How to call javascript using applescript in InDesign cs2 Mac

Question

Hi,
I need to integrate javascript with my apple script??? how to use it???please help me...i need it immediately..........

Answer 1

Hi Andrew,
Here is an example for you – a snippet from my script:
global myBridgeLabel
-- function that runs on clicking the button in adobe script studio project
on clicked theObject
if name of theObject is "b1" then
set processName to "Started working"
set myBridgeLabel to "Red"
set myLabel to 1
else if name of theObject is "b2" then
set processName to "Started doing this"
set myBridgeLabel to "Green"
set myLabel to 2
else if name of theObject is "b3" then
set processName to "Started doing that"
set myBridgeLabel to "Yellow"
set myLabel to 3
else if name of theObject is "b4" then
set processName to "Finished doing this"
set myBridgeLabel to "Blue"
set myLabel to 4
else if name of theObject is "b5" then
set processName to "Finished doing that"
set myBridgeLabel to "Purple"
set myLabel to 5
end if
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
set mydocument to active document
set myDocumentPath to full name of mydocument
set workerName to "Kasyan"
tell metadata preferences of mydocument
set theDate to current date
set myWeekday to weekday of theDate as string
set myDenNedeli to my convertWeekday(myWeekday)
set myRecord to (processName & " – " & workerName & " – ") & myDenNedeli & " " & text 1 thru -4 of time string of theDate & " \r"
set myHistory to get property namespace "http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/" path "History"
set property namespace "http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/" path "History" value myHistory & myRecord
end tell
set myJavaScript to "var myLabel =\"" & myBridgeLabel & "\"; app.activate(); var bt = new BridgeTalk; bt.target = \"bridge\"; myScript = 'app.displayDialogs = \"none\"; var t = new Thumbnail (File (\"" & myDocumentPath & "\")); var mdata = t.metadata; mdata.namespace = \"http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/\"; mdata.Label = \"' + myLabel + '\";'; bt.body = myScript; bt.send();"
do script myJavaScript language javascript
In this javascript I use pares of single and double quotes.
The main java script – myJavaScript – (inside double quotes) contains another java script – myScript – (inside single quotes) which runs in Bridge via BridgeTalk.
I also put variables from AppleScript into JavaScript by using two pares of double quotes – the outside pare I escape with slashes:
set myBridgeLabel to "Red" -- a variable I defined in AppleScript
set myJavaScript to "var myLabel =\"" & myBridgeLabel & "\"; app.activate();
-- the contents of myBridgeLabel variable now becomes part of the JavaScript
Kasyan