adding a menu action

[jakec88782761]

Hi all,

I'm trying to add a menu item with an onInvoke event listener.

I'd like my menu to invoke a script using the doScript method.

However, when I run it, it doesn't create my menu item.

Any advice here?

#include "C:/Users/jcahill/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/InDesign/Version 12.0/en_GB/Scripts/Scripts Panel/import idml translations.jsx"
#targetengine "session"
var m = app.menus.item( "$ID/Main" ).submenus.item( "Import translations" );

m.isValid&&m.remove();

var addCustomMenu = (function () {
   
    var customMenuAction = app.scriptMenuActions.add( "Choose IDML files" );
   
    var customMenu = app.menus.item( "$ID/Main" ).submenus.item( "Import translations" );
   
    var customMenuItem;
   
    if ( !customMenu.isValid ) {
       
        customMenu = app.menus.item( "$ID/Main" ).submenus.add( "Import translations" );
        customMenuItem = customMenu.menuItems.item( "Choose IDML files" );
       
        }
    var u;
   var f =  function  () {
       
        app.doScript( "import idml translations.jsx", u,u,UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Import IDML files" );
       
        }
   
    var el = customMenuAction.eventListeners.add( "onInvoke", f, false );
    if ( !customMenuItem.isValid ) {
       
        customMenu.menuItems.add( customMenuAction );
       
        }
   
    }());
  

[Loic.Aigon · Accepted solution]

Your code works just fine at my place with InDesign CS6 to 2017.

Only difference I might have is that your inclusion does throw an error that prevents the script to be further executed but in those case, you should be warned by a specific message.

[jakec88782761]

Thanks Loic, in the end I just put everything in my included script inside a function, then added that function to the eventListener.

Thanks for the reply