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• • February 27, 2013 at 1:11 pm #64298
    Anonymous

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    Hello everybody, i'm looking for a script that could automate my workflow. I have lots of .indd files created by data merge, but my problem is I can't import all images because it doesn't have a pattern on amount of links..

    For example:

    802004020.indd

    Links = 802004020-0002-01.tif, 802004020-0080-01.tif, 802004020-1000-01.tif

    802004133.indd

    Links = 802004133-1024-01.tif, 802004133-4541-01.tif, 802004133-5664-01.tif, 802004133-4500-02.tif

    I thought in a script that works in this way: I select a frame text (802004020) e.g. and the script places all images starting with 802004020 in a specific folder. Is it possible?

    Thank you all..

  • February 28, 2013 at 3:11 am #64301
    Theunis De Jong

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    I thought in a script that works in this way: I select a frame text (802004020) e.g. and the script places all images starting with 802004020 in a specific folder. Is it possible?

    It sure is possible. If I understand correctly, you don't even have to select a text first — this would be the InDesign file name, right? Then you can use

    var imageRootName = app.activeDocument.fullName.name.match(/^.+(?=.indd$)/i);

    Gathering image file names from a specific folder is as easy as this:

    var specificFolder = Folder('/c/temp');

    var imageList = specificFolder.getFiles(imageRootName+'*');

    alert (imageList.join('r'));

    Despite its name, the 'getFiles' function can return both files and folders. If there is a chance your file name specification might also match a folder, you can inspect each of the returned File objects like this:

    if (imageList[i] instanceof File)

    .. yes, safe to place

    Is this enough to get you started?

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