Attach script to a button/tool

I accidentally posted this in the photoshop list. oops. anyway...
I have several scripts that I use all the time and I was wondering if I
could create custom buttons/tools that would execute these scripts,
rather than going through the file>scripts menu?
sam

No, not like in InDesign, for example.
The workaround is to include the scripts inside an action, but then - as a special service - you will lose the scripts in that action as soon as you quit and relaunch Illustrator.

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Attaching Scripts to Buttons

I have a button displayed as Zoom In in the Basket panel:
HERE
When I attach this script to the button:
on (release, keyPress "<Space>") {
gotoAndPlay(2);
The mouse release works fine but when I try the keyboard for
keyPress, nothing happens. Anyone got any ideas as to what I am
doing wrong?

hi,
i think handling keyboard-input works different ->
1. there is (as far as i know) no Event "keyPress" (they are
"onKeyDown" and "onKeyUp")
2.You´ll first have to create a Listener-Object which
has functions "onKeyDown" or "onKeyUp" or both:
var objListener = new Object();
objListener.onKeyDown = function(){
if(Key.isDown(Key.SPACE){
// do whatever
3. You have to register that Obj as Listener to the Keyboard:
Key.addListener(objListener);
that should do.
cheers,
tom

KEEPING the ACTOR but DELETING the attached SCRIPT on ENTERFRAME

Hi, new in this forum.
Lets put it that way...On frame 50, I've got on the score 25
buttons that are handled by 25 different(but similar) property
scripts. These buttons could be enabled(checked) or unchecked. Now,
when i'm going on frame 100, I compile in a linear list all the
sprites that have been clicked. Then, using those sprite numbers,
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button in the Attached Code.
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me.

Sorry, don't have time to read through all your code, but
what you want
to do sounds pretty simple. If I understand you correctly,
simply set a
global variable in frame 100 to tell the other sprites
they're no longer
active. Something like this for your frame script:
global gclickable
on exitFrame me
gclickable = false
end
Then in each button have it look for that same global
variable.
Something like this:
global gclickable
on mouseUp me
if gclickable = true then
do whatever you want here
end if
end
Then you'd just need to remember to set gclickable to true up
near frame
50 so that the buttons would actually do something when you
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I have a Form and I would like to let the end-user to confirm some action that was initiated by pressing a button. The best way would be to call Java script, but the button is an 'item' button and not a 'region' button - i..e it is placed between items and not above the region, like Save, Cancel etc.
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You can try this..
Instead of using button
Edit the Item to which you want to associate a button.
Go to Element tab
Under Post Element Text enter
</ br> <a href="#" -onclick=call_me() class="t20Button">Click me</a>Note : you need to change class="t20Button", i'm using theme 20 and in that the look and feel of button is derive from t20Button.
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How do you use two scripts for a button?

Hi all!
I'm referring to my earlier question posted in this topic:
Object not found with myContext.getParamIdForComponent
In short: when I had the attribute 'jsObjectNeeded="true"' on a button and that was for a script that would start a function validating a field, and then at the same time had a script in the button that would activate the "pressing" of it through the hit of the "return" button, I got javascript error saying "Error: Objekt doesn't support this property or method"
Do you know a way to have both functionalitys connected to the button?
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Benny

HI Benny Lange,
<hbj: button
id="Button1"
text="Logon"
width="125px"
onClientClick="javascript func for validation"
//first onClientClick will be executed
onClick="call the method in JSPDYNPAGE"
//second onclick will be executed
disabled="false"
design="STANDARD" />
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Message was edited by: Kirupanand venkatapathi

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Adding Script to a Button?

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"Chicca81" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I need some help to understand and find a way to script
the loading of
>pictures
> on different window. I already tryed to use behaviours:
adding the
> following
> script to a button:
>
> on (release) {
>
> //load Graphic Behavior
> _root.Contenitore.loadMovie("Cornice 10.jpg");
> //End Behavior
>
> }
>
> When I do test the movie though I realised that it
doesn't work as I
> expected.
> The picture "Cornice 10" loads on a what I think to be a
new window: the
> Movie
> Clip "Contenitore" but it doesn't appear to a different
window. How should
> I
> procede then?
>

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see attached

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