Pass info from one to another script

[jakuba64784507]

I wonder how to pass information from one script to another

(or save somewhere information).

I have one script where I enter information such as height, width etc.

and later I want to run a second script that would read the same information I have already entered.

For now, the only idea I have  is to create a text frame and read information from it

[Silly-V · Accepted solution]

The most basic way is to simply write a text file and have your 2nd script always check for this text file.

Writing a text file is easy!

Check this out:

function writeFile(dest, contents){

  var f = File(dest);

  f.open('w');

  f.write(contents);

  f.close();

};

[jakuba64784507]

Thanks!

Now I have a problem with reading all lines. And how can I choose which lines I want to load?

#target illustrator
var f = new File('~/Desktop/file.txt');
alert(readFile(f));
function readFile(f) {
     f.open('r');
     var line = f.readln();
     f.close();
     return line;
}

My txt file looks like this:

line1

line2

;ine3

line4

... etc.

[Silly-V]

You can read all the text and do what I do which is create an array by doing var myArray = myTextContent.split(/[\r\n]/g) via that regular expression.

Now you can reference each line like this : var myLine_4 = myArray[3];

[jakuba64784507]

Please Help me, i gets the  answer: "undefined".

#target illustrator
var f =File.openDialog ("open file "); 
alert(readFile(f));
function readFile(f) {
     f.open('r');
     var line = f.readln();
     var myArray = line.split(/[\r\n]/g);
     var myLine = myArray[3];
     f.close();
     return myLine ;
}

[Silly-V]

try this:

function readArrayFromFile(src){

  var f = File(dest);

  f.open('r');

  var contents = f.read();

  f.close();

  var allRowsArray = contents.split(/[\r\n]/g);

  return allRowsArray;

};

[jakuba64784507]

Thank you,

now it works