I am trying to do a data merge using Indesign Server. test.indd in the script below already has all the merge fields assigned. I only need this script to open the file, do the merge, and save the merged file. The file that gets saved is the original test.indd file, and not the merged file. I'm not sure how to access the merged file.
var myDocument = app.open(File("/C/inetpub/wwwroot/datamerge/test.indd"));
with (app.dataMergeOptions) {
linkImages = true;
removeBlankLines = false;
createNewDocument = true;
documentSize = 100;
} // (end of dataMergeOptions)
myDocument.dataMergeProperties.mergeRecords();
myDocument.save(new File("/C/inetpub/wwwroot/datamerge/mergedOutput.indd"));
myDocument.close ();
If someone can have a look and let me know what I'm missing. Or direct me in the direction I should be going.
Your dataMergeOptions tell the application to create a new document but you are saving the document in your myDocument variable which is your template. You need to either get a hold of the newly created document and save that or remove the createNewDocument option.
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Is there an equivalent of deleteProperty(XMPConst.NS_DC, "description”) or some way to clear out EXIF:ImageDescription, XMP-dc:Description and IPTC:Caption-Abstract with a Photoshop Script (ie, JavaScript or AppleScript)?
I am trying to remove the tags/descriptions below from TIF, PSD and PSB images:
[EXIF:IFD0] ImageDescription
[XMP:XMP-dc] Description
[IPTC] Caption-Abstract
I can do this with Exiftool with this code:
exiftool -m -overwrite_original_in_place -EXIF:ImageDescription= -XMP-dc:Description= -IPTC:Caption-Abstract= FILE
While that works great for me, I have lots of vendors that would need this in their workflows so it would be easier for them to use an action with the Photoshop Events Manager "On Document Open", or via an Automator script (Java or AppleScript) in their workflows than installing ExifTool. Looking for some help to do this...
I don’t have much coding experience, but I found the JavaScript code below on PS-Scripts as a starting point. This code doesn't require Photoshop which I like and could be done with Automator, but it only references the one tag. Also, I don’t need to write anything to the tags as this code does (I’d prefer just to delete or wipe the content and/or tags so they don’t show up).
Code: Select allvar f = File("/c/captures/a.jpg");
setDescription(f,"My new description");
function setDescription( file, descStr ){
if ( !ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript ) ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject('lib:AdobeXMPScript');
var xmpf = new XMPFile( File(file).fsName, XMPConst.UNKNOWN, XMPConst.OPEN_FOR_UPDATE );
var xmp = xmpf.getXMP();
xmp.deleteProperty(XMPConst.NS_DC, "description");
xmp.setLocalizedText( XMPConst.NS_DC, "description", null, "x-default", descStr );
if (xmpf.canPutXMP( xmp )) {
xmpf.putXMP( xmp );
}
xmpf.closeFile( XMPConst.CLOSE_UPDATE_SAFELY );
}
And below is an attempt at the JavaScript that would be used as a Photoshop Event on "Open Document"; but again I don't know how to amend to ensure all 3 tags reference above are cleared:
function removeDescription() {
whatApp = String(app.name);
if(whatApp.search("Photoshop") > 0)
if(!documents.length) {
alert("There are no open documents. Please open a file to run this script.")
return;
}
if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript == undefined) ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject("lib:AdobeXMPScript");
var xmp = new XMPMeta( activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData);
xmp.deleteProperty(XMPConst.NS_DC, "description");
app.activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData = xmp.serialize();
}
}
removeDescription();
Finally, below was an alternate that was tried that wipes the Description, ImageDescription and Caption-Abstract on TIFFs and PNGs on the first try, but takes running through twice to work on a PSD/PSB/JPG. I think it has to do with the interaction between Description, ImageDescription and Caption-Abstract, and the solution possibly resides with amp.setLocalizedText to nothing?
function removeMetadata() {
whatApp = String(app.name);
if(whatApp.search("Photoshop") > 0) {
if(!documents.length) {
alert("There are no open documents. Please open a file to run this script.")
return;
}
if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript == undefined) ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject("lib:AdobeXMPScript");
var xmp = new XMPMeta( activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData);
if (xmp.doesArrayItemExist(XMPConst.NS_DC, "description", 1))
{
xmp.deleteArrayItem(XMPConst.NS_DC, "description", 1);
}
app.activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData = xmp.serialize();
debugger
}
}
removeMetadata();
Here is an example Python script that uses the Pillow library to remove the metadata descriptions.
from PIL import Image
# Open the image file
image = Image.open('example.jpg')
# Remove the EXIF:ImageDescription metadata field
image.info.pop('EXIF:ImageDescription', None)
# Remove the XMP-dc:Description metadata field
image.info.pop('XMP-dc:Description', None)
# Remove the IPTC:Caption-Abstract metadata field
image.info.pop('IPTC:Caption-Abstract', None)
# Save the modified image file
image.save('example_modified.jpg')
Change "example.jpg" to your needs.
there may be other metadata fields that contain descriptions, depending on the specific image file format and how it was created. You may need to modify the script to remove additional fields if necessary.
I have several PDF documents that supposedly contain scanned images, but upon inspection in Acrobat Pro, each page contains a huge number of tiny "inline images". From what I understand these are not regular images inside XObjects, but rather images embedded directly inside content streams.
How could I go about extracting and merging these images?
The only code I could find online starts out like this:
var reader = new PdfReader(#"path\to\file.pdf");
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(reader);
for (var i = 1; i <= document.GetNumberOfPages(); i++)
{
PdfDictionary obj = (PdfDictionary)document.GetPdfObject(i);
// ... more code goes here
}
...but the rest of the code doesn't work because the PdfDictionary returned from GetPdfObject is not a stream, only a dictionary. I don't know how to access the images inside it.
function extractTextFromPDF() {
// PDF File URL
// You can also pull PDFs from Google Drive
// this Fall2019_LLFullCatalog.pdf will not insert - internal error on insert is all the feedback that gets logged"
// doesn't matter if I retrieve it from the university website or if I first copy it to my google drive and then retrieve it from there
//var url = "https://uwf.edu/media/university-of-west-florida/offices/continuing-ed/leisure-learning/docs/Fall2019_LLFullCatalog.pdf";
//var url = "https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/my-drive/Fall2019_LLFullCatalog.pdf";
// both of these pdfs will insert just fine. Size is not the issue because this one is much larger than the one I need to insert
var url = "https://eloquentjavascript.net/Eloquent_JavaScript_small.pdf";
//var url = "https://img.labnol.org/files/Most-Useful-Websites.pdf";
var blob = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url).getBlob();
var size = blob.getBytes().length;
var resource = {
title: blob.getName(),
mimeType: blob.getContentType()
};
// Enable the Advanced Drive API Service
var file = Drive.Files.insert(resource, blob, {ocr: true, ocrLanguage: "en"});
// Extract Text from PDF file
var doc = DocumentApp.openById(file.id);
var text = doc.getBody().getText();
return text;
}
See comments in code above that describe the problem.
The PDF that I need to insert with OCR is not working - regardless of whether I retrieve it from the original site or retrieve a copy that I put on google drive. However, two other PDF urls will insert just fine and one of them is considerably larger than the one that fails.
What else could be the issue, if not size limitation?
Thanks,
Steve
It could very well be a bug in the Chrome API. Not all PDF software is created equal, check if the PDF can be read in Adobe Acrobat as a simple test.
I've got an Array with 17 web links of images
var products:Array;
trace(products)
// Ouput :
"http://www.myWebsite.com/zootopia.jpg"
"http://www.myWebsite.com/james.jpg"
"http://www.myWebsite.com/tom.jpg"
..etc
If I do products[10].movieimage; the output will be the 9th link (something like : "http://www.myWebsite.com/lalaland.jpg")
I'm looking for downloading every images without a dialog box.
I manage to do so for 1 image with the specific link, like that :
function saveImage (event:Event):void {
var stream:URLStream = new URLStream();
var image1:File = File.documentsDirectory.resolvePath("test.jpg");
var fileStream:FileStream = new FileStream();
stream.load(new URLRequest("http://www.myWebsite.com/lalaland.jpg"));
stream.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, writeComplete);
function writeComplete(evt:Event):void {
var fileData:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
stream.readBytes(fileData,0,stream.bytesAvailable);
fileStream.openAsync(image1, FileMode.UPDATE);
fileStream.writeBytes(fileData,0,fileData.length);
fileStream.close();
trace("writeComplete");
trace(image1.url);
}
}
Question : Is there a way to download all the images with the web links of my products array ? (and if images already exist, replace them. I could use if (image1.exists){ if (image2.exists){ ..etc for each image. But maybe there is a simplier solution)
If you could show me how, with a bit of code, I could that.
Also, note that I'd like to load the images then in Uiloader, like that :
function loadImages():void {
uiloader1.source = image1.url;
uiloader2.source = image2.url;
etc...
}
Don't over think it. You have your array of images. You have your tested routine for saving one image. Now put it together:
Some function initializes things and kicks it off.
Either splice out (or pop out) an item on the array – OR use a index var to access an item in the array
Pass that to your download function.
When the download completes either pop another item off the array OR increment your index. But first you would test if array.length== 0 OR `index > array.length. If either is true (depending on which method you use), then you are done.
If you want to get fancy you can show a progress bar and update it each time your download completes.
I am using data validation rules on a Google Spreadsheet.
In my scenario, I need users to entry only valid values. I use the 'Reject input' to force them to write only validated content.
However, the 'Reject input' option works for manually entried data only, but it does not work if the user pastes content into the cell from a different source (e.g. a MS Excel document). In that case, a warning is still shown but the invalid value is written.
In other words, I need the 'Reject input' option to work also with pasted content.
OR... another approach would be to programmatically check the validity of the value according the Datavalidation rule for that cell.
Any ideas?
Thank you in advance.
I had a little play with this.
I had inconsistent behavior from google.
On occasion when I ctrl-c and ctrl-p, the target cell lost its data validation!
To do this programmatically
Write myfunction(e)
Set it to run when the spreadsheet is edited, do this by Resources>Current Project's Triggers
Query e to see what has happened.
Use the following to gather parameters
var sheet = e.source.getActiveSheet();
var sheetname = sheet.getSheetName();
var a_range = sheet.getActiveRange();
var activecell = e.source.getActiveCell();
var col = activecell.getColumn();
var row = activecell.getRow();
You may wish to check a_range to make sure they have not copied and pasted multiple cells.
Find out if the edit happened in an area that you have data validated;
if (sheetname == "mySheet") {
// checking they have not just cleared the cell
if (col == # && activecell.getValue() != "") {
THIS IS WHERE YOU CHECK THE activecell.getValue() AGAINST YOUR DATA VALIDATION
AND USE
activecell.setValue("") ;
to clear the cell if you want to reject the value
}
}
The obvious problem with this is that it is essentially repeating programmatically what the data validation should already be doing.
So you have to keep two sets of validation rules synchronized. You could just delete the in sheet data validation but I find that useful for providing the user feedback. Also is the data validation you are using provides content it is practical to leave it in place.
It would be great if there was a way of detecting that ctrl-p had been used or one of the paste-special options and only run the script in those cases. I would really like to know the answer to that. Can't find anything to help you there.
Note also that if someone inserts a row, this will not trigger any data validation and the onEdit() trigger will not detect it. It only works when the sheet is edited and by this I think it means there is a content change.
onChange() should detect insertion, it is described as;
Specifies a trigger that will fire when the spreadsheet's content or
structure is changed.
I am posting another answer because this is a programmatic solution.
It has a lot of problems and is pretty slow but I am demonstrating the process not the efficiency of the code.
It is slow. It will be possible to make this run faster.
It assumes that a single cell is pasted.
It does not cater for inserting of rows or columns.
This is what I noticed
The onEdit(event) has certain properties that are accessible. I could not be sure I got a full listing and one would be appreciated. Look at the Spreadsheet Edit Events section here.
The property of interest is "e.value".
I noticed that if you typed into a cell e.value = "value types" but if you pasted or Paste->special then e.value = undefined. This is also true for if you delete a cell content, I am not sure of other cases.
This is a solution
Here is a spreadsheet and script that detects if the user has typed, pasted or deleted into a specific cell. It also detects a user select from Data validation.
Type, paste or delete into the gold cell C3 or select the dropdown green cell C4.
You will need to request access, if you can't wait just copy & paste the code, set a trigger and play with it.
Example
Code
Set the trigger onEdit() to call this or rename it to onEdit(event)
You can attach it to a blank sheet and it will write to cells(5,3) and (6,3).
function detectPaste(event) {
var sheet = event.source.getActiveSheet();
var input_type =" ";
if (event.value == undefined) { // paste has occured
var activecell = event.source.getActiveCell();
if (activecell.getValue() == "") { // either delete or paste of empty cell
sheet.getRange(5,3).setValue("What a good User you are!");
sheet.getRange(6,3).setValue(event.value);
input_type = "delete"
}
else {
activecell.setValue("");
sheet.getRange(5,3).setValue("You pasted so I removed it");
sheet.getRange(6,3).setValue(event.value);
input_type = "paste";
}
}
else { // valid input
sheet.getRange(5,3).setValue("What a good User you are!");
sheet.getRange(6,3).setValue(event.value);
input_type = "type or select";
}
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().toast('Input type = ' + input_type, 'User Input detected ', 3);
}