ExportLayerToXML.js

@import 'common.js'

var onRun = function(context) {
	var doc = context.document;
	var selection = context.selection;
	
	//make sure something is selected
	if(selection.count() == 0){
		doc.showMessage("Please select a layer.");
	}else{
		//allow xml to be written to the folder
		var fileTypes = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"xml", nil];
		
		//create select folder window
		var panel = [NSOpenPanel openPanel];
		[panel setCanChooseDirectories:true];
		[panel setCanCreateDirectories:true];
		[panel setAllowedFileTypes:fileTypes];
		
		//create variable to check if clicked
		var clicked = [panel runModal];
		//check if clicked
		if (clicked == NSFileHandlingPanelOKButton) {
			
			var isDirectory = true;
			//get the folder path
			var firstURL = [[panel URLs] objectAtIndex:0];
			//format it to a string
			var file_path = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", firstURL];
			
			//remove the file:// path from string
			if (0 === file_path.indexOf("file://")) {
				file_path = file_path.substring(7);
			}
		}
		//loop through the selected layers and export the XML
		for(var i = 0; i < selection.count(); i++){
			var layer = selection[i];
			exportXML(layer, file_path);
		}
	}
};