set contents of it to (item 1 of ItemList & return & TodaysDate) as text
set font to "Frutiger 65 Bold"
set size to 12
set leading to 14
set justification to centered
end tell
end tell
--
set ThisItem to item 1 of ItemList
try
tell page 1 of document 1 -- Add the first item to the default page.
set image 1 of picture box 1 to alias (thepath & (ThisItem))
set angle of image 1 of picture box 1 to "25"
end tell
on error
beep
end try
--
repeat with x from 2 to count of ItemList -- Now use the repeat loop for the rest.
set ThisItem to item x of ItemList
tell document 1
make new page at end
set page x to current page
try
set image 1 of picture box x to alias (thepath & (ThisItem))
set angle of image 1 of picture box x to "25"
tell story 1 of text box 1 of page x
set contents of it to (item x of ItemList & return & TodaysDate) as text
end tell
on error
beep
end try
end tell
end repeat
--
set guides showing of document 1 to false
--
tell print setup of document 1 -- Set the print options
set printer type to "Xerox DocuColor3535"
set paper size to "A4 SEF"
set orientation to landscape
set page position to center position
set print colors to composite CMYK
set print spreads to false
set reduce or enlarge to "100%"
set registration marks to off
end tell
--
print document 1 copies 2 -- Print
close document 1 saving no -- Done it's job and gone!!!
--
end tell
