FileInfo XMPComboBox

Hello,
I am creating a FileInfo Panel, I noticed that when I create a XMPComboBox, if no one makes a selection the data isn't saved. Is there away to force the data to be written even if the field isnt changed? Example: I have a Gender combo box, Gender : Female is the first and default. If they want Female, they wouldnt change anything, so the data isnt being written.
I am guessing I could call the xmpWriteHandler, but I dont know syntax to have it store the value.
Some of the code:
[Bindable]
private var model_gender_list: ArrayCollection = ZStringManager.getDictionaryFrom("model_gender_list=Female{Female};Male{Male}");
import com.adobe.xmp.events.XMPEvent;
private function xmpWriteHandler(event:XMPEvent):void{
<fi:XMPFormItem label="Model's Gender:">
<fi:XMPComboBox dataProvider="{model_gender_list}" xmpWrite="xmpWriteHandler(event)" xmpPath="en:model_gender" />
</fi:XMPFormItem>
Thanks
Dean

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Well, sort of, although I've made a bit more progress now and the events part seems to be working.
I originally thought that fPPLib was specifically for Flex/Flash but I now realise that it is the main PlugPlug interface (which now includes HTML5 panels - right?)
I think what I really need is HTML5 panels 101 (for Illustrator). The exmples in this forum are InDesign specific and all the c++ libraries are different. Also nothing I've seen so far shows how to make an extension work from within Illustrator's menus (as opposed to just from Window->Extensions).
I have a plugin which requires input parameters from the user.
What I am trying to do is.
1) Create an HTML5 extension panel which will collect values from the user.
2) Attach that panel (or is it a modal dialog) to say Object->Filters in the main Illustrator menu
3) Have that panel load previous plugin parameters (*from the current session)
4) Validate the user values in the panel.
5) Make the panel communicate those values to the plugin
6) Show/Hide the panel as required (i.e. open it from a menu item, close it when done).
Also, in the original flash panel which I am trying to adapt, there is a lot of ActionScript in the mxml file.
Where does all that go now? Is that what ExtendScript is for (and if so are there some useful tutorials on it anywhere?)
I know that is a lot of questions. Apologies - I'm new to this and impatient to make some real progress.
Cheers,
Rob

Linking FileInfo Panel to an Illustrator Script

I've got an Illustrator script (Javascript) that writes XMP based on the content of the artwork, but the script has to be manually triggered. I've got a custom FileInfo panel (built with Flex/AS3) to help me edit the XMP once stored.
I'd like to combine the two, so the Script fires whenever the FileInfo panel opens.
I can't do the DOM scripting directly in AS3, can I? I think that Illustrator is only open to Javascript, VB, and AppleScript. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Does anyone have any ideas how to call the javascript in the Scripts folder from an event in the FileInfo panel's SWF, and pass arguements back and forth? I've seen it done on webpages, but only when both the SWF and javascript are on the same HTML page.
Thanks

Thanks Carlos, this led me in the right direction, but not quite far enough.
I found Zac's Cookbook on jsxInterface, but it isn't working for me. I've set up the project linking the SWCs as directed by the SDK (csaw, apedelta, etc.), but when I use his code, I get error 1120 access of undefined property error.
I think I've imported all of the classes that I need. I'm thinking that I might have the javacript in the wrong folder of my project (although I've tried it in several, its in the src folder of the project with the mxml file), or that the javascript itself isn't valid (I've checked that it is).
Any ideas what I'm missing to make this work?
Thanks,
Alex
import com.adobe.csawlib.*;
import com.adobe.illustrator.Application;
[Embed (source= "myScript.jsx" , mimeType= "application/octet-stream" )]
private static var myScriptClass:Class;
var jsxInterface:HostObject = HostObject.getRoot(HostObject.extensions[0]);
jsxInterface.eval(new myScriptClass().toString())

Using a repeater in a custom FileInfo Panel --data binding error

When I developed a custom FileInfo panel in Flex Builder 3, I could use an array to populate a checkBox control inside a repeater, and it worked.
Now, using Flash Builder 4, data binding with <mx:Repeater> doesn't seem to work, resulting in an empty fileInfo panel.
When I remove the dataProvider from the <mx:Repeater> tag, my panel displays, but without the repeater. How can I specify the dataProvider in a different way that works?
Thanks
The code:
<fi:XMPForm
          xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
          xmlns:fi="com.adobe.xmp.components.*" width="100%" height="100%"
          label="TestPanel2_1" xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" >
     
     <fi:XMPNamespaces>
          <fi:XMPNamespace prefix="dc" value="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"/>
     </fi:XMPNamespaces>
     <mx:Script>
          <![CDATA[
               import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
               [Bindable] public var newArray:Array =["One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five"];
          ]]>
     </mx:Script>
     <fi:XMPFormItem>
          <mx:VBox id="primaryFrame" width="800">
               <mx:Repeater id="myRep" dataProvider="{newArray}">
                    <mx:Label text="{myRep.currentItem}"/>
               </mx:Repeater>
          </mx:VBox>
     </fi:XMPFormItem
</fir:XMPForm>

Okay, I may have been making a rookie mistake. I see online reports that you can't bind an array to a repeater (even though it has worked for me).
I've added the following variable to make my array an array collection:
[Bindable] public var newArray2:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection(newArray);
After changing the binding of the repeater to the new array and running the build, the fileInfo panel still does not function.
Any thoughts?

Custom Fileinfo Panel Deploy folder seems to be wrong in SDK documentation

Hi,
I am working on to create custom tab for the FileInfo panel. In the sdk pdf it mentions that for windows the deploy folder is /user/<username>/appdata/adobe/xmp/Custom File Info Panels/3.0/panels. I deployed my panel there but nothing came up in Photoshop. I then deployed the custom tab into C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\XMP\Custom File Info Panels\2.0\panels and it works.
So, what is going on here? Is the deploy folder wrong in SDK? Or there is some way it should work from the first path (mentioned above)? Also, when I went to /user/<username>/appdata/adobe/xmp there was no "Custom File Info Panels" folder. I had to create them manually. Does that indicate a problem?
Thanks.

Hi,
no there is no problem, but the different suite version use different paths, so that they can live side-a-side:
CS4 --> .../Custom File Info Panels/2.0/...
CS5.x --> .../Custom File Info Panels/3.0/...
On our SDK page (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/xmp.html), currently onle the CS5.x SDK is linked:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/developer/xmp/sdk/XMP-FileInfo-SDK-5.1.zip
But invisibly, you can also access the CS4 SDK:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/developer/xmp/sdk/XMP-FileInfo-SDK-4.4.2.zip
We will add the link to the SDK page soon.
Hope this helps,
-- Stefan

Write XMP data to custom FileInfo Panel in CS5

Hello,
I have created a custom FileInfo Panel in CS5.5. We had a programmer create a shell script to do the same thing for CS3, but now he wants too much money to rewrite the script for CS5.5. I was able to create the custom info panel easily using a text editor (he claimed you needed FlashBuilder which he wanted us to pay for). It works perfectly and even maps to Xinet with no problem. But his shell script and Applescript (from Filemaker to file) no longer work. The data is being embedded into the file, but not using the new custom info panel. Is there anyone out there that knows how to either write to a custom info panel or could help me figure it out...or even tell me how to map the data to the correct info panel? I'm no programmer, but I can hack my way through a lot of stuff.
If someone wants a paying gig to make this happen, please respond.
Thanks!
-Motogrrl1313

I already have a filemaker applescript that copies the data to a web page in Xinet. Not knowing too much about bridge, I'd have to see how Bridge reads the panel and figure out how to map the copy to Bridge. Has anyone ever done that? This was going to be my alternate solution when I was looking to do this in CS3, then I found the guy who had written the app to write to the file. This would make a good compromise, though.

Error 99 using Flex with FileInfo SDK

Hello
I am creating a new XMP panel for CS4 using Flex 3.0.1 and the FileInfo SDK 4.4.2. When I create a new Wizard project (using XMP Custom Panel project), at the end the Design tab shows the message (I have not edited anything from the generated files):
There is an error at line 99 of your MXML document.
The "Sample" tag has invalid syntax.
The line 99 contains the following generated code:
Anyone tried to use Flex and the FileInfo XMP Wizard and know how to solve this issue? The Project compiles and executes well but this message is quite strange.
Thank You
Massimo

Hi Massimo,
you try to watch the *wrapper code* in the design mode. Problem is
that the design mode of Flex still has some bugs when it comes to the display of own components.
But what you can do is: open the actual panel class "Sample" and switch
to the design mode -- that works and that should be the thing that you actually wanted to see.
Hope this helps.
-- Stefan

Using latest FileInfo SDK, latest Flash Builder, new project crashes in latest Bridge

I've been trying to create a custom panel in Adobe Bridge. I downloaded the XMP-FileInfo-SDK-CS6, loaded the jar file into Adobe Flash Builder 4.7 (latest version), created a new project with NO modifications, and published it to the correct Custom File Info Panels folder on Windows 7. I then restarted Bridge, opened FileInfo in a photo, but when I navigated to the new panel that I just created, it fails to load correctly and hangs the entire application. The only way to close the window is to restart Bridge.
So just to be clear -- latest SDK, latest Flash Builder, latest Bridge version, new project, no modifcation, completely crashes Bridge. The GenericPanel is about the only thing that works without problem, but it's a little too limited for what I want to do (no business logic).
Not very reassuring that this is going to work at all. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there any workaround, or update I can try instead?
Thanks.

Ok, finally got this working. Many hidden gotchas.
1. You have to make a Trust File for your custom panel. This is actually in the SDK, around page 53, so my bad -- but the problem is that there is no feedback from the Adobe application if you don't have this. The application just hangs. It should produce an error message "can't find trust file, etc.". This should not be that hard to implement.
2. The latest Flex SDK does not seem to work in Bridge CC or other similar applications. You have to use Flex SDK 3.x, apparently, and this is NOT in the documentation. Not only should you set the default SDK in Flex Builder to 3.x (I'm using 3.6) but you have to edit the build.properties file to make sure it's pointing to the correct folder, eg: C:/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Flash Builder 4.7 (64 Bit)/sdks/3.6.0. Fortunately Flash Builder 4.7 comes with 3.6 installed. If you have an older version, it's likely to be completely different.
More info in this thread: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1114153.

Copy, count files, test path, process indicator and System.IO.FileInfo

I found this, sctipt, that I try to re-write.
As it is, it creates sub folders in the targetfolder, which I found out how to stop it from, by deleting the "\" backslash sign in line 9.
But what I also want is that subfolders if such should exist, also gets copied from $source to $target folder, as of now this doesn't happen. Reason why I chose to try to re-write the script is basically, I can read what it does and I like all the flashy
Things like counting and that it shows the percentage of the processbar AND the processbar :).
I just don't now how to re-write it proberly. By the way nothing should be re-named in the targetfolder every thing from sourcefolder should be "as is" in the sourcefolder.
$SourceFolder = "C:\Color1\TRID"
$targetFolder = “C:\Color2\TRID”
$numFiles = (Get-ChildItem -Path $SourceFolder -Filter *.*).Count
$i=0
clear-host;
Write-Host ‘This script will copy ‘ $numFiles ‘ files from ‘ $SourceFolder ‘ to ‘ $targetFolder
Read-host -prompt ‘Press enter to start copying the files’
Get-ChildItem -Path $SourceFolder -Filter *.* | %{
[System.IO.FileInfo]$destination = (Join-Path -Path $targetFolder -ChildPath $_.Name.replace(“_”,“\”))
if(!(Test-Path -Path $destination.Directory ))
New-item -Path $destination.Directory.FullName -ItemType Directory
[int]$percent = $i / $numFiles * 100
copy-item -Path $_.FullName -Destination $Destination.FullName
write-Progress -Activity “Copying … ($percent %)” -status $_ -PercentComplete $percent -verbose
$i++
Write-Host ‘Total number of files read from directory ‘$SourceFolder ‘ is ‘ $numFiles
Write-Host ‘Total number of files that was copied to ‘$targetFolder ‘ is ‘ $i
Read-host -prompt “Press enter to complete…”
clear-host;

@Jaap
Yes I want to overwrite existing files, since backup is taken care of by another script.
Now I encounter this error when trying to use your write-progress example:
Get-ChildItem : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Files'.
At line:3 char:51
+ $Files = Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $SourceFolder -Files
+
~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-ChildItem], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand
cmdlet ForEach-Object at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
Process[0]:
Here is the script as I thought it should look like:
$SourceFolder = "C:\Color1\TRID"
$targetFolder = “C:\Color2”
$Files = Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $SourceFolder -Files
$NumberofFiles = $Files.Count
$Files | ForEach-Object -Begin {
$FilesCopied = 0
-progress{
Write-Progress -Activity "Copying Files..." -PercentComplete [int](($FilesCopied/$NumberofFiles)*100) -CurrentOperation "$FilesCopied files copied out of total of $NumberofFiles files" -Status "Please wait."
"$((Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File -LiteralPath $SourceFolder).Count) files will be copied to $targetfolder"
Read-Host -Prompt 'Press Enter to Start Copying...'
Copy-Item $SourceFolder -Recurse -Destination $targetFolder -Force -verbose
$FilesCopied++
# What is wrong now?

Enhancing FileInfo Generic Panels

Hi,
the FileInfo SDK offers two approaches to extend the XMP FileInfo dialog found in many Adobe applications.
1.) A generic panel which can be setup by editing a couple of XML files.
It offers only limited support for properties defined in XML, it can display only simple XMP properties and comma-separated array lists, with limited layout capabilities (e.g. separators).
2.) A Flash-based custom panel that offers more possibilities but needs some programming skills to develop.
The XMP team is currently thinking about enhancing the generic panel approach to make it easier to build complex Metadata UI without programming skills. Planned features are, for example, support for complex properties and more layout capabilities.
We would like to get feedback from you about enhancing the generic panels and also collect examples of generic panels, as well as flash-based panels.
Have you developed a generic panel or flash-based panel in the past? Why did you choose one approach over the other? Which features would make a generic panel more valuable to you?
Please post your experience with FileInfo panels to this thread and, if possible, show us your panel. You can also send us your panel through private forum mail and we will keep it confidential.
Thanks for your help!

Over the years I have built several (generic) File Info panels and
Bridge Metadata Panes that can display multi-dimensional XMP arrays,
such as those used in IPTC Extension, PLUS , and PRISM Metadata for
Images schemas.
These directly index the row and column in the array. Attached is a
partial screenshot of a CS4 Bridge Metadata Pane for PRISM Metadata
for Images that uses IPTC Extension arrays that have been extended by
one sub property: agreementID. With the preference "Hide Empty Fields"
this pane is practical for viewing existing complex XMP metadata in a
file. There is a version of this pane for old File Info, and one for
the newer File Info (XML).
The second attachment is a screen shot of the corresponding (old) File
Info Panel (0.0/1.0). The two dimensional arrays are displayed as
fixed height tables with column headers: Location, City, State, ... A
new ( 2.0+) File Info Generic Panel was constructed, but with a
separate line per sub property, it is very, very tall and not
practical for use.
The array fields in this pane and this panel are set to be display-only.
If the array fields were set to be read/write and the array already
contained data when the XMP packet is opened, then File Info is
capable to editing/appending to it. However, if the array does not
exist when File Info opens the XMP packet, any data entered into these
fields will be ignored when the packet is updated. It appears that
(generic) File Info cannot generate a new XMP array structure. As a
result, these panes and panels were constructed with the array fields
as display-only.
I have experimented with directly indexing into 3, 4 and 5 dimensional
XMP arrays in File Info. It behaves the same as with 1 and 2 dimensions.
Observation: If File Info could generate new XMP array structures when
none previously existed in the packet, like it does for full custom
Flash File Info panels, then generic Bridge Metadata Panes and Acrobat
Pro (old) File Info panels could support read/write of complex XMP
metadata.
Regards,
Carl Rambert (previously with Pound Hill Software)

FileInfo.CopyTo Size Restrictions

Are there file size restrictions in using the FileInfo.CopyTo function?
I have a Service which sorts files around on a machine and I tend to see failures in very large file sizes. The routine moves files from one array to another.
If I open File Explorer and copy the file manually I do not get an error.
The Event log under System will show a message:
{Delayed Write Failed} Windows was unable to save all the data for the file. The data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer
hardware or network connection. Source Ntfs. Category None
Followed by:
Application popup
Windows - Delayed Write Failed. Windows was unable to save all data for the file xxxxxx. The data has been lost. Source Application popup. Category None.
The file today is about 50GB in size and is moving from one SAS array to another. I only get these failures in very large files (larger than 5GB) and of course
it is not consistent. The files alway work fine in file explorer which would lead me to believe that it is not a hardware issue.
So to make the question simple, is there a time-out period in the CopyTo routine that would cause it to decide that the copy has failed prematurely? Is there a better
routine I should be using to move the files around on the system?
I'm not seeing an exception being logged by the Service under Application during this time.
I appreciate any information on this topic.
Thanks,
Mike

The error is coming from the file system driver. This isn't a .NET issue. The failure is occurring when the driver is trying to write to the drive (it uses delay writing to optimize writes) and that is failing. File.CopyTo does nothing but verify
the path and then call Win32's CopyFile API. Note that Windows Explorer more likely uses CopyFileEx instead. They are similar but CFE provides a few additional options useful in UIs. There is no .NET wrapper around this call.

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