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November 21, 2016 at 11:59 am in reply to: package for output – single pages, from a multi page document #89984
Mark Welsh
MemberHi Ari,
Yes I downloaded the file not copy/paste. It was called AutoPackage.jsx.txt, once I placed it in my User folder I deleted the .txt but when I double click on the script I get the error message and it only creates a separate InDesign file of the the first page, not all the pages.
When I open the .jsx file in TextEdit it shows:
//created by Ari S. — designerjoe@outlook.com
// Package entire document individually by the amount of pages at a time that you wantapp.scriptPreferences.enableRedraw = false;
var srcDoc = app.activeDocument;
var srcTitle = srcDoc.name;
var srcPages = srcDoc.pages;
var pgLength = srcPages.length;
var srcW = srcDoc.documentPreferences.pageWidth;
var srcH = srcDoc.documentPreferences.pageHeight;
var srcPgLength = srcPages.length;
var start = 0;
var range, end, newDocName, isEnd, fileName;// ——- HERE YOU CAN CHANGE ANY PACKAGING SETTING THAT YOU WANT. TRUE means ‘ON’, and FALSE means ‘OFF’: ———
var copyingFonts = true;
var copyingLinkedGraphics = true;
var copyingProfiles = true;
var updatingGraphics = true;
var includingHiddenLayers = true;
var ignorePreflightErrors = true;
var creatingReport = true;
var includeIDML = true;
var includePDF = false;
var pdfStyle = “”;
var forceSave = true;var myDialog = app.dialogs.add({name:”Package Export Range”, canCancel:true});
with (myDialog) {
with(dialogColumns.add()) {
with(dialogRows.add()) {
staticTexts.add ({staticLabel:”Enter the amount of pages you want to package at a time”});
with(dialogRows.add()) {
var myRangeBox = integerEditboxes.add({editValue:1});
}
}
}
}if (myDialog.show() == true) {
range = myRangeBox.editValue;
if (range == 0) {
alert(“0 is not a range!…”);
myDialog.destroy();
exit();
}
else if (range > pgLength) {
alert(“Range can’t be more than the amount of pages”);
myDialog.destroy();
exit();
}
run();
}
else {
myDialog.destroy();
exit();
}function run() {
while (!isEnd) {
var newDoc = app.documents.add({pageWidth: srcW, pageHeight: srcH});
newDoc.masterSpreads[0].baseName = “garbage_master”;
end = start + range;
if (end >= srcPages.length) {
end = srcPages.length;
isEnd = true;
}
var firstPage = srcPages[start];
var lastPage = srcPages[end – 1];
for (var j = start; j < end; j++) {
var srcPage = srcPages[j];
var newPage;
if (j == start) {
newPage = srcPage.duplicate(LocationOptions.BEFORE, newDoc.pages[0]);
for (var k = newDoc.pages.length – 1; k > 0; k–) {
newDoc.pages[k].remove();
}
}
else {
newPage = srcPage.duplicate(LocationOptions.AFTER, newDoc.pages[-1])
}
srcMaster = srcPage.appliedMaster;
var newMaster;
try {
newMaster = newDoc.masterSpreads.item(srcMaster.name);
newMaster.name;
}
catch (myError) {
newMaster = srcMaster.duplicate(undefined, newDoc);
}
newPage.appliedMaster = newMaster;
}
newDoc.masterSpreads[0].remove();
if (firstPage.side === PageSideOptions.LEFT_HAND) {
newDoc.documentPreferences.startPageNumber = 2
}
if (newDoc.pages.length == 1) {
fileName = “Page ” + firstPage.name;
}
else {
fileName = “Pages ” + firstPage.name + ” – ” + lastPage.name;
}
createPackage(newDoc);
start += range;
if (start == srcPages.length) {
isEnd = true;
}
}
}function createPackage(myNewDoc) {
var targetFolder = new File(“~/Desktop/” + srcTitle +”/” + fileName + “/”);
var flag = Folder(targetFolder).create();
var versionComments = srcTitle + ” ” + fileName;
if ( flag === true){
var garbageFolder = new File(“~/Desktop/” + srcTitle +”/Delete This Folder/”);
Folder(garbageFolder).create();
myNewDoc.save(new File(“~/Desktop/” + srcTitle + “/Delete This Folder/” + fileName + “.indd”))
myNewDoc.packageForPrint (
targetFolder,
copyingFonts,
copyingLinkedGraphics,
copyingProfiles,
updatingGraphics,
includingHiddenLayers,
ignorePreflightErrors,
creatingReport,
includeIDML,
includePDF,
pdfStyle,
versionComments,
forceSave);
myNewDoc.close(SaveOptions.no);
var myTempFiles = Folder(garbageFolder).getFiles();
for (l = myTempFiles.length – 1; l >= 0; l–) {
myTempFiles[l].remove();
Folder(garbageFolder).remove();
}
}
}November 21, 2016 at 8:08 am in reply to: package for output – single pages, from a multi page document #89946Mark Welsh
MemberHi Ari,
I have just downloaded and installed your script into InDesign CS6. When I double click on the script to run it I get the following JavaScript Error message:
Error Number: 30477
Error String: Invalid value parameter
‘versionComments’ of method ‘packageForPrint’.
Expected String, but received TRUE.Engine: main
File: /Users/markw/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/Version 8.0/en_GB/Scripts Panel/AutoPackage.jsx
Line: 122
Source: myNewDoc.packageForPrint (Please can you tell me if I’m doing something wrong, my document consists of 59 pages.
Kind regards
Mark -
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