extracting library info

[ubergrafik]

is there anyway of creating a list of all the things in the library, what their linkage is and other details like that? I tried the generate size report, but it only lists Symbol, Shape Bytes, Text Bytes, ActionScript Bytes.

[deadbeat]

You could do it with JSFL, but not Actionscript...

K.

[ubergrafik]

Thought so, Don't know of anything do you? Or can point me in the right direction?

[deadbeat]

In terms of a JSFL script? Something like this maybe:

var libItems=fl.getDocumentDOM().library.items;
for(var i in libItems){
fl.trace(libItems[i].name);
fl.trace(libItems[i].itemType);
fl.trace(libItems[i].linkageIdentifier);
// etc...
}

Check out the JSFL dictionary for more details on the available properties - you'll mainly need to look at the Library and Item classes...

http://www.macromedia.com/livedocs/f...45.html#120689

HTH,

K.

[ubergrafik]

Thanks, this is very useful.

[ubergrafik]

OK, i pasted your code in (which i'm not sure you intended) and it didn't display anything. Was that the wrong thing to do?
I looked through the documentation and couldn't find any reference to libItems.name, libItems.itemType or libItems.linkageIdentifier

[deadbeat]

That is not actionscript, as mentioned it is JSFL...

You need to create a new Flash Javascript file, paste in that code, and save it. Then run the script from the Commands/Run Command menu...

K.

[ubergrafik]

Cool. Working. I'll tweak it and let you know how i go. Thanks!

[MichaelxxOA]

why do you need this? if you don't mind me asking.
-Michael

[ubergrafik]

I have a large library and wanted to get all the settings recorded somewhere, so it can be referred to at a later stage.

FYI, this is saved out as a jsfl file and put into the commands folder and run from inside flash. I'll post up the final version with instructions when it is going...

OK, I'd still like to do a few things tho. So far, I have all the info that i need, printing out line by line in the output window. Code as follows:

var libItems=fl.getDocumentDOM().library.items;
var itemNum = 1
fl.trace("NAME    TYPE    LINKAGE    AS2.0    URL");    

for(var i in libItems){

        fl.trace("Num" + ++itemNum +", "+
        "NAME: "+libItems[i].name+", "+
        "TYPE: "+libItems[i].itemType+", "+
        "LINKAGE: "+libItems[i].linkageIdentifier+", "+
        "AS2.0 CLASS: "+libItems[i].linkageClassName+", "+
        "URL: "+libItems[i].linkageURL
        );  
}

OK. So here's how it outputs:

Num70, NAME: Skin/ButtonStates/BtnLearnStates/BtnLearnUp, TYPE: movie clip, LINKAGE: BtnLearnUp, AS2.0 CLASS: , URL: Skin.swf
Num71, NAME: Skin/ButtonStates/BtnLearnStates/BtnLearnOver, TYPE: movie clip, LINKAGE: BtnLearnOver, AS2.0 CLASS: , URL: Skin.swf
Num72, NAME: Skin/ButtonStates/BtnLearnStates/BtnLearnDown, TYPE: movie clip, LINKAGE: BtnLearnDown, AS2.0 CLASS: , URL: Skin.swf

URGH!!! How can i format the output so that it looks nice. Like when you generate size report:

Symbol Shape Bytes Text Bytes ActionScript Bytes
------------------------- ----------- ---------- ------------------
Interface 0 0 37
Frame 1485 0 0
ContentMask 305 0 0
MultiCheckBox 79 0 0
RadioCheckBox 164 0 0

(unfortunatley it looks like the white space was all stripped out, but hopefully you know what i mean.)

Cheers!!