A script could certainly achieve this. However it would require to either know the exact adress (so the script can look for it) or that the adress matches a certain regular pattern (so the script can find occurences via GREP).

See here:
https://kasyan.ho.com.ua/batch_process_scripts/batch_process_scripts.html

Indeed, the forum engine did replace some characters thus corrupting the script.

To answer your questions :

1 – What does box.panel2.group.resizeObj.enabled = false; actually do/mean?
The underlaying idea is to make the action button non clickable if the user hasn’t entered any valid number. That’s a convenient way of preventing bugs and force user to check twice what he is typing in. The button will become clickable if the user enters a valid number.

2 – what does the 1 in the box.close(1); / box.show()==1 ) actually do/mean?
This is a return code that helps you knowing which button did the user actually click. In your case you have only one button, but you could have two or three and it’s convenient to ensure user did click on “run” button.

3 – where you reference the co-ordinates at the end. listed below. Do you need to list the coordinate spaces first or would it also work just reference anchorpoint, If so is there a benefit to doing this?
No you need to set the coordinate space first because it will let the script knows in which system has the geometry to be executed. Actually this is well documented:
https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#PageItem.html#d1e207514__d1e210583

Note that the script isn’t bullet proof in the sense that objects could be locked or on a locked layer…

I see.

Try this :

//MAIN ROUTINE
/*
	Change path in aFolder so it matches your own folder path
	Change canSelectMultiple if needed to true to allow multiple file selection
	Change exts to include more file types as ex: ["indt","indd",idml"]
	
	Then run…
*/

var main = function() {
	
	//==============VARS==============//
	var 
	aFolder = Folder ( '/change/path/to/point/your/folder/path' ),
	m = $.os[0]=="M",
	exts = ["indt"],
	mf = function(f){return (f instanceof Folder)||RegExp("\.("+exts.join("|")+")$" ).test(f.name);},
	wf = "Indesign Templates:*.indt",
	filter = m? mf : wf,
	canSelectMultiple = false,
	indtFile;

	//requesting file selection
	indtFile = aFolder.openDlg('Please pick a file', filter, canSelectMultiple);
	
	//Exit if no selection
	if ( !indtFile ) return;
	
	//Opening selection
	app.open ( indtFile );
	
}

//Run script
main();

A possible improvement:


var pageWidth = app.activeDocument.documentPreferences.properties.pageWidth;
var widthRounded = Math.round(pageWidth);
var pageHeight = app.activeDocument.documentPreferences.properties.pageHeight;
var heightRounded = Math.round(pageHeight);

doc.pageItems.everyItem().resize ( CS, AP, RM, [myScaleFactor, myScaleFactor] );
}


I am probably missing something, how the script you seem to describe would differ from the regular open file command ?

Hi Vasha,

EasyCatalog is a good option to me. Can ingest Excel files as inputs or even link to your database. Much more flexible than datamerge especially for huge catalogs projects.

Feel free to get in touch with us at ozalto.com for more details.

Loic