EventListeners

Question

Hi all,
I have been testing today with Eventlisteners in CS3.
Can't figure out the logic of it. I have the code below:
#targetengine "session"
main();
function main(){
var myApplicationEventListener = app.eventListeners.add("afterOpen", myEventInfo, false);
function myEventInfo(myEvent){
alert(myEvent.currentTarget.documents.length);
app.activeDocument.textFrames.add();
The thing is that the alert says that there is 1 document open,
but when I want to do something with this doc I get an error message
that there is no open document.
Can someone help with this?
Thanks Michel

Answer 1

I recommend reading another post about Eventlistener that I was involved in (
Alexandre VERCAMMEN, "(CS3) Does anyone know how to place request for..." #, 7 May 2008 12:42 pm). Regarding the close statement, with the help of Olev, we went the option of menu.actions. Please note the limitations (which a + in my case) of closing the doc. by closing the window.
At Startup I run the following script. FYI: A lot of my scripts are triggered Manualy or by Menu Actions, therefore a few GLOBAL vars. Also it adds flexibility when installed for different machines.
The Function EventOpen DOES NOT WORK when associated to app.eventListener, it crashes InDesign when closing the document! But it does work when triggered manually or by menu.
#target indesign
#targetengine "session"
app.scriptPreferences.version = 5.0;
//*** Initialize GLOBAL Variables
app.scriptArgs.clear();
app.scriptArgs.set("Event_Path", myScriptPath); //***Path to InEventScript Plug-In
app.scriptArgs.set("Event_Open", myScriptPath + "/PrePressOPEN.jsx");
app.scriptArgs.set("Event_Close", myScriptPath + "/PrePressCLOSE.jsx");
app.scriptArgs.set("Event_Copy", myScriptPath + "/PrePressCOPY.jsx");
app.scriptArgs.set("Event_Clean", myScriptPath + "/PrePressCLEAN.jsx");
app.scriptArgs.set("Event_Print", myScriptPath + "/PrePressPRINT.jsx");
app.scriptArgs.set("Event_App", myScriptPath + "/PrePressAPPPreferences.jsx");
app.scriptArgs.set("Event_Doc", myScriptPath + "/PrePressDOCPreferences.jsx");
//******************** ACTIONS ********************
app.menuActions.item("Open...").addEventListener("afterInvoke",EventOpen, false);
app.menuActions.item("Close").addEventListener("beforeInvoke",EventClose, false);
app.menuActions.item("Copy").addEventListener("afterInvoke",EventCopy, false);
app.menuActions.item("Paste").addEventListener("afterInvoke",EventClean, false);
app.menuActions.item("Print...").addEventListener("beforeInvoke",EventPrint, false);
//****************** FUNCTIONS Definitions ********************
function EventOpen (itsEvent)
var myExeSrcFile = new File (app.scriptArgs.get("Event_Open"));
if (myExeSrcFile.exists)
myExeSrcFile.open ('r:(read)');
app.doScript(myExeSrcFile, ScriptLanguage.javascript);
myExeSrcFile.close();
else
alert ("Error! Missing File:\n\n" + myExeSrcFile.fsName);
return;
function EventClose (itsEvent)
var myExeSrcFile = new File (app.scriptArgs.get("Event_Close"));
if (myExeSrcFile.exists)
myExeSrcFile.open ('r:(read)');
app.doScript(myExeSrcFile, ScriptLanguage.javascript);
myExeSrcFile.close();
else
alert ("Error! Missing File:\n\n" + myExeSrcFile.fsName);
return;
function EventCopy (itsEvent)
var myExeSrcFile = new File (app.scriptArgs.get("Event_Copy"));
if (myExeSrcFile.exists)
myExeSrcFile.open ('r:(read)');
app.doScript(myExeSrcFile, ScriptLanguage.javascript);
myExeSrcFile.close();
else
alert ("Error! Missing File:\n\n" + myExeSrcFile.fsName);
return;
function EventClean (itsEvent)
var myExeSrcFile = new File (app.scriptArgs.get("Event_Clean"));
if (myExeSrcFile.exists)
myExeSrcFile.open ('r:(read)');
app.doScript(myExeSrcFile, ScriptLanguage.javascript);
myExeSrcFile.close();
else
alert ("Error! Missing File:\n\n" + myExeSrcFile.fsName);
return;
function EventPrint (itsEvent)
var myExeSrcFile = new File (app.scriptArgs.get("Event_Print"));
if (myExeSrcFile.exists)
myExeSrcFile.open ('r:(read)');
app.doScript(myExeSrcFile, ScriptLanguage.javascript);
myExeSrcFile.close();
else
alert ("Error! Missing File:\n\n" + myExeSrcFile.fsName);
return;