This is a really strange one. Our company has has an InDesign script that, near the end, calls Acrobat (by way of Applescript) to open a PDF file, replace a page in it, then save the file and close it. We've been using this script for over a year and a half now with no issues on 8 of the 9 computers we have. That last one, however, is giving me an odd message when it tries to open and save the file.
To be clear, all 9 computers are Macs, all running OS X 10.9.5 Mavericks. The script is on a central server, so they're all using the same file:
var unlockCover2014 = app.trustedFunction(function (fName, fPrefix)
{
app.beginPriv();
var folderPrefix = fName.match(/^.*?(?=JOBS)/);
console.println("fName is " + fName);
console.println("folderPrefix is " + folderPrefix);
var myDoc = app.openDoc(folderPrefix + "Product Templates/ProofCoverNew/proof_cover_2014.pdf");
myDoc.replacePages(0, fName, 0, 0);
myDoc.saveAs(fName);
myDoc.closeDoc(true);
app.endPriv();
});
This file is stored in the correct folder to be a Folder-level script. 8 of the computers work through this without any trouble whatsoever. The 9th, however, puts this into Acrobat's Javascript console:
fName is /ArtDept/ArtDept/JOBS/425000-425999/425000 Folder/425000_cover.pdf
folderPrefix is /ArtDept/ArtDept/
RaiseError: This file is already open.
Doc.saveAs:9:
===> This file is already open.
I do not understand why this computer, alone, thinks that the PDF files are open already. The problem that arises from this is that, when the main InDesign script is done running, two documents are still open in Acrobat, and the one it's supposed to save does not get saved.
Any ideas about what's going on here?
I did finally discover what the problem was. I feel a bit silly about how (almost) obvious it is, but perhaps it might help others in my situation.
I disabled the line in the main InDesign script that was calling Acrobat, figuring I'd come back to that problem later after I dealt with some other issues. When I did so and ran the main script again, I discovered that Acrobat does, in fact, already open up a copy of that cover sheet PDF sometime during the execution of the main script! I was shocked, at first, but then I did a headdesk when I quickly realized the cause:
InDesign on this computer is set, by default, to automatically open a PDF after exporting it.
So, I just added a short line to the part of my code that sets the PDF Export Preferences to turn that feature off:
with (app.pdfExportPreferences)
{
pageRange = proofRange;
if (multiColor) pageRange = colorTable.toString();
useSecurity = true;
disallowChanging = true;
disallowCopying = false;
disallowDocumentAssembly = true;
disallowExtractionForAccessibility = false;
disallowFormFillIn = true;
disallowHiResPrinting = false;
disallowNotes = true;
disallowPlaintextMetadata = true;
disallowPrinting = false;
changeSecurityPassword = "(NOPE)";
viewPDF = false;
}
It's the viewPDF line at the end. (Sorry, I don't think I can highlight it with markdown.) I do feel silly that I overlooked such a semi-obvious cause, but I hope this might help someone else who is experiencing a similar issue. Thanks for trying to help anyway, #Loic.
Is it possible that the Acrobat script is ran while InDesign has not totally ended writing the PDF File if this is what we are talking about ? Or maybe there are some network latencies that make the file not reachable for the moment.
I would advice using a delay to (in)validate that theory.
delay 3
On another end, why do you need to replace file. I mean can't this be thought in InDesign Scripting Scope only ? Just curious.
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I would like to write a simple script to open a Website and call a function that is part of a linked .js-file.
To be more precise, I want to open a SharePoint, invoke the function that is used to open the folder in windows explorer and close the website again.
For some reason, I may not open the folder directly in explorer unless I had it done this way at least once during the active windows session...
How may I do this?
So far, I tried the following:
var IE = new ActiveXObject("InternetExplorer.Application");
var WSH = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
IE.visible = true;
IE.navigate("https://mysharepoint.com/Folder");
WSH.PopUp("Click to fire function");
//the following line throws an error, because the function is unknown...
IE.Document.defaultView.setTimeout(NavigateHttpFolder, 0, "https://mysharepoint.com/Folder", "_blank");
//the following line does not throw an error, but nothing happens either..
IE.Document.defaultView.setTimeout(function(){NavigateHttpFolder("https://mysharepoint.com/Folder", "_blank");}, 0);
However, when I open my Sharepoint and type the following line into the addressbar it does exactly what I want to achieve and it opens the folder...
javascript:NavigateHttpFolder("https://mysharepoint.com/Folder", "_blank");
Could you please help me? I simply cannot find a way to get this to work.
UPDATE: Now it worked suddenly! I tried it the following way before but it didn't do anything until now (???)...
IE.Navigate('javascript:NavigateHttpFolder("https://mysharepoint.com/Folder", "_blank");');
You can include script with path to external website
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.external.com/script.js"></script>
I'm trying to use Phantomjs to capture a screenshot from the same page that the user is on.
For example, A user is on my-page.html and has made some changes to the elements of this page, now I need to take a screenshot of an element (DIV) inside this page (my-page.html) and save it.
I found a few examples of Phantomjs and php which I tested and worked on my server and it stores the image on my server too BUT all of the examples I found are for taking screenshots of external pages/URLs and not the 'current page'.
This is fairly a straight forward process in Html2canvas but the quality of the produced image is not good at all so I decided to use Phantomjs to produce higher quality screenshots AND also it allows me to zoom in on the page.
Here is a simple example of using Phantomjs for taking screenshot of External URL's:
var system = require("system");
if (system.args.length > 0) {
var page = require('webpage').create();
page.open(system.args[1], function() {
//viewportSize being the actual size of the headless browser
page.viewportSize = { width: 3000, height: 3000 };
//the clipRect is the portion of the page you are taking a screenshot of
page.clipRect = { top: 0, left: 0, width: 3000, height: 3000 };
page.zoomFactor = 300.0/72.0;
var pageTitle = system.args[1].replace(/http.*\/\//g, "").replace("www.", "").split("/")[0]
var filePath = "img/" + pageTitle + '.png';
page.render(filePath);
console.log(filePath);
phantom.exit();
});
}
Could someone please let me know if this is possible at all?
EDIT (Answer to my own question),
it turns out that you cannot take a screenshot of the current page if the page's elements have been edited by the user on the live basis. the only screenshots you can take with phantomjs is a bare bone of the page.
Reason: phantomjs is a headless browser and uses QtWebKit which runs on the server and it is not a javascript library same as html2canvas.
Explained and experienced by others HERE:
Another use case that is an issue for a project I’m working on is that you need drag and drop. Headless drivers have some basic functionality, but if you need to be able to set precise coordinates you’re stuck with Selenium.
For taking screenshot of current page you must pass the correct URL to Phantom script
Syntax :
phantomjs <"Phantom code url(as in documentation report.js)"> <"page url of which you want to take scrrenshot"> <"result saving url">
Now assuming you are passing correct URL :
In my case I was unable to take screenshot of my page as there was a spring security annotation to it, so it was not letting me to proceed so Please check for any security you added to your page if yes then remove it and then try again.
If case 1 does not apply to you surely there is an problem with URL you are passing please double check it.
Please let me know if problem still persist please post any errors(if occurring) you are getting.
I have a javascript that works when Outlook is closed. However, if outlook is open I receive "Automation Server" error.
var outlookApp = new ActiveXObject('Outlook.Application');
var nameSpace = outlookApp.getNameSpace("MAPI");
mailFolder = nameSpace.getDefaultFolder(6);
email = mailFolder.Items.add('IPM.Note.FormA');
email.Subject="Quote: "+ quoteNum + ' | Part#: '+ partNum;
email.To = "lcarreiro#epectec.com"; //who will to be going to
email.HTMLBody = "Quote Attached " + quoteNum;
email.display(0);
Any suggestions besides changing IE setting as I have already done so....
Probably a little late to help you but hopefully it helps anyone else who ends up here.
I was having the same issue and stumbled across https://stackoverflow.com/a/3779945/1002621 which answered a similar question.
Basically the issue is because when you run Visual Studio as an Administrator and Outlook with normal privileges you are no longer allowed to get an instance to the existing Outlook application but as it is single instance it won't create a new one.
This is only an issue if you initiate debugging directly from Visual Studio just starting your own instance of IE makes the problem go away.
Ok, so I need to find the source code of a particular javascript function on a website. (The specifics do not really matter unless there is no way to do what it is that I am asking)
I can see the function call in a link of html code
onclick="inbox.sendMessage();"
I know that the function does work because if I use a plugin a can call the function on that page, however, I have searched every .js file is referenced in that page, and none of them contain a function called sendMessage.
What I am asking is, is there a way to follow the code back to the source, perhaps if there was a way to debug the html and break when the onclick is triggered and then step into the function to see its source, but I do not know how I can do that or if it is even possible. Any help will be greatly appreciated, Thanks.
I guess you could do :
inbox.sendMessage
In the webconsole. (the function name without the parenthesis)
It will print out the source code of the function.
I usually use Opera, and in that at least this is what I do:
Open Opera Dragonfly (Ctrl + Shift + I).
Click on the HTML tag with the onclick handler.
Go to the listeners tab in the right hand side column.
See the listener for the click event. It shows you the file and line number.
sendMessage could be declared as:
var inbox{
sendMesssage:function(){
}
}
//or
function inbox(){
this.sendMessage=function(){
}
}
// or
inbox.sendMessage=function(){}
// or ...
So looking for "sendMessage(" or "function sendMessage" will not find you anything.
In chrome, Internet Explorer and Firefox (with firebug) you can hit F12 and go to debug, there you can check the scripts that have been loaded as there might have been scripts loaded dynamically.
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
Dir::glob("*").each do |name|
lineCount = 1
File.open(name, "r").each do |line|
puts "\nFile name: " + name + "\nline: " + lineCount.to_s if line =~ /inbox.sendMessage/ && name != "findfunction.rb"
lineCount += 1
end
end
Wrote a quick ruby script to help you out. To execute, first make sure you have a ruby interpreter on your machine then place the script in the directory with all your relevant files. load up a command line terminal, navigate to said directory and type "ruby findfunction.rb".
It will tell you all instances (files + line number) of "inbox.sendMessage".
I noticed that my Javascript bookmarklet was failing on certain sites like Google Reader and Google search results pages (and randomly on some non-Google sites). Looking at the console, I could see that, for these pages, clicking the bookmarklet did not append elements to the head/body like it normally did, but created a new document that looked like this:
<html>
<head></head>
<body></body>
</html>
Even when I reduced my bookmarklet to javascript:alert(window.location.href); it would create this blank page and run the bookmarklet therein, so that the alert showed about:blank. On most sites, this blank page is not created and the correct location is shown.
Can someone explain this? Are these sites sandboxing externally run code as a safety measure?
UPDATE: I currently can't reproduce this on browsers other than Chrome 17.0.932.0 dev. Please let me know if anyone else can reproduce these results on Chrome or otherwise.
I think this is a bug in Google Chrome, I've filed it to their bug database: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72606
You need to ensure that the topmost code, i.e. the one right after javascript: does not return anything.
Usually this is done by wrapping everything in void():
javascript:void(alert(window.location.href));
It's very odd that it breaks with alert() though since the function itself doesn't return anything...
If a javascript: url returns a string it will be used to create a new document:
javascript:'foo bar baz';
This can be a tough issue to debug if you don't know to watch out for it. It can crop up if you use a function that returns a string or end your bookmarklet with a line that sets a string value:
javascript: a = prompt('foo bar baz'); b = a;
A simple solution is to use a closure:
javascript:(function(){ var a; a = prompt('foo bar baz'); window.b = a}());
An alternative is to end with void 0;
javascript: a = prompt('foo bar baz'); b = a; void 0;