[JS][CS3] Script Librarys
Hi.
I am going to be embarking on a large scripting project soon, and would like to know if there is any way I can point a script to a different script file containing my commonly used functions. This is something similar to (as my failing memory recalls) in c++, having the #include........ line at the top of the code.
If this can be done, great, but if not, I can live with using simple functions in the one main script.
Cheers
Roy
Hi, Roy!
Check the following file of the InDesign CS3 SDK:
javascript_tools_guide_cs3.pdf
p216 "Modular Programming Support"
Excerpt:
"ExtendScript provides support for a modular approach to scripting by allowing you to include one script in
another as a resource, and allowing a script to export definitions that can be imported and used in another
script."
also see the following file of the InDesign CS4(!) SDK:
ar42s03s03.html
"Loading external scripts"
Excerpts:
"ExtendScript has an #include feature you can use to include an external JavaScript file, so the functions in the include file are available for the locale script to use; however, you cannot use it to load a compiled binary script. If you want to distribute your JavaScript feature in binary format like Export as XHTML, you cannot use #include to load an external JavaScript file."
"In CS3, Export as XHTML’s source has a function called loadScript()"
Greetings,
Uwe
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could I use another data type than array for the variable isMergedRow? Which one?
do you know any performance optimizations?
in which time unit ExtendScript Toolkit shows the measured periods?
how are the times calculated in loops? Are these the times sumed up over all iterations or is it just the time for a single statement? -
Is there anyway to have a script automatically launch upon opening any document? always?
I am checking for my IT guy so you can explain it as techniquially possible since he will read this haha .... i am not very smart and won't get it.Yes, I believe this functionality was new in CS3. Searching for CS3 and Event listeners I found this for instance: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/288208
The number of events possible to subscribe to are probably more the newer the version of InDesign you've got.
Maybe you are looking for
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