Can an Illustrator Action be batched out of bridge?
I'm looking for a way to automate an Illustrator action. I can do batch out of ILL. But was wondering if the Action can be run on a selection of images out of Bridge?
Thanks
Max
Try and look here:
Bridge Scripting
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<managed-bean-name>UserBean</manager-bean-name>
<managed-bean-class>
net.gleamynode.notes.http.faces.UserBean
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<managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
<managed-property>
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<null-value/>
</managed-property>
<managed-property>
<property-name>userName</property-name>
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</managed-property>
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<property-name>password</property-name>
<null-value/>
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</managed-bean>
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abstract class NotesBean {
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public abstract Action getDeleteAction();
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By the way: shouldn�t the error message be:
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<c:when test="${empty param['id']}">
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About | Essays | Projects | Others | Links
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<f:attribute name="style" value="width:75%;"/>
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<f:attribute name="style" value="width:100%; height: 12em;"/>
</h:input_textarea>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td class="buttons" colspan="6">
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</tr>
</table>
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<div id="teaser">
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<h:form id="loginForm" formName="loginForm" >
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<f:attribute name="style" value="width:64px;"/>
</h:input_text>
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Password >
<h:input_secret id="loginPassword" valueRef="UserBean.password">
<f:attribute name="style" value="width:64px;"/>
</h:input_secret>
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<h:command_button id="loginSubmit" label="login" commandName="loginSubmit" actionRef="UserBean.loginAction" />
</h:form>
</div>
<div id="copyright">
Copyright � 1999~ by Trustin Lee, All Rights Reserved.
</div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
</div>
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</f:use_faces>
</body>
</html>and, here is the whole faces-config.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE faces-config PUBLIC
"-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JavaServer Faces Config 1.0//EN"
"http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-facesconfig_1_0.dtd">
<faces-config>
<navigation-rule>
<from-tree-id>/index.jsp</from-tree-id>
<navigation-case>
<from-outcome>success</from-outcome>
<to-tree-id>/index.jsp</to-tree-id>
</navigation-case>
<navigation-case>
<from-outcome>failure</from-outcome>
<to-tree-id>/failure.jsp</to-tree-id>
</navigation-case>
</navigation-rule>
<managed-bean>
<managed-bean-name>PageBean</managed-bean-name>
<managed-bean-class>
net.gleamynode.notes.http.faces.PageBean
</managed-bean-class>
<managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
<managed-property>
<property-name>idStr</property-name>
<null-value/>
</managed-property>
<managed-property>
<property-name>title</property-name>
<null-value/>
</managed-property>
<managed-property>
<property-name>content</property-name>
<null-value/>
</managed-property>
</managed-bean>
<managed-bean>
<managed-bean-name>CommentBean</managed-bean-name>
<managed-bean-class>
net.gleamynode.notes.http.faces.CommentBean
</managed-bean-class>
<managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
<managed-property>
<property-name>idStr</property-name>
<null-value/>
</managed-property>
<managed-property>
<property-name>pageIdStr</property-name>
<null-value/>
</managed-property>
<managed-property>
<property-name>userName</property-name>
<null-value/>
</managed-property>
<managed-property>
<property-name>userEmail</property-name>
<null-value/>
</managed-property>
<managed-property>
<property-name>userURL</property-name>
<null-value/>
</managed-property>
<managed-property>
<property-name>content</property-name>
<null-value/>
</managed-property>
</managed-bean>
<managed-bean>
<managed-bean-name>UserBean</manager-bean-name>
<managed-bean-class>
net.gleamynode.notes.http.faces.UserBean
</managed-bean-class>
<managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
<managed-property>
<property-name>idStr</property-name>
<null-value/>
</managed-property>
<managed-property>
<property-name>userName</property-name>
<null-value/>
</managed-property>
<managed-property>
<property-name>password</property-name>
<null-value/>
</managed-property>
</managed-bean>
</faces-config>Thank you for your continuous help, Rene! Learned alot from you about JSF :) -
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