Export a file without the unique ID file name

[pcarvalho]

I have a script that export a indd file to rtf, xml and PDF.

The resulted files have the unique ID file name (_001OL_Teste_DOC1.rtf).
How can i generate a file without that unique ID?

Heres a portion of the script:

var name = $filename;
//========== Export to RTF ===========
myRTFFile = new File($arg3 + "/" +name+".rtf" );
try{
var myStory = $doc.textFrames.itemByName("a_textframe").parentStory;
myStory.exportFile (ExportFormat.rtf, myRTFFile);
}
catch(theError) {
$doc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
$error = theError.description;
}
...

[dkelly]

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var name = $filename.right($filename.length-7);

[pcarvalho]

thanks dkelly, but JavaScript does not offer Left and Right functions.

Works with
var name = $filename.substring(7, $filename.length);

[dkelly]

Switch does

left( length : Number ) : String
Returns a substring containing the length leftmost characters of this string.
right( length : Number ) : String
Returns a substring containing the length rightmost characters of this string.

and for Adobe apps you can define as

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function left(str, n){
	if (n <= 0)
	    return "";
	else if (n > String(str).length)
	    return str;
	else
	    return String(str).substring(0,n);
}

function right(str, n){
    if (n <= 0)
       return "";
    else if (n > String(str).length)
       return str;
    else {
       var iLen = String(str).length;
       return String(str).substring(iLen, iLen - n);
    }
}

[loicaigon]

JavaScript does not offer Left and Right functions.

You have to distinguish the core language know as Javascript and its different implementations with different object models and extended functions. Also even a basic object like a RegExp object has different methods from where you use it. You won't find Right() in other implementation such as ExtendScript. Most of all, you have to keep aware that inspite a very minimalistic set of primitive objects and function, Javascript can differ widely from one context to another.

FWIW,

Loic