Re: Documentation differences between LR 4 and 5 SDKs

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:17:28 GMT

So does the comment, " LR_LiveName propery now available to smart collections", imply that there was a bug in LR 4 such that the property was not available if the published collection was a smart collection?

Re: Documentation differences between LR 4 and 5 SDKs

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:08:24 GMT

LR_LiveName is the name of the published collection/set in the rename/edit dialog. See viewForCollectionSettings.

"LR_LiveName will be kept current with the value displayed in the name field of the dialog during the life span of the dialog. This enables a plug-in to add an observer to monitor name changes performed in the dialog."

Documentation differences between LR 4 and 5 SDKs

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 03:01:39 GMT

Here's what the Readme says:

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For this release (5.0) the SDK highlights the following:

1. Create Floating Windows: With the addition of LrDialogs.presentFloatingDialog(...)

SDK developers are now able to create separate, floating, non-modal windows that

allow more robust interactions between the plug-in and Lightroom.

2. Access Smart Previews: Smart Previews can be built and deleted via

photo:buildSmartPreview() and photo:deleteSmartPreview() respectively. In addition,

SDK developers can access the Smart Preview path on disk and file size via

photo:getRawMetadata(...)

3. Create Virtual Copies: Virtual copies for one or more images can now be created via

catalog:createVirtualCopies(...)

4. Retrieve Smart Collection Search Descriptions: The search description for a Smart

Collection can now be accessed via collection:getSearchDescription()

5. Create Bezel Overlays: LrDialogs.showBezel(...) will show a message in a window that

will display and fade away after a short duration.

6. Request Jpeg Previews: LrPhoto:requestJpegThumbnail(...) retrieves a jpeg preview

of the photo of the requested size

7. Key Bug Fixes and JDI’s:

- LrView:catalog_photo(...)’s "photo" argument can now be set to "nil" in

order to specify no photo is to be displayed

- LrCatalog:getActiveSources(...) now returns defined constants for special

sources (e.g. "All Photographs", "Previous Import", etc.)

- LR_LiveName propery now available to smart collections

- Horizontal and Vertical scrollbars can now be disabled on a

LrView:scrolled_view

- LrView:simple_list now properly supports enabled and visible properties

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I can't determine what is meant by "LR_LiveName property now available to smart collections".

I did a "diff" between the documentation for LR 4 SDK and LR 5 SDK. Here's what I found:

LrCatalog

catalog:buildSmartPreviews() [new]

catalog:createVirtualCopies() [new]

catalog:findPhotos() [can’t determine the exact difference]

catalog:getActiveSources() [corrected documentation]

LrCollection

collection:getSearchDescription() [new]

LrDialogs

LrDialogs.presentFloatingDialog() [new]

LrDialogs.showBezel() [new]

LrHttp

LrHttp.post() [corrected documentation]

LrHttp.postMultipart() [new parameter, suppressFormData]

LrPhoto

photo:buildSmartPreview() [new]

photo:deleteSmartPreview() [new]

photo:getRawMetadata() [new key “smartPreviewInfo”]

photo:requestJpegThumbnail() [new]

photo:setRawMetadata () [can’t determine the exact difference]

LrPublishedCollection

pubCollection:getSearchDescription() [new]

LrTasks

LrTasks.execute() [explanation of Mac OS sandbox restrictions]

LrView

[explanation that a factory object can only be used in one place at a time]

viewFactory:catalog_photo() [can’t determine the exact difference]

viewFactory:scrolled_view() [new parameters background_color, horizontal_scroller, vertical_scroller]

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