Some more guideance on whether to use Applescript/JS?

This is, in rough outline, what I want to do:
1. From within InDesign, extract the effective ppi of an image in the 'x' and 'y' directions.
2. In Photoshop, apply those numbers in a certain way to the image so that the effective ppi becomes 300 in Indesign. It's a simple formula that you apply to the Image Resolution.
3. Then I want to apply an Unsharp Mask with an edge mask to sharpen the image. This involves quite a number of simple steps.
I have written out the whole procedure in Pidgin Applescript (a combination of Applescript, BASIC and English) and it works perfectly. I have to do Step 1 manually, but for steps 2 & 3 I have generated an Action, with a modal control for step 2, which pauses and asks for input.
I want to know the best way to approach this task. Someone has told me (outside of these forums):
Your best bet will be to post in the scripting forum. It would need to be Applescript because I don't think Javascript can do multiple applications at once.
However, I'm not positive, but I don't think Open as Smart Object is available in the Photoshop CS3 Applescript dictionary. Maybe that's changed with CS4? Also, when I worked on the script dealing with layered Photoshop files, it created many seemingly insurmountable problems...
Michael Hale responded to a previous thread of mine (http://forums.adobe.com/thread/457438) suggesting JS instead of Applescript:
I would recommend that you use javascript for several reasons. First it is cross platform, second there seems to be more people on the forums using JS than AS, and last but not least in this case you can not work with the Action Manager API using AS. You would have to create and call JS functions from AS.
So, I am left with: Applescript because it can handle multiple applications at once, but JS because it can handle Actions. What is the best way to approach this task? AS or JS?
1. Extract some variables from a selected image in an open InDesign document.
2. Open that same image in Photoshop and change the Image Resolution (a calculation is involved)
3. Call up my Action to do the rest.
4. Ask if more sharpening is required, and the amount. Loop at this step until the answer is "No".
5. Save and close the image in Photoshop, and return to the selected image in InDesign to see the effect.
Any suggestions most appreciated.

Guy Burns wrote:
2. Call upon JS (from within AS) with something like: app.doAction ("SHARPEN", "MY ACTIONS")
OPTIONAL:
* Upon return from JS, ask: More sharpening? If "Yes" apply new amount to Unsharp Mask.
* Loop until "No"
Guy there is NO need to call upon AppleScript to do JavaScript to have your action played out. You have direct access to this via AppleScript.
I've had a quick stab at what I think you want and here is a bare bones script that may get you out of the blocks (only did a quick test)
It expects you to have an image selected NOT its containing rectangle. Hope this helps…
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
activate
tell active document
set This_Image to get selection
set EPPI to effective ppi of item 1 of This_Image
set {Hoz_PPI, Vert_PPI} to {item 1 of EPPI, item 2 of EPPI}
if Hoz_PPI ≤ Vert_PPI then
set Resample to Hoz_PPI
else
set Resample to Vert_PPI
end if
set Image_Path to file path of item link of (item 1 of This_Image) as alias
end tell
end tell
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2"
set display dialogs to never
set User_Rulers to ruler units of settings
set ruler units of settings to pixel units
activate
open Image_Path
set ID_Image to the current document
tell ID_Image
set Image_Res to resolution
set Image_Height to height
-- set Image_Width to width
if Resample < 270 then
resize image height (Image_Height * (300 / Resample)) ¬
resolution (Image_Res * (300 / Resample)) resample method bicubic smoother
end if
if Resample > 330 then
resize image height (Image_Height * (300 / Resample)) ¬
resolution (Image_Res * (300 / Resample)) resample method bicubic sharper
end if
-- do action "Action Name String" from "Action Set Name String"
close with saving
end tell
set ruler units of settings to User_Rulers
end tell
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
activate
tell active document
update item link of (item 1 of This_Image)
end tell
end tell

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