MyScript for the Projektwochen 2012/2013 at FH Potsdam

myRPG.jsx

//myRPG.jsx
//An InDesign CS5 JavaScript
/*  
October 2010
*/
// This is the first start of a script for a simple computer role-playing game.
// The users task is it to find its way from home to the university campus.
// While traveling the user has to answer questions which are effecting its destiny.
// Going through the questions step by step the InDesign document builds up a text frame describing the user's journey.  
// An info-graphic on the bottom of the document will show the user's journey.  
// After completing all quest the user can print the file as an A3 document.
//
//
// myRPG.jsx by AnitaMei is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
// Based on a work at https://gist.github.com/3874630
//



//***+++RUN SCRIPT+++***
//build page
var p = page();
// run indesign in presenation mode (source: forums.adobe.com/message/3398986#3398986)
app.activeWindow.screenMode = ScreenModeOptions.PRESENTATION_PREVIEW;
// alert introduction
if (p == 0)
{
    introduction();
}



// ***+++START+++***
function page () {
// create new document
var myDocument  = app.documents.add({
        documentPreferences: {
            pageWidth   : 297,
            pageHeight  : 420,
            facingPages : false
            }
    });



// ***+++CYAN RECTANGLE+++***
// create new page item rectangle
var myRectangle = myDocument.rectangles.add({
            // set geometric bounds (top, left, bottom, and right edges)
            geometricBounds : ["0mm", "0mm", "420mm", "297mm"],
            fillColor       : "Cyan"
    });



// ***+++TEXT FRAME 1+++***
// create new text frame
var myTextFrame1 = myDocument.pages.item(0).textFrames.add({
        // set geometric bounds (top, left, bottom, and right edges)
        geometricBounds : ["12mm", "12mm", "30mm", "82mm"]
    });

// add text to the text frame
myTextFrame1.contents = "Start…";

// format myTextFrame 
// (source: indesignscript.de/forum.html?&tx_mmforum_pi1[action]=list_post&tx_mmforum_pi1[tid]=88)
var myParentStory   = myTextFrame1.parentStory;
var countCharacters = myParentStory.characters.length;
for (var i=0; i<countCharacters;i++) {
        var curCharacter = myParentStory.characters.item(i);
            curCharacter.appliedFont   = app.fonts.item("DIN");
            curCharacter.fontStyle     = "Bold";
            curCharacter.pointSize     = 60;
            curCharacter.tracking      = 30;
        }
       
       
       
// ***+++TEXT FRAME 2+++***
// create new text frame
var myTextFrame2 = myDocument.pages.item(0).textFrames.add({
        // set geometric bounds (top, left, bottom, and right edges)
        geometricBounds : ["378mm", "140mm", "396mm", "285mm"]
    });

// add text to the text frame
myTextFrame2.contents = "…FH Potsdam";

// format myTextFrame 
// (source: indesignscript.de/forum.html?&tx_mmforum_pi1[action]=list_post&tx_mmforum_pi1[tid]=88)
var myParentStory   = myTextFrame2.parentStory;
var countCharacters = myParentStory.characters.length;
for (var i=0; i<countCharacters;i++) {
        var curCharacter = myParentStory.characters.item(i);
            curCharacter.appliedFont   = app.fonts.item("DIN");
            curCharacter.fontStyle     = "Bold";
            curCharacter.pointSize     = 60;
            curCharacter.tracking      = 30;
        }
        
// paragraph alignment
myTextFrame2.paragraphs.item(0).justification = Justification.RIGHT_ALIGN;  



// ***+++TEXT FRAME 3+++***
// create new text frame
var myTextFrame3 = myDocument.pages.item(0).textFrames.add({
        // set geometric bounds (top, left, bottom, and right edges)
        geometricBounds : ["16mm", "91mm", "157mm", "285mm"] 
    });

// add text to the text frame
var myIntroduction    = "Es ist Montagmorgen bei dir zu Hause " + 
                        "irgendwo in Berlin. Du solltest spätestens um 10 Uhr " + 
                        "an der Potsdamer Hochschule sein. Dein Weg durch den " + 
                        "Berliner Verkehrsdschungel ist gefährlich. Komme also " + 
                        "nicht vom Weg ab.";
myTextFrame3.contents = myIntroduction + " +++";

// format myTextFrame 
// (source: indesignscript.de/forum.html?&tx_mmforum_pi1[action]=list_post&tx_mmforum_pi1[tid]=88)
var myParentStory   = myTextFrame3.parentStory;
var countCharacters = myParentStory.characters.length;
for (var i=0; i<countCharacters;i++) {
        var curCharacter = myParentStory.characters.item(i);
            curCharacter.appliedFont   = app.fonts.item("DIN");
            curCharacter.fontStyle     = "Medium";
            curCharacter.pointSize     = 19;
            curCharacter.tracking      = 20;
            curCharacter.leading       = 24;
        }
        
// paragraph alignment
myTextFrame3.paragraphs.item(0).justification = Justification.LEFT_JUSTIFIED;  



// ***+++CREATE OUTLINES+++*** of all text frames in the document
var textFrames = myDocument.textFrames.everyItem().getElements();
for (var i=0; i< textFrames.length; i++) {
        textFrames[i].createOutlines(false);
        // move all text frames into the background
        textFrames[i].sendToBack();
    }
return 0;
}



// ***+++ALERT INTRODUCTION+++***
function introduction(){
var myIntroduction    = "Es ist Montagmorgen bei dir zu Hause " + 
                        "irgendwo in Berlin. Du solltest spätestens um 10 Uhr " + 
                        "an der Potsdamer Hochschule sein. Dein Weg durch den " + 
                        "Berliner Verkehrsdschungel ist gefährlich. Komme also " + 
                        "nicht vom Weg ab.";
confirm("Deine Mission" + "\n" + myIntroduction + " Möchtest du beginnen?");
}