PSP 8: ScriptRecording 'Save as'

[hajo]

Hi,

this is the result of ScriptRecording 'Save as':

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from JascApp import *

def ScriptProperties():
return {
'Author': u'',
'Copyright': u'',
'Description': u'',
'Host': u'Paint Shop Pro',
'Host Version': u'8.10 Try&Buy '
}

def Do(Environment):
# EnableOptimizedScriptUndo
App.Do( Environment, 'EnableOptimizedScriptUndo', {

})

# FileSaveAs
App.Do( Environment, 'FileSaveAs', {
'Encoding': {
'JPG': {
'Variant': App.Constants.JpegFormat.Standard,
'CompressionFactor': 15,
'ChromaSubSampling': App.Constants.ChromaSubSampling.YCC_2x2_1x1_1x1
}
},
'FileName': u'H:\\Temp\\01-B-NC9018.jpg', #################
'FileFormat': App.Constants.FileFormat.JPG,
'FormatDesc': u'JPEG - JFIF Compliant',
'GeneralSettings': {
'ExecutionMode': App.Constants.ExecutionMode.Default,
'AutoActionMode': App.Constants.AutoActionMode.AllAlways
},
'DefaultProperties': []
})

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in connection with the script 'process directory', the files in a directory tree will be copied to another folder and keep their original names.
How do I have the entry 'filename': u'H: \ \ Temp \ 01-B-NC9018.jpg',' to change?

Thanks hajo

[Joelle]

Sorry I know nothing about Scripting other than how to assemble them, so can't help, but you could ask in the cnews.corel.com groups.
There is a separate Scripting group:
corel.PaintShopPro_Scripting
Where Suz Shook, scripting supremo, might be able to help.


Joëlle

[Cassel]

Without going into lenghty coding, one way to get the option to change the name of the file or its location is to replace the Execution Mode from Default, to Interactive. That means the script will wait for YOUR input, instead of doing it silently for you. If you are working in Batch mode, it would not be convenient, but beside recoding, it is the easiest solution.

[LeviFiction]

You don't need to go into excessive code Cassel. Hajo made mention of the ProcessDirectory script which is found in the PSP9 scripting zip folder so most of the work is already done. The difference being Hajo wants to put it all into a new directory.

Using ProcessDirectory as a starting point the solution should be easy to answer.

First since ProcessDirectory already imports the os library you have everything you need except for the destination directory.

So create a variable that will hold the desitination. Let's call it DestDir. Go ahead and post it under the DirectoryToUse variable.

Now before you save go ahead and get the filename. The filename is inside the variable "File" inside that for loop.

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NameToUse = os.path.basename(File)

You can see I made the variable "NameToUse" and then used the function "os.path.basename()" to get the filename from the entire path currently used in the variable File.

So your FileName parameter in the SaveAs dialog would then look like this

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'FileName': os.path.join(DestDir, NameToUse), 

os.path.join() puts the directory path and the filename together into the proper syntax. You don't need to use this function but it makes sure that everything is correct for us and it's very easy to use so that's why I used it.

My only question, Hajo, is why are you trying to do this in a script? Why not use the Batch Process dialog? It has the capability of running a script on every image, so if you're using a script to get a special kind of change on the image you can do that without worrying about processing the directory yourself, and then saving it to a new location with the same name for you.

I can understand if you're just learning or if you have something specific you're doing with the directory that cannot be easily accomplished by batch processing, or if you're just learning. But know that you don't have to make a script process the entire directory when the Batch Process command will do it for you.

[teknisyan]

Still learning scripting.. so I'll be in the audience with this one.