ui_pos.jsx

// object that builds the UI, the back slashes are really anoying
res = "dialog {\
				rulers: Group {\
						orientation: 'row' , alignChildren: 'left',																													\
						row_column: Panel {																																		  			\
							text: 'Rows and Columns', alignChildren: 'right',																								  						\
							row: Group {orientation: 'row' , s: StaticText { text:'Row'},  e: EditText{ characters: 4, text: 2}}					   													\
							column: Group {orientation: 'row' , s: StaticText {text:'Column'}, e: EditText {characters: 4, text: 2}}																	\
						},																																									  					\
						width_height: Panel {																											 							 						\
							text: 'Width and Height', alignChildren: 'right',																									  						\
							width: Group { orientation: 'row' , s: StaticText{text: 'Width'}, e: EditText{characters: 4, text: 8.5}},													 					\
							height: Group { orientation: 'row', s: StaticText {text: 'Height'}, e: EditText{characters: 4, text: 11}}																		\
						},  																																	   													\
						margins_gutters: Panel {																										   													  \
							text: 'Margins and Gutters', alignChildren: 'right',																									  						\
							margin: Group { s: StaticText{text: 'Margin'}, e: EditText{characters: 4, text: .5}},					  																		 \
							hgutter: Group { s: StaticText {text: 'Horizontal Gutter'}, e: EditText{characters: 4, text: .5}},	\
							vgutter: Group { s: StaticText {text: 'Vertical Gutter'}, e: EditText{characters: 4, text: .5}},    \
						}  																																								 							\
					},																								    																							  \
				names: Group { 																																													\
						alignChildren: 'fill',																																										\
						orientation: 'row',																																											\
						list: Panel { 																																												\
							  text: 'List if Names', alignChildren: 'left', 																																		\
							  name: Group { text: 'List of names', s: StaticText{ text: 'List'}, e: EditText{characters: 46}},							 											\
							  size_shift: Group { s: StaticText {text: 'Text Shift'}, e: EditText{characters: 4}, s: StaticText{ text: 'Count'}, e: EditText{ characters: 4}}  					\
							 }																																															\
						},																																												      			\
				character: Group {																																										              \
					orientation: 'row',																																										  		\
					alignment: 'fill',																																												    \
					character: Panel { orientation: 'row',  text: 'Character', s: StaticText{text: 'Font'}, d: DropDownList{},  s: StaticText{text: 'Size'}, e: EditText{characters: 4}}  	 \
																																																							\
																																																							\
																																																							\
				}																																																		   \
				buttons: Group {																																												        \
					orientation: 'row',																																												   \
					alignment: 'right',																																											       \
					okBtn: Button { properties:{name:’ok’} text:'OK'},																																	     \
					cancelBtn: Button { properties:{name:'cancel'}, text:'Cancel'}																															\
																																																							\
				}																																																		   \
		}";



						
win = new Window (res);

for (var i = 0 ; i <= app.fonts.length-1 ; i++) 
  { 
	  win.character.character.d.add('item', app.fonts[i].postScriptName);

   }
win.character.character.d.selection = win.character.character.d.items[0];
	
win.center();


// start the onClick event 
win.buttons.okBtn.onClick = function(){
	// close the windows located to parents above
	this.parent.parent.close(1); 

	//alert(parseInt(win.rulers.width_height.width.e.text));
	//alert(win.names.list.name.e.text.split(","));
	//exit;
		
	//define all —most— variables
	var cl= app.activeDocument.activeLayer,
		ad = app.activeDocument,
		val = new UnitValue ("0 in"),
		val2 = new UnitValue ("0 pt"),
		doc_width = val + parseFloat(win.rulers.width_height.width.e.text),
		doc_height = val + parseFloat(win.rulers.width_height.height.e.text), 
		dpi = 300,
		row = win.rulers.row_column.row.e.text,
		column = win.rulers.row_column.column.e.text,
		names = win.names.list.name.e.text.split(","),
		total = names.length;
		master_loop = total / (row * column),
		width = app.activeDocument.width.value, //need user input
		height = app.activeDocument.height.value, // need user input
		text_shift = 2,
		t = 0,
		text_hshift = width / 2,
		margin = val + parseFloat(win.rulers.margins_gutters.margin.e.text), 
		hgutter = val + parseFloat(win.rulers.margins_gutters.hgutter.e.text),
		vgutter = val + parseFloat(win.rulers.margins_gutters.vgutter.e.text),
		font = win.character.character.d.selection,
		font_size = val2 + parseFloat(win.character.character.e.text);
		

		
		if( names == ''){
			total = parseFloat(win.names.list.size_shift.e.text);
			master_loop = total / (row * column);
		}
	
	// function to absolute position a layer. Assumes the layer is cetered.
	 function pos(num, num2)
	{
			
	var width = app.activeDocument.width.value,
		height = app.activeDocument.height.value;
		b = app.activeDocument.activeLayer.bounds,
		ob_width = b[2]-b[0]
		ob_height = b[3]-b[1];
		app.activeDocument.activeLayer.translate(-(width/2)+num+(ob_width/2),-(height/2)+num2+(ob_height/2));
	}

	// copy the original design
	cl.copy();	


	//start the master loop, esch loop is a document
	for ( i = 0; i < master_loop; i++) {
		
		// record the current unit type and set it to inches
		var startRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
		app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.INCHES;

		//make the document, note that doc_width and doc_height needed and new UnitValue
		doc = app.documents.add(doc_width, doc_height, 300, "Badger", NewDocumentMode.RGB);
		
		//row and column loop prints the names too

		for ( k = 0; k < row; k++) {
			for( j = 0; j < column; j++) {
					doc.artLayers.add();
					doc.paste(0);
					if ( j == 0 && k == 0) {
						pos( j*width+margin,k*height+margin);
					} else {
						pos( j*width+margin+( hgutter*j ),k*height+margin+( vgutter*k ));
					}
				//  if there are no more names there is no need to run any of this
				if (names[t]) {
					a = app.activeDocument.activeLayer;
					//add layers and make the test, set the size, center it, and position it
					text = app.activeDocument.artLayers.add();
					text.kind = LayerKind.TEXT;
					text.textItem.font = font;
					text.textItem.size = font_size;
					text.textItem.contents = names[t];
					text.textItem.justification = Justification.CENTER;
					text.textItem.position = [j*width+margin+text_hshift+(hgutter*j),k*height+margin+text_shift+(vgutter*k)];
				} 
				t++;
			}
		}
	
	
		// set the UnitValue back to how it was for each document
		preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits;
	}
	
	// end of the onlClick	
	}

win.show();