Programming FusionPro determine what orientation should be displayed

[Jenn Koder]

This forum has always been so helpful, I searched for my issue but couldn't find anything that worked. That said, I have 55 photos that need be able to be ordered by clients, some of the photos are portrait and some are landscape. Ideally, they would select which photo they would like to request in a drop-down without having to choose the orientation themselves. Is there a way on my end to have FusionPro determine what orientation should be displayed? I have two pages in my file, one is 12 x 18 and named "Landscape" and the other is 18 x 12 and named "Portrait". I am happy to attach my file if needed.

[ThomasLewis]

You can run FusionProTextMeasure on graphics to get a height and width. You might use a function like this:

function image_is_portrait(graphic_res)
{
    var tm = new FusionProTextMeasure;
        tm.CalculateTextExtent(graphic_res.content);
        
    return (tm.textHeight > tm.textWidth);
}

var my_image = CreateResource("photo.jpg", "graphic", true);
return image_is_portrait(my_image);

This would return true if the height is greater than width, ie portrait, or false if landscape.

[Jenn Koder]

Thank you, I'll give this a try. Would I still use 2 pages (one landscape and one Portrait)? And would I put this rule in the OnRecordStart?

[ThomasLewis]

If you use it in OnRecordStart and set both pages to "unused" by default, you could use it in a way to turn on the page, then push the graphic to the frame, which should be named the same as the page.

function P_or_L(graphic_res)
{
    var tm = new FusionProTextMeasure;
        tm.CalculateTextExtent(graphic_res.content);
        
    if (tm.textHeight > tm.textWidth)
		return "Portrait";
	else
		return "Landscape";
}

var my_image = CreateResource("photo.jpg", "graphic", true);
var version = P_or_L(my_image);

FusionPro.Composition.SetBodyPageUsage(version, true);
FindGraphicFrame(version).SetGraphic(my_image);

 

[Jenn Koder]

That didn't seem to work but it absolutely could be me. Would you mind taking a look at my file (I took some of the photos out so it wouldn't be so large) to see where it is that I am going wrong?

Framed Photos 12 x 18 pti.zip

[ThomasLewis]

Change your data CSV to look like this:

Graphic
02_CPS625_20230329_0036.jpg
05_CPX097_20170808_0049-Edit-2.jpg

Alter the line in the javascript from
var my_image = CreateResource("photo.jpg", "graphic", true);
to
var my_image = CreateResource(Field("Graphic"), "graphic", true);

[Jenn Koder]

I did that and I do not see the photos populate on my screen... I composed it anyway to see what would happen and I got this error message:

Graphic is not found or is not processed properly: 02_CPS625_20230329_0036.jpg.
Check for file existence and that it is of the proper format.
uncaught exception: Error: In Resource(), no resource named 02_CPS625_20230329_0036
Composing record #1, input record 1
Graphic is not found or is not processed properly: 02_CPS625_20230329_0036.jpg.
Check for file existence and that it is of the proper format.
 

I've attached the newly collected file.

Framed Photos 12 x 18 pti.zip

[ThomasLewis]

When I extract that zip file and turn on preview it works without any changes. I think the issue is your jpg files don't live in the same directory as your template pdf. You would need to add the full path into the "Search Path" box in the composition window for it to see them.

If this is going to be a product on Marcom it would just be a matter of populating the Graphic dropdown with a Library Collection and you don't have to worry about paths so much. It will just pick up the graphic chosen.

[Jenn Koder]

I appreciate your time and expertise! I will go back and make sure they are in the same directory. You have been amazingly helpful, I probably messed something up when I was trying to figure it out on my own.