I can't seem to use the info returned by fl.findObjectInDocByType() with fl.getDocumentDOM().selection.
I want to use document.setTextRectangle to re-size some text fields from an array generated using fl.findObjectInDocByType().
I can easily access all the textObject properties but since document.setTextRectangle requires a current selection, I am at a loss.
The example in the documentaion for setting selection is:
fl.getDocumentDOM().selection = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().layers[0].frames[0].elements[0];
fl.findObjectInDocByType() returns an array of objects with the attributes: (object.timeline, object.layer, object.frame, object.parent)
But these are objects, and don't have a property for array index numbers required by fl.getDocumentDOM().selection=...
var doc = fl.getDocumentDOM();
var textFieldArray = fl.findObjectInDocByType("text", doc);
for (var i=0; i < textFieldArray.length; i ++){
fnResizeTheTextField(textFieldArray[i]);
}
function fnResizeTheTextField(theTextField){
//force current selection to be theTextField
//doc.selection MUST be an array, so assign theTextField to an array...
var selectArray = new Array();
selectArray[0] = theTextField.obj;
var theTimeline =theTextField.timeline;
var theLayer =theTextField.layer;
var theFrame =theTextField.frame;
doc.currentTimeline =theTextField.timeline;
doc.selection = doc.getTimeline().theLayer.theFrame.selectArray;//error
//resize the text rectangle
doc.setTextRectangle({left:0, top:0, right:1000, bottom:1000});
}
}
Result: Error:doc.getTimeline().theLayer has no properties
It turns out, the ObjectFindAndSelect.jsfl script already contains a function specifically for this: fl.selectElement(). Much more elegant:
var doc = fl.getDocumentDOM();
// generate an array of elements of type "text"
var textFieldArray = fl.findObjectInDocByType("text", doc);
for (var i=0; i < textFieldArray.length; i ++){
fnResizeTheTextField(textFieldArray[i]);
}
function fnResizeTheTextField(theTextField){
//force current selection to be theTextField
fl.selectElement(theTextField,false);//enter 'edit mode' =false...
//resize the text rectangle
doc.setTextRectangle({left:0, top:0, right:1000, bottom:1000});
}
}
I found the answer. In order to select anything for a document level operation, you have to also make flash focus on the keyframe of that object.
so, if I loop through an array of objects created by fl.findObjectInDocByType(), I use this code to make flash focus on the object correctly:
function fnMakeFlashLookAt(theObject){
doc.currentTimeline =theObject.timeline;
doc.getTimeline().currentLayer =theObject.layer;
doc.getTimeline().currentFrame =theObject.frame;
}
this may not work on objects nested inside a symbol however.
I had a similar issue recently, and apparently all google results about setTextRectangle() direct us here. It's unbelievable how poorly documented jsfl is :)
If you need to use setTextRectangle() inside an library item that is not on stage, you need to open for edit the item first.
Here's the code that solved my problem:
library.selectItem(libraryItemName);
doc.selection = [tf];//where tf is the reference to textfield we need to edit
doc.library.editItem(libraryItemName);
doc.setTextRectangle({left:l, top:t, right:r, bottom:b});
doc.selectNone();
If you have a better working solution, please post. I hope it saves somebody's time. Good luck!
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I am Using a Script Adapter by passing payload to get contend for a Content List from "Search with values" event
When Contend get loaded to content list , i have a custom view to preview them. But if i clicked on MIME type column , It opens a separate view with the mapped viewer
So I need to remove this column or make it un-clickable
1) I am passing search values to content list's "Search with values" event , from where can i handle Content List's contend loading ,any Dojo Event i can use ?
2) With Script Adapter can i do this without going for a "response filter"
Edit :
As Nicely explained by "Ivo Jonker" (in his answer - "or try to specifically locate the widgets on your page" and with his example code)
responsed = page.ContentList8.ecmContentList.getResultSet();
var cols = responsed.structure.cells[0];
for (i=cols.length-1; i>0; i--){
var col = cols[i];
if (col.field=="mimeTypeIcon")
cols.splice(i,1);
}
page.ContentList78.ecmContentList.setResultSet(responsed);
I simply remove this row. Thanks Again and lovely blog , hope you keep posting more great articles.
The values passed through the Search With Values event will eventually be handled by the icm.pgwidget.contentlist.dijit.DocumentSearchHandler
that in turn creates a SearchTemplate to execute the search (ecm.model.SearchTemplate.prototype.search). One option would be to aspect/before/around the DocumentSearchHandler#query to manipulat the searchresults and by that way to remove the column.
The wiring however does not provide any handles to achieve this for a specific query-resultset combination leaving you to either fix this on a global scale (icm.pgwidget.contentlist.dijit.DocumentSearchHandler.prototype#query), or try to specifically locate the widgets on your page.
Personally, taking into account #2, i'd go for the responsefilter-option if you feel the global solution wouldn't be a problem, or alternatively i'd personally prefer to create a simple ICM widget that instantiates/implements a "plain" ecm.widget.listView.ContentList and exposes a wire to set the ecm.model.Resultset.
You'd then be able to create your own Searchquery in a scriptadapter, remove the column, and pass the resultset.
The script adapter could be something like:
var scriptadapter=this;
var queryParams={};
queryParams.query = "SELECT * FROM Document where id in /*your list*/";
queryParams.retrieveAllVersions = false;
queryParams.retrieveLatestVersion = true;
queryParams.repository = ecm.model.desktop.repositories[0];
queryParams.resultsDisplay = {
"sortBy": "{NAME}",
"sortAsc": true,
"columns": ["{NAME}"],
"honorNameProperty": true};
var searchQuery = new ecm.model.SearchQuery(queryParams);
searchQuery.search(function(response/*ecm.model.Resultset*/){
//remove the mimeTypeIcon
var cols = response.structure.cells[0];
for (i=cols.length-1; i>0; i--){
var col = cols[i];
if (col.field=="mimeTypeIcon")
cols.splice(i,1);
}
//emit the resultset to your new contentlist, be sure to block the regular synchrounous output of the scriptadapter
scriptadapter.onPublishEvent("icm.SendEventPayload",response);
//The contentlist wire would simply do contentlist.setResultSet(response);
});
I am automating the generation of several thousand labels in Adobe Illustrator. The use of the VariableImporter script has made easy work of it so far, but now I have reached an issue where I am stumped. The original plan worked great, until the powers that be requested that one line of text have a bold text string, followed by a normal weight text string. Before, when the font weights were the same I could have connected the two strings of text in the CSV file prior to loading them into the drawing, and they would have came out lying right next to each other. This is now no longer possible and I can't think of a solution that is not incredibly fussy.
I don't know illustrator very well, so I am thinking I could just be unaware of some setting that would stick an object next to another one even as the other one moves.
Okay here is the way I figured out how to do this with help from Adobe forums and from Vasily.
First of all, use InDesign if possible. It is better at performing a Data Merge and can do this without your scripting.
Write out <variable1> <variable2> which is formatted as needed on the same line of text.
You will need to have the variables that you are putting in there somewhere in the illustration. Recommended to put it in a hidden layer behind everything.
replace variable1 and variable2 with the names of your variables where the functions getVariableContents() are called in this script
var idoc = app.activeDocument;
var vars = idoc.variables;
var replace1 = /<variable1>/g;
var replace2 = /<variable2>/g;
// author CarlosCanto on adobe forums
function getVariableContents(variableName) {
var idoc = app.activeDocument;
var ivar = idoc.variables.getByName(variableName);
return ivar.pageItems[0].contents;
}
var replaceWith1 = getVariableContents('variable1'), result;
var replaceWith2 = getVariableContents('variable2'), result;
// regex_changeContentsOfWordOrString_RemainFormatting.jsx
// regards pixxxel schubser
function exchangeWords(s, replacer) {
var s = s;
var replacer = replacer;
var atfs = activeDocument.textFrames;
for (var i = atfs.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
atf = atfs[i];
while (result = s.exec(atf.contents)) {
try {
aCon = atf.characters[result.index];
aCon.length = result[0].length;
aCon.contents = aCon.contents.replace(s, replacer);
} catch (e) {};
}
}
}
exchangeWords(replace1,replaceWith1);
exchangeWords(replace2,replaceWith2);
run the script
There is a way to accomplish this by having a script do some processing during the course of your batch output, and an organizational system which adds some overhead to your file, in terms of adding more text boxes and possibly an extra layer to your document. But - here's what you can have: a hidden layer with all your variables there in separate single point-text objects, and a layer with your regular template objects such as any point text or area-text objects. Your art text objects will need to be re-worked to contain a string with multiple variable placeholders like this: "Hello, <FirstName> <LastName>". The placeholders can be styled, and a processing script would then need to replace the <placeholder> words with your real variable values. Where are the varible values? They are going to be populating into your hidden layer which has your separate text objects and the script would need to read the contents of each of those to put into the <placeholders>. ~~Those same text fields can be styled as you wish, and the script could apply the same styles to your text when it is replaced in the main text body.~~ -actually this won't be necessary of your routine backs up the original text frame with the placeholder in it, therefore preserving the styling, but it may be necessary if you are going to instead use an external text file to keep your original text in. And of course, it will need to make a backup of the original text with all the <placeholders> so that it will reset the text for every new dataset during your batch process.
However, this is much easier done in Indesign, can you not use ID for your task?
I modified script from #tucker-david-grebitus's answer. So now it gets all textual variables and replaces all their names edged by percent symbol
for (var i = activeDocument.variables.length - 1; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
var variable = activeDocument.variables[i];
if (variable.kind !== VariableKind.TEXTUAL || !variable.pageItems.length) {
continue;
}
var search = new RegExp('%' + variable.name + '%', 'g');
var value = variable.pageItems[0].contents;
for (var j = activeDocument.textFrames.length - 1; j >= 0; j -= 1) {
var textFrame = activeDocument.textFrames[j];
textFrame.contents = textFrame.contents.replace(search, value);
}
}
I have this script that finds a paragraph style, puts an item from a library at the very end and applies object style:
myDoc = app.documents[0];
myLib = app.libraries[0];
myObjectStyle = myDoc.objectStyles.item ("marker");
app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = null;
app.findTextPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = "Custom"
var myFound = app.activeDocument.findText(true);
alert (myFound.length);
try {
for (i = 0; i < myFound.length; i++) {
myIcon = myLib.assets.itemByName("winieta_tr").placeAsset (myFound[i].insertionPoints[-2])[0];
myIcon.appliedObjectStyle = myObjectStyle;
// myFound[i].remove ();
}
}
catch (e) {alert (e.message)}
I don't know how to alter it, so the items are obtained not from library but form pasteboard - any help would be appreciated.
Is it possible to find elements that are in the document by name, as it is with library elements?
Yes, you can find an object by name (you would assign that name in the layers panel) simply by using
myDoc.pageItems.itemByName("myItemName");
If you are looking for the same thing on a specific spread (for example if several items on several spreads have the same name), you can use
myDoc.spreads[0].pageItems.itemByName("myItemName");
Or if you just want to use the currently active spread
app.activeWindow.activeSpread.pageItems.itemByName("myItemName");
Just make sure not to use the page to address a page item on the pasteboard as the pasteboard does not belong to any page.
Is it possible to find elements that are in the document by name, as it is with library elements?
You can apply a script labels to the frame on the pasteboard to give it a name.
I'm trying to use extension for Qlikview 11SR2.
I've tried to access data with this.Data.Rows, but this object is empty even though the data is not empty and I can display the data in a table.
The code I have used is:
var obj = this.Data;
for(var prop in obj) {
var div = document.createElement("div");
div.innerHTML = "" + prop + "" + obj[prop];
this.Element.appendChild(div);
}
I have no access to the internet - I work offline.
How can i make this.Data.Rows contain the data (it is undefined)?
Based on your feedback, I would say it might be worth trying a slightly different way of accessing your data as the this.Data.Rows object contains a collection of row objects which in turn contain one or more objects, which relate to the dimensions and measures passed to the script (and are defined in definition.xml).
For example, say that I have an extension that features a dimension and a measure (in that order). I can access each value of these in a loop as follows:
for (var rowIx = 0; rowIx < this.Data.Rows.length; rowIx++) {
var row = this.Data.Rows[rowIx];
myDimensionValue = row[0].text;
myMeasureValue = row[1].text;
}
I can then add code to output each value of myDimension and myMeasureValue to the loop, such as in your case adding a new div for each set of values.
I found the "QVConsole" extension invaluable when writing extensions, as it allows you to have a JavaScript console in your QlikView document, so you may then use statements like console.log(myDimensionValue) etc. to help you debug your extension. You can download it from https://github.com/thomasfriebel/QvConsole.
In you extension object in the webview, set the dimension and a valid expression. Let me know whether it works!
Hey guys, I'm trying to make a 2D Platform style game similar to this game below:
http://www.gameshed.com/Puzzle-Games/Blockdude/play.html
I have finished making most of the graphic, and areas, and collision, but our character is still not able to carry things. I'm confused as to what code to use so that my character can carry the blocks. I need help as to how to make our character carry blocks that are in front of him, provided that the blocks that don't have anything on top of it. This has been confusing me for a week now, and any help would be highly appreciated. :D
I fondly remember my first AS2 game. The best approach is probably an object oriented approach, as I will explain.
In AS2, there is a hittest method automatically built into objects. There is a good tutorial on Kirupa here:
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/hittest.htm
also
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AS2LCR/Flash_10.0/help.html?content=00001314.html
First you'll want to generate your boxes using a Box class. Your class would need to look something like the following:
//Box.as pseudo-code
class Box {
var x_pos:Number;
var y_pos:Number;
var attachedToPlayer:Boolean;
function Box(_x:Number, _y:Number) {
this.x_pos = _x;
this.y_pos = _y;
}
//other code here
}
See this tutorial on how to attach a class to an object in the library:
http://www.articlesbase.com/videos/5min/86620312
To create a new Box, you'd then use something like
box1 = new Box(100,200);
// creates a box at position 100x,200y
However, you'll also want to store the blocks you want to pickup into some sort of array so you can loop through them. See http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1383/flash-actionscript-create-an-array-of-objects-from-a-unique-class/
Example:
//somewhere near the top of your main method, or whereever your main game loop is running from - note Box.as would need to be in the same folder
import Box;
//...then, somewhere before your game loop
//create an array to hold the objects
var boxArray:Array = new Array();
//create loop with i as the counter
for (var i=0; i<4; i++)
{
var _x:Number = 100 + i;
var _y:Number = 100 + i;
//create Box object
var box:Box = new Box();
//assign text to the first variable.
//push the object into the array
boxArray.push(box);
}
Similarly, you would need a class for your player, and to create a new Player object at the start of your game, e.g.
var player = new Player(0,0);
You could then run a hittest method for your player against the blocks in your array for the main game loop (i.e. the loop that updates your player's position and other game properties). There are probably more efficient ways of doing this, e.g. only looping for the blocks that are currently on the screen.
Once your array has been created, use a foreach loop to run a hittest against your player in your game's main loop, e.g.
//assuming you have an array called 'boxArray' and player object called 'player'
for(var box in boxArray){
if (player.hittest(box)) {
player.attachObjectMethod(box);
}
}
This is basically pseudo-code for "for every box that we have entered into the array, check if the player is touching the box. If the box is touching, use the box as the argument for a method in the player class (which I have arbitrarily called attachObjectMethod)".
In attachObjectMethod, you could then define some sort of behavior for attaching the box to the player. For example, you could create a get and set method(s) for the x and y position of your boxes inside the box class, along with a boolean called something useful like attachedToPlayer. When attachObjectMethod was called, it would set the box's boolean, e.g. in the Player class
//include Box.as at the top of the file
import Box;
//other methods, e.g. constructor
//somewhere is the Player.as class/file
public function attachObjectMethod (box:Box) {
box.setattachedToPlayer(true);
//you could also update fields on the player, but for now this is all we need
}
Now the attachedToPlayer boolean of the box the player has collided with would be true. Back in our game loop, we would then modify our loop to update the position of the boxes:
//assuming you have an array called 'boxArray' and player object called 'player'
for(var box in boxArray){
if (player.hittest(box)) {
player.attachObjectMethod(box);
}
box.updatePosition(player.get_Xpos, player.get_Ypos);
}
In our Box class, we now need to define 'updatePosition':
//Box.as pseudo-code
class Box {
var x_pos:Number;
var y_pos:Number;
var attachedToPlayer:Boolean;
function Box(box_x:Number, box_y:Number) {
this.x_pos = box_x;
this.y_pos = box_y;
}
public function updatePosition(_x:Number, _y:Number) {
if (this.attachedToPlayer) {
this.x_pos = _x;
this.y_pos = _y;
}
}
//other code here
}
As you can see we can pass the player's position, and update the box's position if the attachedToPlayer boolean has been set. Finally, we add a move method to the box:
public function move() {
if (this.attachedToPlayer) {
this._x = x_pos;
this._y = y_pos;
}
}
Examples of updating position:
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/design/tutorials/P-flash/T-How-to-smoothly-slide-objects-around-in-Flash/ID-17/
Finally, to make it all work we need to call the move method in the game loop:
//assuming you have an array called 'boxArray' and player object called 'player'
for(var box in boxArray){
if (player.hittest(box)) {
player.attachObjectMethod(box);
}
box.updatePosition(player.get_Xpos, player.get_Ypos);
box.move();
}
You have also specified that the blocks should only move with the player if they have nothing on top of them. When you call your attachedToPlayer method, you would also need to run a foreach loop inside the method between the box and the objects that might sit on top of the box. You should now have a fair idea from the above code how to do this.
I appreciate that this is quite a lengthy answer, and I haven't had an opportunity to test all the code (in fact I'm fairly positive I made a mistake somewhere) - don't hesitate to ask questions. My other advice is to understand the concepts thoroughly, and then write your own code one bit at a time.
Good luck!
The way I would do this is to design an individual hit test for each block he will be picking up, then code for the hit test to play a frame within the sprite's timeline of him carrying a block, and to play a frame within the block to be picked up's timeline of the block no longer at rest (disappeared?).
Good Luck if you're confused about what I've said just ask a little more about it and I'll try to help you if I can.