FlightScript™

Applescript Functions
FlightCheck provides several scripting functions which you can access via AppleScript®. While the subject of scripting itself is beyond the scope of this manual, the examples given below can be used to build your scripts:

Obtaining a List
Executing the following script will return a list of colors:

	tell application “FlightCheck”
		activate
		get colorlist
	end tell
Getting the Current View
Executing the following script will return the current view for fonts:

	tell application “FlightCheck”
		activate
		get font view
	end tell
Getting the Number of Problems
Executing the following script will return the number of problem images (using the currently selected view):

	tell application “FlightCheck”
		activate
		get image problems
	end tell

Conditional Scripts
Executing the following conditional script will return a list of colors only if the current view is “Spot Colors”, set the current font view to All Fonts only if there are font problems, and will return a list of images only if there are image problems:

	tell application “FlightCheck”
		activate
		if (get color view) = (“Spot Colors”) then get color list
		if (get font problems) > 0 then set font view to All Fonts
		if (get image problems) > 0 then get image list
	end tell

Scripting Functions
The list of possible scripting commands is as follows:

	COMMAND		                  RESULT
	flightcheck “file name”	FlightCheck named file
	get color list		              returns a list of colors
	get font list			              returns a list of fonts
	get image list		             returns a list of images
	get image names list		   returns a list of images by full pathname
	get RGB images		           returns a list of RGB images

	set color view to ____	sets the view for colors
					Used Colors
					All Colors
					Spot Colors
					Process Colors
					Trapped Colors
					Unused Colors
					Mismatched Colors
					Problem Colors
	set font view to ____	sets the view for fonts
					All Fonts
					Active Fonts
					Database Fonts
					Missing Fonts
					Missing PS Fonts
					Menu Styled
					Problem Fonts

	set image view to ____	sets the view for images
					All Images
					Missing Images
					Modified Images
					Unused Images
					Stored Images
					Bad Resolution
					OPI Images
					RGB Images
					Compressed
					Fill “None”
					Stylized Images
					Bitmap Frames
					Problem Images

	get color view		returns the view for colors
	get font view		returns the view for fonts
	get image view		returns the view for images

	load “controls name”	loads named Ground Controls file
	select set “set name”		selects named Ground Controls set
	get ground controls title	returns name of Ground Controls
	do full flightcheck		recheck file
	get flightcheck results	returns the list of results
	print results			prints the results
	show specific items		opens specific items
	show general items		closes specific items
	print report			prints a FlightCheck report
	save report			saves a FlightCheck report
	save report “report name”	saves a FlightCheck report to file name
	collect report		saves a collect report 
	collect report “report name”	 save a collect report to file name
	collect job			collects the job
	collect job “job name”	collects job to folder name
	get document title		returns document name
	get application info		returns application info
	get file info			returns file info
	get page info		returns page info
	get page setup info		returns page setup info
	get printer info		returns printer info
	get trap info			returns trap info
	open form “form name”	opens named custom form
	print form			prints the current form
	close form			closes the current form

Scripting a Workflow
You can use the following list of AppleScript commands which you can send to FlightCheck in order to create a workflow that can automatically check documents and obtain the results.
Note that lines beginning with “–” dashes are commented out. Simply remove the dashes at your discretion before running the script:
tell application “FlightCheck”
	–activate
	with timeout of 120 seconds	--IN CASE OF LARGE FILE
	--flightcheck “my drive:my folder:my document file”
	--end timeout
		–GET A FILE VIA AN OPEN DIALOG:
			–set theFile to choose file
			–flightcheck theFile
	–load “my drive:my folder:my ground controls file”
	–select set “my set”
	–do full flightcheck
	–get flightcheck results
	–print report
	–save report
	–save report “my report”
	–collect report
	–collect report “my report”
	–collect job
	–collect job “my job”
	–open form “my drive:my folder:my form file”
	–print form
	–close form

–quit application “FlightCheck” saving no
end tell