Hi,
I’m trying to write a script that’ll open a InDesign package folder and print the file. So far I’ve got this to work but if I open a document and the fonts aren’t loaded or the links are missing a diaolg window appears. I want to be able to close the dialog window and then close the document without any user intervention. Any ideas?
Here’s what I have so far!
Thanks
on open (source_folder)
set collected_folder to item 1 of source_folder
set ThePath to path to desktop as string
set printstyle to "CMOT_to_Mosaic_PDF"
tell application "Finder"
set ad_folder to collected_folder as string
set item_list to every file of the collected_folder
repeat with i from 1 to the number of items of item_list
set this_item to item i of item_list as alias
set file_name to name of this_item
set doc_info to info for this_item
set doc_kind to kind of doc_info
set doc_file_type to file type of doc_info
if doc_kind contains "InDesign" and doc_file_type = "IDd4" then
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
try
activate
open this_item
set page_count to count pages of active document
if page_count = 1 then
print active document using printstyle without print dialog
tell active document to save
tell active document to close
else if page_count > 1 then
tell document 1
set page range of print preferences to "1"
end tell
print active document using printstyle without print dialog
tell active document to save
set page_number to characters -1 thru -3 of file_name as string
set new_page_number to page_number + 1 as string
set char_count to count characters of new_page_number
if char_count is equal to 1 then
set new_new_page_number to "00" & new_page_number
else if char_count is equal to 2 then
set new_new_page_number to "0" & new_page_number
else if char_count is equal to 3 then
set new_new_page_number to new_page_number
end if
set new_file_name to characters 1 thru -4 of file_name & new_new_page_number as string
save document 1 to (ad_folder & new_file_name)
tell document 1
set page range of print preferences to "2"
end tell
print active document using printstyle without print dialog
tell active document to save
tell active document to close
end if
on error
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
quit
end tell
--error number -128
end try
end tell
end if
end repeat
move collected_folder to "Macintosh HD:Users:nik:Desktop:auto_print_pages:0_Done"
end tell
end open
this is a routine to force a time out error and
close the window with UI scripting.
I don’t have InDesign CS2, maybe you get an NSevaluation error,
if window 1 is a sheet or something else, but it could work
try
with timeout of 5 seconds
quit application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
end timeout
on error number e
if e is -1712 then
activate application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "Adobe InDesign CS2"
click button "Don't Save" of window 1
end tell
end tell
end if
end try
Hi Stefan,
Thanks for your response but unfortunately th code doesn’t seem to do anything, not even an error. I thought maybe I could use system events to click the “Don’t Fix” button if the fonts aren’t loaded but even though applescript’s result window tells me the button has been clicked the window does not dissapear.
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Adobe InDesign CS2"
tell window 1
click button 2
end tell
end tell
end tell
My next attempt was to use a shell script to force InDesign to quit
This quits InDesign OK but next time I launch Indesign it uses the “Document Recovery” and opens the last file that was open before the Force Quit. The only way I can think of getting around this problem is to some how delete the temp recovery file so that next time InDesign opens it doesn’t open the last doc. Any suggestions would be greatfully appreciated.
Nik (blend3)
this will dismiss the dialog you can decide what to do from there
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
activate
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "Aobe InDesign CS2"
if exists window "Missing Fonts" then
keystroke return
end if
end tell
end tell
end tell
Hi,
Sadly I can’t this to wotk either. The best that I’ve come up with is “on error” force quit InDesign then delete the recovery files and re-launch InDesign. Still in the middle of testing this but I would still appreciate any better suggestions.
Thanks
try
--do something
on error
tell application "Finder"
do shell script "kill_pid=`ps ax | grep InDesign | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $1 }'`; kill $kill_pid"
tell application "Finder"
set ind_recovery_Folder to folder "Macintosh HD:Users:nik:Library:Preferences:Adobe Indesign:Version 4.0:InDesign Recovery"
delete every item of ind_recovery_Folder
empty trash
move collected_folder to "Macintosh HD:Users:nik:Desktop:auto_print_pages:0_Error"
end tell
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
activate
end tell
end tell
end try
Hi, Yep I did try you post but again I couldn’t get it to work. I’m now trying to disable the user interaction and then check the fonts/links status from within InDesign, if the fonts or links aren’t active then error. Any further help is still appreciated.
set this_item to choose file
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
activate
set user interaction level of script preferences to never interact
open this_item
tell document 1
set myfontprop to properties of every font
repeat with i from 1 to the number of myfontprop
set this_font_item to item i of myfontprop
set myfontname to name of this_font_item as string
set fontstatus to status of this_font_item as string
if fontstatus = "not available" then
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
if document 1 exists then
tell active document to close
tell application "Finder"
activate
display dialog "A Font is missing"
end tell
end if
end tell
end if
end repeat
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
if document 1 exists then
tell document 1
set mylinkprop to properties of every link
repeat with i from 1 to the number of mylinkprop
set this_link_item to item i of mylinkprop
set mylinkname to name of this_link_item as string
set linkstatus to status of this_link_item as string
if linkstatus = "link missing" then
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
if document 1 exists then
tell active document to close
tell application "Finder"
activate
display dialog "An Image is missing"
end tell
end if
end tell
end if
end repeat
end tell
end if
end tell
end tell
set user interaction level of script preferences to interact with all
end tell
Hi,
Idouble checked and I’ve definately got “enable access for ssistive devices” enabled and still can’t get your code to work. Are you able to test this? I think I’m making progress with InDesign’s font/link status but any further ideas are greatfully welcomed!
It’s saying the window doesn’t exist, it returns false. I’ve made sure that the InDesign file is open and the active window is the “missing fonts” window.
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
activate
tell application "System Events"
application processes
tell application process "Adobe InDesign CS2"
name of window 1
if exists window "Missing Fonts" then
keystroke return
end if
end tell
end tell
end tell
