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• • February 22, 2016 at 8:43 am #82163
    Jeremy Brown

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    Hi all again.
    Is is possible to pull information out of the metadata via scripting?
    Here’s what I have in the Description field of the File Info:
    ver=1.10, layout=OSP_Wild_Crops, id=209P

    I need to pull out the version # and place it into a text box so that I can use that in a text variable. I’d rather place the version # one place (File Info) and have it appear in the footer of every page.

    Is this possible? Let me know if I’m thinking too much beyond ID’s scope ? I know a bit of JS and am familiar with scripting, but don’t know the particulars yet of how to do what I need.

    Thanks.

  • February 22, 2016 at 9:26 am #82164
    Peter Kahrel

    Participant

    Something like this:

    versionNumber = '';
    descr = app.activeDocument.metadataPreferences.description;
    if (descr !== '') {
      version = descr.match (/ver=([\d.]+)/);
      if (version !== null) {
        versionNumber = version[1];
      }
    }

    Get the description field from the document’s metadata object
    Match digits and dots following ‘ver=’
    If there is a match, it’s an array, you want item 1

    Peter

  • February 22, 2016 at 12:15 pm #82177
    Jeremy Brown

    Member

    Hi Peter.
    Thanks for the information. I’ll work it out.

    Thanks.

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