Full script:
main();
function main(){
//Make certain that user interaction (display of dialogs, etc.) is turned on.
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll;
if(app.documents.length != 0){
if (app.activeDocument.stories.length != 0){
myDisplayDialog();
}
else{
alert(“The document does not contain any text. Please open a document containing text and try again.”);
}
}
else{
alert(“No documents are open. Please open a document and try again.”);
}
}
var myDoc = app.documents[0];
if (myDoc.saved == false)
{
alert(“Error.rYou must first save your document.”);
exit();
}
var myDoc = app.documents[0];
if (myDoc.saved == false)
{
alert(“Error.rYou must first save your document.”);
exit();
}
function myDisplayDialog(){
with(myDialog = app.dialogs.add({name:”ExportAllStories”})){
//Add a dialog column.
myDialogColumn = dialogColumns.add()
with(myDialogColumn){
with(borderPanels.add()){
staticTexts.add({staticLabel:”Export as:”});
with(myExportFormatButtons = radiobuttonGroups.add()){
radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel:”Text Only”, checkedState:true});
radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel:”RTF”});
radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel:”InDesign Tagged Text”});
}
}
}
myReturn = myDialog.show();
if (myReturn == true){
//Get the values from the dialog box.
myExportFormat = myExportFormatButtons.selectedButton;
myDialog.destroy;
myFolder= Folder.selectDialog (“Choose a Folder”);
if((myFolder != null)&&(app.activeDocument.stories.length !=0)){
myExportAllStories(myExportFormat, myFolder);
}
}
else{
myDialog.destroy();s
}
}
}
//myExportStories function takes care of exporting the stories.
//myExportFormat is a number from 0-2, where 0 = text only, 1 = rtf, and 3 = tagged text.
//myFolder is a reference to the folder in which you want to save your files.
function myExportAllStories(myExportFormat, myFolder){
for(myCounter = 0; myCounter < app.activeDocument.stories.length; myCounter++){
myStory = app.activeDocument.stories.item(myCounter);
myID = myStory.id;
myFrame = app.activeDocument.pageItems.item(myCounter);
myPage = myFrame.parent.constructor.name;
if (myPage == “Page”)
myPage = myFrame.parent.name;
switch(myExportFormat){
case 0:
myFormat = ExportFormat.textType;
myExtension = “.txt”
break;
case 1:
myFormat = ExportFormat.RTF;
myExtension = “.rtf”
break;
case 2:
myFormat = ExportFormat.taggedText;
myExtension = “.txt”
break;
}
myFileName =”Pg” + myPage + “StoryID” + myID + myExtension;
myFilePath = myFolder + “/” + myFileName;
myFile = new File(myFilePath);
myStory.exportFile(myFormat, myFile);
}
}
