Reply To: Export pages to jpg with custom filenames

Hi
I was not able to get that to work but asked a developer friend of mine for help and we came up with this which saved me soooooo much time. It exports the jpgs into the same folder your InDesign document is saved.

if (app.documents.length != 0){
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
MakeJPEGfile();
} else {
alert(“Please open a document and try again.”);
}

function myPS() {
try {
return myDoc.selection[0].appliedParagraphStyle;
} catch (e) {
alert(“Place cursor to text with paragraph style for filenames”);
exit();
}
}

function MakeJPEGfile() {

app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegQuality = JPEGOptionsQuality.high;
app.jpegExportPreferences.exportResolution = 72;
app.jpegExportPreferences.jpegExportRange = ExportRangeOrAllPages.exportRange;

app.findGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = myPS();

var f = myDoc.findGrep();

for (var myCounter = 0; myCounter < f.length; myCounter++) {
try {
var curPage = f[myCounter].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage;
if (curPage.appliedSection.name != “”) {
curPage.appliedSection.name = “”;
}
var objName = f[myCounter].contents.replace(/ /g,”_”).toLowerCase();
app.jpegExportPreferences.pageString = curPage.name;
var myFilePath = myDoc.filePath + “/” + objName + “.jpg”; //export to a folder of the current document
var myFile = new File(myFilePath);
myDoc.exportFile(ExportFormat.jpg, myFile, false);
} catch(e) {
//pasteboard?
}
}
}