Re: [Bibdesk-users] JXA ScriptHook

[Mahmood Shafeie Zargar]

That sample script has a problem in the for loop, as well as in fetching the 
property value. That still doesn't work for me.

But this one works:


function performBibDeskActionWithPublications(thePubs, {forScriptHook : 
theScriptHook }) {

var theName = theScriptHook.name();

var theID = theScriptHook.id();

var theField = theScriptHook.fieldName();

var oldValues = theScriptHook.oldValues();

var newValues = theScriptHook.newValues();

var theKeys = [];

var theTitles = [];


for (var i=0, aPub; aPub=thePubs[i]; i++) {

    theKeys.push(aPub.citeKey());

    theTitles.push(aPub.fields.byName("Author").value());

}


var app = Application.currentApplication();

app.includeStandardAdditions = true;


app.displayDialog("Name: " + theName + "\n" + "ID: " + theID + "\n" + "Cite 
Keys: " + theKeys + "\n"  + "Titles: " + theTitles + "\n" + "Field name: " + 
theField + "\n" + "Old values: " + oldValues + "\n" + "New values: " + 
newValues, { buttons :["OK"], defaultButton : 1 });

}


Best,
Mah

________________________________
From: Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com>
Sent: May 2, 2019 7:22 PM
To: For general discussion about using BibDesk
Subject: Re: [Bibdesk-users] JXA ScriptHook



On 2 May 2019, at 18:55, Christiaan Hofman 
<cmhof...@gmail.com<mailto:cmhof...@gmail.com>> wrote:



On 2 May 2019, at 18:12, Christiaan Hofman 
<cmhof...@gmail.com<mailto:cmhof...@gmail.com>> wrote:



On 2 May 2019, at 17:22, Mahmood Shafeie Zargar 
<m...@msn.com<mailto:m...@msn.com>> wrote:

Hi,

I would like to know where I can find an example of a script hook written in 
JavaScript.

I have tried things like this to no avail:

functionperformBibDeskActionWithPublications(pubs, scriptHook) {

}

The function code runs, but no value is loaded in the parameters.

Thanks,
Mah

I haven’t tried using JXA script hooks, but I think they should work. Though it 
could be JXA hangs BibDesk, because of bugs with JXA (that Apple says aren’t 
bugs but just how it works), that will be fixed in the next release.

I am not an expert on JS, but shouldn’t it be:

function performBibDeskActionWithPublications(pubs, {forScriptHook:scriptHook}) 
{
}

Christiaan

Here is the JXA version for the sample script hook:

function performBibDeskActionWithPublications(thePubs, { forScriptHook : 
theScriptHook }) {
var theName = theScriptHook.name();
var theID = theScriptHook.id<http://thescripthook.id/>();
var theField = theScriptHook.fieldName();
var oldValues = theScriptHook.oldValues();
var newValues = theScriptHook.newValues();
var theKeys = [];
for (var aPub in thePubs) {
theKeys.push(aPub.citeKey);
}
var app = Application.currentApplication();
app.includeStandardAdditions = true;
app.displayDialog("Name: " + theName + "\n" + "ID: " + theID + "\n" + "Cite 
Keys: " + theKeys + "\n" + "Field name: " + theField + "\n" + "Old values: " + 
oldValues + "\n" + "New values: " + newValues, { buttons : ["OK"], 
defaultButton : 1 });
}

It works for me, at least with the current nightly.

Christiaan


I’ve added some sample JXA script hooks on the Wiki.

Christiaan



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