Radio Button Handling – ExtendScript

[Walter Soyka]

Based on your code from a previous post:

function myScript(thisObj){
function myScript_buildUI(thisObj){
var myPanel = (thisObj instanceof Panel) ? thisObj : new Window("palette", "myScript", undefined, {resizeable:true});
if(myPanel != null){
var res = "group {orientation:'column',\
grp1: Group {orientation:'row',\
RadioButton1: RadioButton{text:'1'},\
RadioButton2: RadioButton{text:'2'},\
},\
grp2: Group {\
finalButton: Button{text:'Make a PIP'}\
}\
}";
myPanel.grp = myPanel.add(res);

myPanel.layout.layout(true);
myPanel.grp.minimumSize = myPanel.grp.size;
myPanel.layout.resize();
myPanel.onResizing = myPanel.onResize = function () {this.layout.resize();}

// when finalButton is clicked, call makePIP() and pass the values of RadioButton1 and RadioButton2 from the UI as parameters.
myPanel.grp.grp2.finalButton.onClick = function () { makePIP(myPanel.grp.grp1.RadioButton1.value, myPanel.grp.grp1.RadioButton2.value);}

return myPanel;
}
}

var myPal = myScript_buildUI(thisObj);
if(myPal != null){
if(myPal instanceof Window){
myPal.center();
myPal.show();
}
}

}

function makePIP(r1, r2) {
// r1 is the value of RadioButton1 in the UI; r2 is the value of RadioButton2.
// what this button actually does depends on which value is true.
if (r1) alert("Radio button 1!");
if (r2) alert("Radio button 2!");
}

myScript(this);

Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
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[Krishna Moorthy]

Hey Walter,

That’s a great help. Thanks a lot dude. Where can I get the resources related to this. Handling user inputs in extendscript.

Thanks buddy!

[Krishna Moorthy]

Walter,

I have a doubt.
Copied the above code you posted in a .jsx file and saved it in the scriptsUI folder. It works fine.
Now, how come the AE know the value of r1 and r2. We didn’t defined or declared them anywhere on the code. Please explain.

Thank you!