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Help with exporting .ART with SKILL

yuriyk

Hello all,

I am trying to accomplish the following:

- Lets say i have all the artwork films created in the Artwork Control Form, and they are named in the following format: XXXXX-X_YXX (X = 0-9 digit, Y=letter)

I have other films defined there and i need to sort out only what i need to export. I am trying to write a SKILL script to automate exporting only the films that match my format above. 

I've recorded scripts exporting those films, but i am limited to only 1 design with this approach. how can i structure the SKILL script to automate it for any combination of letters and number in film name?

I started using hardcoded script:

axlRunBatchDBProgram("artwork" "artwork -f filmname ", ?noUnload t ?logfile "photoplot.log", ?warnProgram t)

Thanks!

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  • eDave

    films = '("1234-5-A67", "X234-5-A67")
    filmNames = rexMatchList("^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9]-[A-Z][0-9][0-9]$", films)

    Returns ("1234-5-A67")

  • yuriyk
    in reply to eDave

    Thanks so much, this is what i wasnt able to grasp about rexEx. I was trying to use rexCompile, rexExecute, rexMatchp. Totally overlooked rexMatchList..

    Now, how can i run axlRunBatchDBProgram through my list of selected films? 

    my code that doesnt run correctly:

    films = axlGetParam("artwork")->groupMembers

    filmLayers = rexMatchList("^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9]_[A-Z][0-9][0-9]$", films)

    foreach(films1 filmLayers axlRunBatchDBProgram("artwork" strcat("artwork -f films1 " axlCurrentDesign(), ".brd"), ?noUnload t ?logfile "photoplot.log", ?warnProgram t))

    so the problem is i dont know how to pass the variable to axlRunBatchDBProgram(). It thinks i want the film named films1 to run throguh, but i want it to be a variable in the foreach function.

    Thanks for the help!

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  • yuriyk
    in reply to eDave

    Thanks so much, this is what i wasnt able to grasp about rexEx. I was trying to use rexCompile, rexExecute, rexMatchp. Totally overlooked rexMatchList..

    Now, how can i run axlRunBatchDBProgram through my list of selected films? 

    my code that doesnt run correctly:

    films = axlGetParam("artwork")->groupMembers

    filmLayers = rexMatchList("^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9]_[A-Z][0-9][0-9]$", films)

    foreach(films1 filmLayers axlRunBatchDBProgram("artwork" strcat("artwork -f films1 " axlCurrentDesign(), ".brd"), ?noUnload t ?logfile "photoplot.log", ?warnProgram t))

    so the problem is i dont know how to pass the variable to axlRunBatchDBProgram(). It thinks i want the film named films1 to run throguh, but i want it to be a variable in the foreach function.

    Thanks for the help!

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