Create <font>.swf using Flash IDE and JSFL

as2-fontlibrary.jsfl

/**
    _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

    Font Lib creator JSFL

    @author Abdul Qabiz ([email protected])
    @version 1.00 (7/13/2006)
    @availability 7.0+
    @usage a) Double-click to run or Run from Flash IDE's command menu.
    @dependency - Requires fontlist.txt, that contains newline separated font-names.
    __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

    */
    
    
    

var DEFAULT_EXPORT_DIRECTORY_PATH = "file:///Users/abdulqabiz/Desktop/font";
var DEFAULT_FONT_LIST_PATH = "file:///Users/abdulqabiz/Desktop/fontlist.txt";


var fontList;

//font embedRanges, this could be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. You can use pipe (OR) | to use together.
var embedRanges = '1|2|3|4'; // this would embed all Alpha-Numberic-Puncuations (114 glyphs)

var saveFla = false;

var exportDirectoryPath = DEFAULT_EXPORT_DIRECTORY_PATH;
var promptForExportDirectory = false;

var fontListPath = DEFAULT_FONT_LIST_PATH;
var promptForFontList = true;



/* Function Definations */

function main ()
{
    if (fl.documents.length > 0)
    {
        alert ("Please close all opened documents before running this script. Once you have done that, please run this script again.");
        return;
    }
    
    if (promptForFontList)
    {
        fontListPath = fl.browseForFileURL("select", "Select FontList text file");
        if (fontListPath == null)
        {
            alert ("Default font-list would be used because you didn't select one.");
            fontListPath = DEFAULT_FONT_LIST_PATH;

        }
        
    }
    
    fontList = FLfile.read(fontListPath);

    //both platforms have different end of line formats...
    var platformDelim = fl.version.indexOf ("WIN") == 0 ? "\r\n" : "\n";

    //assumes font-names are newline separated in text-file.
    fontList = fontList.split (platformDelim);

    
    if (promptForExportDirectory)
    {
        exportDirectoryPath = fl.browseForFolderURL("Destination Directory for Font Libraries (*.swf)");
        if (exportDirectoryPath == null)
        {
            alert ("Default export directory would be used because you didn't select one.");
            exportDirectoryPath = DEFAULT_EXPORT_DIRECTORY_PATH;

        }
    }
    else
    {
        if (!FLfile.exists (getExportDirectoryPath ()))
        {
            FLfile.createFolder (getExportDirectoryPath ());
        }
    }
    
    
    var n = fontList.length;
    
    for (var i=0;i<n;i++)
    {
        var fontName = fontList[i];
        createAndExportFontSWF (fontName);
        createAndExportFontRSL (fontName);
        createFontImage (fontName);
    }

    
    alert ("Font SWF and libraries exported." + (saveFla ? " Respective .fla files also saved" : ""));
    
    
    
    
}
function getExportDirectoryPath ()
{
    return exportDirectoryPath + "/";
}


function createAndExportFontSWF (fontName)
{
    document = fl.getDocumentDOM ();
    if (document == null)
    {
        fl.createDocument();
        document = fl.getDocumentDOM();
    
    }
    textFieldWorkaround ();
    
    document.addNewText ({left:10, top:10, right:200, bottom:50});
    document.setElementProperty ('autoExpand', false);
    document.setElementProperty ('textType', 'dynamic');
    document.setTextString('Normal');
    document.setElementTextAttr('face', fontName);
    document.setElementTextAttr('bold', false);
    document.setElementTextAttr('italic', false);
    document.setElementProperty('embedRanges', embedRanges);
    
    document.selectNone ();
    
    document.addNewText ({left:10, top:60, right:200, bottom:110});
    document.setElementProperty ('autoExpand', false);
    document.setElementProperty ('textType', 'dynamic');
    document.setTextString('Bold');
    document.setElementTextAttr('face', fontName);
    document.setElementTextAttr('bold', true);
    document.setElementTextAttr('italic', false);
    document.setElementProperty('embedRanges', embedRanges);
    
    document.selectNone ();
    
    
    document.addNewText ({left:10, top:120, right:200, bottom:170});
    document.setElementProperty ('autoExpand', false);
    document.setElementProperty ('textType', 'dynamic');
    document.setTextString('Italic');
    document.setElementTextAttr('face', fontName);
    document.setElementTextAttr('bold', false);
    document.setElementTextAttr('italic', true);
    document.setElementProperty('embedRanges', embedRanges);
    
    
    document.selectNone ();

    document.addNewText ({left:10, top:230, right:200, bottom:280});
    document.setElementProperty ('autoExpand', false);
    document.setElementProperty ('textType', 'dynamic');
    document.setTextString('Bold Italic');
    document.setElementTextAttr('face', fontName);
    document.setElementTextAttr('bold', true);
    document.setElementTextAttr('italic', true);
    document.setElementProperty('embedRanges', embedRanges);
    
    //movieclip creation
    document.selectAll ();
    var symbol = document.convertToSymbol("movie clip", "fontExporter", "top left");
    var symbolTimeline = symbol.timeline;
    symbolTimeline.setLayerProperty ("name", "font");
    symbolTimeline.addNewLayer ("script", "normal", true);
    symbolTimeline.layers[symbolTimeline.findLayerIndex("script")].frames[0].actionScript = '#initclip\ntrace ("{font name} Loaded");\n#endinitclip';
    symbol.linkageExportForAS = true;
    symbol.linkageExportInFirstFrame = true;
    symbol.linkageIdentifier = "fontExporter";
    
    document.selectNone ();
    
    document.exportSWF (getExportDirectoryPath () + fontName + ".swf", true);
    if (saveFla)
    {
        fl.saveDocument(document, getExportDirectoryPath () + fontName + ".fla");
        
    }
    fl.closeDocument(document, false);
    

}


function createAndExportFontRSL (fontName)
{
    //create a new document.
    fl.createDocument();
    
    //store the reference of main-document. Note this is different document from the global document, as we
    var document = fl.getDocumentDOM();
    
    
    
    //create a new movieclip symbol in library
    document.library.addNewItem("movie clip");
    //place the it on stage on maintimeline
    document.library.addItemToDocument({x:10,y:10});
    //select the same symbol
    document.selectAll ();
    
    //assuming there is only one object on stage, skipping advanced looping through layers/frames to avoid complexity.
    //If above code is changed, you need to change code below :)
    var symbol = document.selection[0].libraryItem;
    //change the symbol name
    symbol.name = "fontExporter";
    //mark it as import for Runtime Shared Library
    symbol.linkageImportForRS = true;
    //set linkage id
    symbol.linkageIdentifier = "fontExporter";
    //set the linkage URL, from where SWF would be loaded into this symbol.
    symbol.linkageURL = "font/" + fontName + ".swf";
    
    //deselect everything, so the selection goes back to main timeline.
    document.selectNone ();
    
    //Get the reference of main timeline
    var mainTimeline = document.getTimeline ();
    //set the current layer name to fontImporter
    mainTimeline.setLayerProperty ("name", "fontImporter");
    
    //add new layer to add script, move it above fontImporter layer
    mainTimeline.addNewLayer ("script", "normal", true);
    //add actionscript code to script layer
    mainTimeline.layers[mainTimeline.findLayerIndex("script")].frames[0].actionScript = 'trace ("' + fontName + '_library Loaded");';

    //add another guide (visible in .fla only) for description. Add a static text with name of font it would import.
    mainTimeline.addNewLayer ("description","guide");
    document.addNewText ({left:10, top:30, right:100, bottom:50});
    document.setElementProperty ('autoExpand', true);
    document.setElementProperty ('textType', 'static');
    document.setTextString('Shared Font Library: ' + fontName);
    
    //export this SWF as <export_dir>/<font_name>_library.swf
    document.exportSWF (getExportDirectoryPath () + fontName + "_library.swf", true);
    
    //Save .fla if saveFla is set true.
    if (saveFla)
    {
        
        fl.saveDocument(document, getExportDirectoryPath () + fontName + "_library.fla");
        
    }
    fl.closeDocument(document, false);
}
function createFontImage (fontName)
{
    var imageText = fontName;//'The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog';
    fl.createDocument();
    var _doc = fl.getDocumentDOM();
    
    _doc.height = 20;
    _doc.width = 150;
    _doc.addNewText ({left:0, top:0, right:300, bottom:20});
    _doc.setElementProperty('autoExpand', true);

    _doc.setElementProperty ('textType', 'static');
    _doc.setElementProperty('lineType', 'single line');
    _doc.setTextString(imageText);
    _doc.setElementTextAttr('face', fontName);
    _doc.setElementTextAttr('size', 14);
    _doc.setElementTextAttr('bold', false);
    _doc.setElementTextAttr('italic', false);
    _doc.exportPNG (getExportDirectoryPath () + fontName + ".png", true, true);
    
    fl.closeDocument(_doc,false);
    
}

function textFieldWorkaround ()
{
    var _doc = fl.getDocumentDOM();
    _doc.addNewText ({left:0, top:0, right:300, bottom:20});
    _doc.setElementProperty('autoExpand', false);
    _doc.setElementProperty ('textType', 'dynamic');
    _doc.setTextString("d");
    _doc.deleteSelection();
    
}



main ();