Bridge talk for InDesign CS4/CS5 js

Question

Hi,
Have this code that opens file in Ph and resaves it in different format. In this case I need to adjust it to open pdf file in photoshop and set crop to media box. It works with pdf files as is, but if there is white space around artwork, it gets removed. How can I set it to open with media box:
function ResaveInPS(myImagePath, myNewPath) {
     try {
           var myPsDoc = app.open(new File(myImagePath));
             if (myPsDoc.mode == DocumentMode.CMYK) {
                    myPsDoc.changeMode(ChangeMode.RGB);
           var docName = myPsDoc.name;
          var myPNGSaveOptions = new PNGSaveOptions();
          myPNGSaveOptions.interlaced = false; // or true
          myPsDoc.saveAs(new File(myNewPath), myPNGSaveOptions, true);
          myPsDoc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);     
     catch (err) {
          try {
               app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
          catch (err) {}
Thank you for your help.
Yulia

Answer 1

Hi Yulia,
I adjusted the script:
#target indesign
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myDocPath = myDoc.filePath;
var myLivePath = myDoc.filePath;
var myFolder = new Folder(myLivePath);
OpenFiles();
UpdateAllOutdatedLinks();
//~ myLink.editOriginal();
//alert("Done");
function OpenFiles(){
    var myFile= app.selection[0];
    try{
        if(myFile.isValid == true){}
    catch (e){
    alert ("Please choose PDF and rerun the script");
        exit();
    if(myFile.constructor.name == "PDF"){
        myLink = myFile.itemLink;
    else{if(myFile.constructor.name == "Rectangle"){
        myLink = myFile.graphics[0].itemLink;
    else{
        alert ("The artwork has to be PDF file. Please choose correct artwork and rerun the script");
        exit();
          if (myLink.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(".pdf") > -1){
               var myImage = myLink.parent;
               var myImagePath = myLink.filePath;
               var myImageFile = new File(myImagePath);
               var myNewPath =  myFolder.absoluteURI + "/" + GetFileNameOnly(myImageFile.name) + ".tif";
               CreateBridgeTalkMessage(myImagePath, myNewPath);
               Relink(myLink, myNewPath);
function CreateBridgeTalkMessage(myImagePath, myNewPath) {
     var bt = new BridgeTalk();
     bt.target = "photoshop";
     var myScript = 'app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO;\r';
     myScript += 'try {\r';
     myScript += 'if ("' + myImagePath + '".match(/\.pdf$/) != null) {\r';
     myScript += '    var pdfOpenOptions = new PDFOpenOptions();\r';
     myScript += '    pdfOpenOptions.cropPage = CropToType.MEDIABOX;\r';
     myScript += '    pdfOpenOptions.resolution = 300;\r';
     myScript += '    pdfOpenOptions.usePageNumber = true;\r';
     myScript += '    var myPsDoc = app.open(new File("' + myImagePath  + '"), pdfOpenOptions);\r';     
     myScript += '}\r';
     myScript += 'else {\r';
     myScript += '    var myPsDoc = app.open(new File(myImagePath));\r';
     myScript += '}\r';
     myScript += 'if (myPsDoc.mode != DocumentMode.CMYK) {\r';
     myScript += '    myPsDoc.changeMode(ChangeMode.CMYK);\r';
     myScript += '}\r';
     myScript += 'myPsDoc.flatten();\r';
     myScript += 'var docName = myPsDoc.name;\r';
     myScript += 'var myTiffSaveOptions  = new TiffSaveOptions();\r';
     myScript += 'myTiffSaveOptions.alphaChannels = false;\r';
     myScript += 'myTiffSaveOptions.byteOrder = ByteOrder.MACOS;\r';
     myScript += 'myTiffSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;\r';
     myScript += 'myTiffSaveOptions.imageCompression = TIFFEncoding.TIFFLZW;\r';
     myScript += 'myTiffSaveOptions.layers = true;\r';
     myScript += 'myTiffSaveOptions.spotColors = false;\r';
     myScript += 'myTiffSaveOptions.transparency = true;\r';
     myScript += 'myPsDoc.saveAs(new File("' + myNewPath + '"), myTiffSaveOptions);\r';
     myScript += 'myPsDoc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);\r';
     myScript += '}\r';
     myScript += 'catch (err) {\r';
     myScript += '    try {\r';
     myScript += '        app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);\r';
     myScript += '    }\r';
     myScript += '    catch (err) {}\r';
     myScript += '}\r';
     myScript += 'app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.ALL;\r';
//~      $.writeln(myScript);
     bt.onResult = function(resObj) {}
     bt.send(100);
function ResaveInPS(myImagePath, myNewPath) {
    try {
               if (myImagePath.match(/\.pdf$/) != null) {
                   var pdfOpenOptions = new PDFOpenOptions;
                   pdfOpenOptions.cropPage = CropToType.MEDIABOX;
                   pdfOpenOptions.resolution = 300;
                   pdfOpenOptions.usePageNumber = true;
          var myPsDoc = app.open(new File(myImagePath), pdfOpenOptions);
            if (myPsDoc.mode != DocumentMode.CMYK) {
                   myPsDoc.changeMode(ChangeMode.CMYK);
          myPsDoc.flatten(); // or layers false…
          var docName = myPsDoc.name;
         var myTiffSaveOptions  = new TiffSaveOptions();
         myTiffSaveOptions.alphaChannels = false;
          myTiffSaveOptions.byteOrder = ByteOrder.MACOS;
          myTiffSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
          myTiffSaveOptions.imageCompression = TIFFEncoding.TIFFLZW;
          myTiffSaveOptions.layers = true; // Or false here…
          myTiffSaveOptions.spotColors = false;
          myTiffSaveOptions.transparency = true;
         myPsDoc.saveAs(new File(myNewPath), myTiffSaveOptions);
         myPsDoc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
    catch (err) {
         try {
              app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
         catch (err) {}
function Relink(myLink, myNewPath){
     var newFile = new File (myNewPath);
     if (newFile.exists) {
          var originalLinkFile = new File(myLink.filePath);
          myLink.relink(newFile);
          try { // for versions prior to 6.0.4
               var myLink = myLink.update();
          catch(err) {}
function UpdateAllOutdatedLinks() {
     for (var myCounter = myDoc.links.length-1; myCounter >= 0; myCounter--) {
          var myLink = myDoc.links[myCounter];
          if (myLink.status == LinkStatus.linkOutOfDate) {
               myLink.update();
function GetFileNameOnly(myFileName) {
     var myString = "";
     var myResult = myFileName.lastIndexOf(".");
     if (myResult == -1) {
          myString = myFileName;
     else {
          myString = myFileName.substr(0, myResult);
     return myString;
Kasyan