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Here is a simple script that has one task, to switch the images in 2 selected frames.
Here is a simple script that has one task, to switch the images in 2 selected frames.
This is undo-able, but you will need to click '''Undo''' twice, since there are two separate operations in the script.


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Revision as of 20:42, 5 November 2016

This article is part of the Scripts series.

Here is a simple script that has one task, to switch the images in 2 selected frames.

This is undo-able, but you will need to click Undo twice, since there are two separate operations in the script.

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8  -*-

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"""

© 2012 Gregory Pittman

swapimage.py

USAGE

Select 2 image frames, no more, no less, both must be image frames. Can be on different 
pages.

Run the script, the images are swapped.

"""

try:
    import scribus
except ImportError:
    print "Unable to import the 'scribus' module. This script will only run within"
    print "the Python interpreter embedded in Scribus. Try Script->Execute Script."
    sys.exit(1)


if scribus.selectionCount() != 2:
    scribus.messageBox('Selection Count', "You must have 2 image frames selected",
                       scribus.ICON_WARNING, scribus.BUTTON_OK)
    sys.exit(2)

frame1 = scribus.getSelectedObject(0)
frame2 = scribus.getSelectedObject(1)

ftype1 = scribus.getObjectType(frame1)
ftype2 = scribus.getObjectType(frame2)
if ((ftype1 != "ImageFrame") or (ftype2 != "ImageFrame")):
    scribus.messageBox('Object Type', "Both selected objects must be image frames",
                       scribus.ICON_WARNING, scribus.BUTTON_OK)
    sys.exit(2)

scribus.setRedraw(False)

filename1 = scribus.getImageFile(frame1)
filename2 = scribus.getImageFile(frame2)

scribus.loadImage(filename2, frame1)
scribus.loadImage(filename1, frame2)

scribus.setRedraw(True)