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I need to save some Indesign document to older versions (idml).

But i can't find any samples from javascript in combination with Switch on how to do this.



Can somebody point me to some sample files.

The manual from Switch isnt very helpfull.

You could try something like:





var regex = /.indd/gi

var fileName = app.activeDocument.fullName.replace(regex, ".idml");

app.activeDocument.save(File(fileName), true);

I am using the Indesign Configurator to process my jobs.



The settings i use are:

Open = Automatic

Command = None

Save = Use Script



var regex = /.indd/gi

var fileName = app.activeDocument.fullName.replace(regex, ".idml");

app.activeDocument.save(File(fileName), true);



Do i have to use the $code instead of app.activeDocument to get it working?



Or do i use the code in SwitchScripter?

I am getting errors that no documents are open.

Yes, you do and you have to fill out the $outfiles array so Switch knows what output files your script created. See the Switch help: Introduction - Advanced topics for designing flows -Javascript for applications.



Here is the code:



var tempDir = "/Users/fp/Desktop/";

var fileName = $doc.name.replace(".indd",".idml");



$doc.exportFile("InDesign Markup (IDML)",tempDir+fileName);

$outfiles = []

$outfiles.push(tempDir+fileName);

$doc.close;



Switch will automatically remove the temporary file, by the way.



Freddy

Thanks dkelly and freddyp. It works!!



I found that in my older script the documents where still open, but not visable.

With the $doc and $outfiles it works, thanks a lot.

Hi,
I was using this script but it does not work anymore since I installed the last update.

Any idea why?

Regards,
Thierry

Hi THierry,

By update you mean an update of InDesign? If so, which version are you running now?
Do you get an error in the messages?

Hey there

I am using this InDesign for saving my JavaScript but not getting good results.
Please suggest what to do.

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