Object

App

Represents the Adobe Bridge application.

Properties

Type	Access	Description
Array	readonly	A collection of the default FilterDescription objects used to populate the Filter palette.
Array	readonly	A collection of the default SortCriterion objects used to sort the contents of container nodes.
String	read/write	The policy for the display of modal dialogs.
Document	read/write	The active (top-most) Document object, representing the active browser window.
Array	readonly	A collection of Document objects representing the set of all open browser windows.
Array	read/write	An array of event handler objects installed by scripts.
Array	readonly	A collection of ExtensionHandler objects representing registered node-handling extensions.
Favorites	readonly	The top-level Favoritesobject for the navigation hierarchy displayed in the Favorites palette.
Array	readonly	The list of Bridge URI strings for the root nodes of the Folders palette.
Array	readonly	The collection of script-defined InspectorPanel objects that make up the Inspector view for new browser windows.
String	readonly	The display name of the language for the current locale, as configured by the operating system.
String	read/write	The application specifier for the application that has most recently sent an interapplication message to Adobe Bridge.
String	readonly	The Adobe locale code for the current locale, as configured by the operating system.
String	readonly	The application specifier for this application, "bridge".
Number	readonly	The number of background tasks that Adobe Bridge has left to process.
Preferences	readonly	The Preferences object, which provides access to the user preferences shown in the Preferences dialog.
Array	readonly
Boolean	read/write	When true, Adobe Bridge attempts to ensure that all Thumbnail properties are valid before returning their values.
Array	readonly
String	readonly	The version number of the Adobe Bridge application.
Number	read/write	The duration in seconds between checks for folder consistency (checking whether files have been added or removed).
Array	readonly	The list of all available workspaces, both default and user- or script-defined.

Methods

→ void

For each specified file or folder, if it refers to a resource that does not have a local copy (such as the files referenced by VersionCue nodes), downloads the resource.

files Array An array of strings, each of which is a file or folder specification

→ Boolean

Adds a member thumbnail, or set of member thumbnails, to a collection.

collection Thumbnail The Thumbnail object for the collection node, as returned by app.createCollection().

member Varies A Thumbnail object or Array of Thumbnail objects to be added to the collection.

→ Varies

Appends a line of text to the Credits section of the Adobe Bridge About box.

title String The unique identifying string for this addition.

content String The localizable string to be displayed.

→ Boolean

Appends a custom URI to the list of root nodes in app.folderRoots, which appear in the Folders palette.

uri String The Bridge URI string.

→ Varies

Appends a line of text to the Legal Notice section of the Adobe Bridge About box.

title String The unique identifying string for this addition.

content String The localizable string to be displayed.

→ void

Calls on the operating system to emit a short audio tone.

→ void

Gives Adobe Bridge the application focus for the operating system, and makes the current browser window the topmost active window in the windowing system.

→ Varies

Deprecated in Creative Suite 3. Do not use.

→ Varies

Forces Adobe Bridge to create thumbnail images for the specified folder.

path Object | String The folder.

recurse? Boolean Optional in Adobe Bridge 1.0, not used in Adobe Bridge 2.0.

quality? String Whether to create low or high quality thumbnail images.

buildFullSize? Boolean Whether to export fullsize images to cache folder.

→ Varies

Cancels a task that has been scheduled using app.scheduleTask().

taskId Number The task ID number, as returned from app.scheduleTask().

→ Thumbnail

Creates a new, named collection node.

name String The name of the new collection.

→ Thumbnail

Creates a new, named smart collection node.

name String The name of the new smart collection.

scope Thumbnail A Thumbnail object for the target container node.

searchSpec SearchSpecification A SearchSpecification object used to generate the search result.

→ Boolean

Deletes a collection node.

collection Thumbnail The Thumbnail object for the collection node, as returned by app.createCollection().

→ Boolean

Deletes a smart collection node.

collection Thumbnail The Thumbnail object for the collection node, as returned by app.createSmartCollection().

→ void

Enqueues a long-running node-handling operation for execution at an appropriate time.

operator Object The ModalOperator or ProgressOperator instance that encapsulates the operation, returned by an ExtensionModel method.

→ void

Exports keywords from the Keywords palette to a file.

keywordsFile String | File The file, specified as a string or ExtendScript File object.

→ Array

Retrieves the collection members for a collection node.

collection Thumbnail The Thumbnail object for the collection node, as returned by app.createCollection().

→ Array

Retrieves all collection nodes, as created with app.createCollection().

→ Array

Retrieves all smart collection nodes, as created with app.createSmartCollection().

→ void

Hides or minimizes all Adobe Bridge browser windows.

→ void

Imports keywords from a file to the Keywords palette.

keywordsFile String | File The file, specified as a string or ExtendScript File object.

importType? String Whether to replace existing keywords in the palette, or merge these keywords with any existing keywords in the palette.

→ Boolean

Reports whether a given thumbnail is a member of a given collection.

collection Thumbnail The Thumbnail object for the collection node, as returned by app.createCollection().

member Thumbnail The Thumbnail object for the node to be tested.

→ Boolean

Reports whether Adobe Bridge is processing any jobs. Returns false if all the jobs are finished.

→ void

Opens a page in the platform's default web browser.

url String The URL for the page to open.

→ void

Notifies Adobe Bridge of an update to the processing status or progress of a long-running background operation implemented by a ProgressOperator object.

operator ProgressOperator The ProgressOperator object that encapsulates the operation.

→ Boolean

DEPRECATED in Creative Suite 3. Use app.acquirePhysicalFiles() instead.

files —

→ void

Purges the thumbnail caches for all folders.

→ Varies

Purges the thumbnail cache for a folder.

path? Object | String The folder to purge.

→ void

Shuts down the Adobe Bridge application and closes all browser windows.

→ Boolean

DEPRECATED in Creative Suite 3. Do not use.

protocol String

handler Object

→ Boolean

Adds a script-defined node-handling extension to the application's list of available handlers, app.extensions.

extension ExtensionHandler The ExtensionHandler object.

→ Boolean

Declares a new node-data information set, associating it with a node-handling extension.

extension ExtensionHandler The ExtensionHandler object.

infoset Infoset The Infoset object.

→ Boolean

Registers a script-defined Inspector panel, adding it to app.inspectorPanels.

panel InspectorPanel The InspectorPanel object.

→ Boolean

Associates a URI prefix string with a node-handling extension.

prefix String The prefix string , which must contain only ASCII characters.

extension ExtensionHandler The ExtensionHandler object.

→ Boolean

Removes one or more member thumbnails from a collection.

collection Thumbnail The Thumbnail object for the collection node, as returned by app.createCollection().

member Varies The Thumbnail object for the node to be removed, or an Array of Thumbnail objects.

→ Varies

Removes a text item from the Credits area of the Adobe Bridge About box.

title — The unique identifying string for the item to remove.

→ Varies

Removes a text item from the LegalNotice area of the Adobe Bridge About box.

title — The unique identifying string for the item to remove.

→ Thumbnail

arg1 Thumbnail

name String

→ Thumbnail

arg1 Thumbnail

name String

→ void

Loads a set of files or thumbnails as a slideshow, using the Preference options currently set for Adobe Bridge.

sources Array An array of Thumbnail objects or file path strings.

→ Number

Executes a script after a specified delay.

script String A string containing the script to be run.

delay Number A number of milliseconds to wait before executing the script.

repeat? Boolean When true, execute the script repeatedly after each elapsed delay.

→ Varies

Issues the argument to the operating system, as if it were entered on the command line in a shell.

commandLine String The command to pass to the operating system.

→ void

Removes a node-handling extension, previously registered with app.registerExtension(), from the application’s global list.

extension ExtensionHandler The ExtensionHandler object.

→ Varies

Removes the association between an extension and an information set, previously established with app.registerInfoset().

extension ExtensionHandler The ExtensionHandler object.

infoset Infoset The Infoset object.

→ Boolean

Removes a script-defined Inspector panel from the global list in app.inspectorPanels().

panel InspectorPanel The InspectorPanel object.

→ Boolean

Removes a node URI prefix from the list of prefixes that the associated node-handling extension manages.

prefix String The prefix string.

extension ExtensionHandler The ExtensionHandler object.

Object of 1

Properties elsewhere that hold a App.

globals.app