Imagecatalogue.jsx script

Hi.
I'm using the imagecatalogue.jsx script to populate a page.
At the moment, the page it populates is a custom size.
does anybody know how i make populate to an A4? Is there a code i can put into the script?
Any help is very much appreciated.
Many thanks

Just figured it out - it populated to what ever the pre defined workspace was...doh?

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after line 32 :
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do an alert :
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you forget (t.) at the beginning
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        ruleBelowRightIndent = 0;
        ruleBelowTint = 100;
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        ruleBelowWidth = RuleWidth.columnWidth;
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        strikeThroughColor = app.colors.item("Black");
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        strikeThroughGapTint = 100;
        strikeThroughOffset = 3;
        strikeThroughOverprint = false;
        strikeThroughTint = 100;
        strikeThroughType = app.strokeStyles.item("Solid");
        strikeThroughWeight = .25;
    strokeColor = app.swatches.item("None");
    strokeTint = 100;
    strokeWeight = 0;
    tracking = 0;
    underline = false;
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        underlineColor = app.colors.item("Black");
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        underlineTint = 100;
        underlineType = app.strokeStyles.item("Solid");
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with(app.generalPreferences){
    pageNumbering = PageNumberingOptions.section;    // Page Numbering, View
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    typographersQuotes = true;            // Use Typographer's Quotes
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with(app.textPreferences){
    superscriptSize = 58.3;                // Superscript, size
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    subscriptSize = 58.3;                // Subscript, size
    subscriptPosition = 33.3;            // Subscript, position
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    inlineInput = false;                // Use Inline Input for Non-Latin Text
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with(app.textPreferences){
    highlightKeeps = false;                    // Keep Violations
    highlightHjViolations = false;            // H&J Violations
    highlightCustomSpacing = false;            // Custom Tracking/Kerning
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    highlightSubstitutedGlyphs = false;    // Substituted Glyphs
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    abutTextToTextWrap = true;                // Skip by Leading
    zOrderTextWrap = false;                    // Text Wrap Only Affects Text Beneath
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    rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.spreadOrigin;                    // Ruler Units, origin
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    pointsPerInch = 72;                    // Point/Pica Size, Points/Inch
    cursorKeyIncrement = 1;                // Keyboard Increment, Cursor Key
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    baselineShiftKeyIncrement = 2;    // Keyboard Increment, Baseline Shift
    leadingKeyIncrement = 2;        // Keyboard Increment, Size/Leading
    kerningKeyIncrement = 20;            // Keyboard Increment, Kerning
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    baselineColor = UIColors.lightBlue;    // Baseline Grid, Color
    baselineStart = 48;                        // Baseline Grid, Start
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    horizontalGridSubdivision = 12;            // Document Grid, Horizontal, Subdivisions
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    documentGridShown = false;                // show document grid
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    marginGuideColor = UIColors.violet;                // Color, Margins
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    bleedGuideColor = UIColors.fiesta;                // Color, Bleed
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    guideSnaptoZone = 4;                            // Snap to Zone
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    guidesInBack = false;                            // Guides in Back
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    composition = ComposeUsing.both;    // Hyphenatin Exceptions, Compose Using
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i did alternate the same vbs script to suit my needs and i was happy about it (likeChild when you give him his favourite toy) but i run in som problems with it....when i copy and place the vbs script on other computer i want it to use it invokes CS6 instead of CC...i tried everything i could think of but no luck...same thing happens every time i try to use it open CS6 instead CC in which i run it...on the computer i did write it the script run like charm(on both computers i have CS6 and CC)....so i decided to use the jsx version of same script....
then when i try that script:
1. the dialog box is opening only when my cursor is in textframe allowing me to select what i want to change 1.document 2.selected story. 3 selection
2. when i select 2 text frames and on document i have 3 or more the script does not change in 2 selected frames instead it does in all frames
i need to alternate this script
when i select text frame to open dialogbox allowing me to pick 2 of 3 above mentioned options the number 2 and 3
so it do the find and change only in text frames i selected (when it is selected with selection tool) not in all frames
i tried to do that my self but im kinda short of knowledge
i tried to alternate the case dialog box is open adding the line case "TextFrame": in this portion of script
if(app.documents.length > 0){
        if(app.selection.length > 0){
            switch(app.selection[0].constructor.name){
                case "InsertionPoint":
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                case "Line":
                case "Paragraph":
                case "TextColumn":
                case "Text":
                case "Cell":
                case "Column":
                case "Row":
                case "Table":
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and it work for invoking the dialog box when the text frame is selected but then it only do changes in first textframe selected not in all selected....
so i tried to experiment with this line
if(myResult == true){
        switch(myRangeButtons.selectedButton){
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by changing the number to 1 or 2 or 3 but that only told the script that if i have 2 text frame selected to do search in second text frame (incase of number 1) or if i have 3 selected and in case of numer 2 only do script in 3 text frame
i need help please

hello,
after line 32 :
var tracingPresets = app.tracingPresetsList;
do an alert :
alert( app.tracingPresetsList );
it'll show you the name of the differents presets
then line 57, call the good preset :
t.tracing.tracingOptions.loadFromPreset('here the name of your preset');
for expanding :
change line 58 like that :
t.tracing.expandTracing();
you forget (t.) at the beginning
best wishes for the new year

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I would like to invoke JavaScript file in Photoshop from my Adobe Air application. I managed to call my script with the following code:
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procarg.push(scriptData); // String with argument to pass to jsx file
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process = new NativeProcess();
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process.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.STANDARD_ERROR_DATA ,onError,false,0,true);
process.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.STANDARD_ERROR_IO_ERROR ,onError,false,0,true);
process.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.STANDARD_INPUT_IO_ERROR ,onError,false,0,true);
process.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.STANDARD_OUTPUT_IO_ERROR ,onError,false,0,true);
process.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.STANDARD_ERROR_DATA ,onError,false,0,true);
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The Photoshop app is started, my JavaScript is invoked, but the argument is not passed into jsx.
Is there any method how to pass arguments to script in Photoshop? (I know that I can use the file to pass the parameters, but I do not like that solution.)
Thanks in advance for any hint.
Zdenek M

The only documented way I know of is programming the script as a Photoshop Plug-in that has a dialog. Then record using the script in an action. The script will record the arguments used in its dialog into the Photoshop Actions step. Then when the action is used played the action recorded arguments are retrived and the script bypasses displaying its dialog.
However In CS3 I looked at Adobe Photoshop Image Processor JavaScript it internaly used the Fit Image Plug-in Script and passed the width and hight to it. So it is posible to pass arguments from one JSX to an JSX Plug-in Script.
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// use the fit image automation plug-in to do this work for me
function FitImage( inWidth, inHeight ) {
          if ( inWidth == undefined || inHeight == undefined ) {
                    alert( strWidthAndHeight );
                    return;
          var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
          var unitPixels = charIDToTypeID( '#Pxl' );
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          var runtimeEventID = stringIDToTypeID( "3caa3434-cb67-11d1-bc43-0060b0a13dc4" );
          executeAction( runtimeEventID, desc, DialogModes.NO );
If You can write a file from Adobe Air you could also write the jsx file to pass the args you want to pass a to plug-in script via the ActionManager.

Imagecatalogue.jsx script

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