Sort jpgs via file list?

Question

Would is be possible to write a custom manual bridge sort file (hidden file)?
The  idea would be able take a list of jpegs in a specific order and get  Bridge to to sort them according to the order on the list via preserved filename metadata.  Say an ordered list of images for an animated sequence?
Any advice and or a script would be great!
Thanks!

Answer 1

Hope this will help you, this code expects you to have a TEXT file with a list of filenaames that willl be used to sort the selected folder.
N.B. The text file MUST have the names of the files in SAME case as on disk.
Example: mypicture.jpg (in the text file ) is not the same as MyPicture.jpg on the disc. They must be the same!
#target bridge
if( BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge" ) { 
var sortWithTextFile = new MenuElement( "command","Sort on TXT file", "at the end of Tools" , "txtsort" );
sortWithTextFile.onSelect = function () {
var txtFile = File.openDialog("Please select TEXT file.","TXT File:*.txt");
if(txtFile == null) return;
var fileNames = new Array();
txtFile.open('r');
while(!txtFile.eof){
var line = txtFile.readln();
if(line.length <4) continue;
fileNames.push(line.toString().replace(/^[\s]+|[\s]+$/g, ''));
txtFile.close();
var fileSort = new File(app.document.presentationPath +"/.BridgeSort");
var fileNames2 = new Array();
if(fileSort.exists) fileSort.remove();
var fileList=[];
for(var f in fileNames){
var tmpFile = File(app.document.presentationPath + "/" + fileNames[f].toString());  
if(!tmpFile.exists) continue; //Ignore files that do not exist, better to create an error file.
fD = File(tmpFile).created;
var FileDate = fD.getFullYear() + (zeroPad(fD.getMonth() +1,2).toString());
FileDate += (zeroPad(fD.getDate(),2).toString()) +  (zeroPad(fD.getHours(),2).toString());
FileDate += (zeroPad(fD.getMinutes(),2).toString()) + (zeroPad(fD.getSeconds(),2).toString());
fileList.push([[decodeURI(tmpFile.name)],[FileDate]]);
app.document.sorts = [{ type:"string",name:"name", reverse:false }];
fileSort.open("w", "TEXT", "????");
fileSort.lineFeed="Unix";
fileSort.encoding = "UTF-8";
fileSort.writeln("<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes' ?>");
fileSort.writeln("<dirinfo>");
fileSort.writeln("<files>");
for(var t in fileList){
    fileSort.writeln("<item key='" +fileList[t][0].toString().replace(/&/,"&amp;") +fileList[t][1].toString() +"' />");
fileSort.writeln("</files>");
fileSort.writeln("</dirinfo>");
fileSort.close();
fileSort.hidden=true;
app.document.chooseMenuItem("mondo/command/new");
app.documents[0].close();
app.document.sorts = [{ name:"user",type:"date", reverse:false }];
function zeroPad(n, s) {
   n = n.toString();
   while (n.length < s)  n = '0' + n;
   return n;