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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