Basic Document Management Adobe InDesign Script

Create

New document

var myDocument = app.documents.add();

Creates a new document using the specified document preset

var myDocument = app.documents.add(true,app.documentPresets.item("myDocumentPreset"));

Creates a new document without showing the document window.

//The first parameter (showingWindow) controls the visibility of the

//document. Hidden documents are not minimized, and will not appear until

//you add a new window to the document.

var myDocument = app.documents.add(false);

//To show the window:

var myWindow = myDocument.windows.add();

Open

OpenDocument.

app.open(File("/c/myTestDocument.indd"));

Opens an existing document in the background,

var myDocument = app.open(File("/c/myTestDocument.indd"), false);

When you want to show the hidden document, create a new window.

var myLayoutWindow = myDocument.windows.add();

Save

If the active document has been changed since it was last saved, save it.

if(app.activeDocument.modified == true){

      app.activeDocument.save();

}

If the active document has not been saved (ever), save it.

if(app.activeDocument.saved == false){

      //If you do not provide a file name, InDesign displays the Save dialog box.

      app.activeDocument.save(new File("/c/myTestDocument.indd"));

}

Save the active document as a template.

var myFileName;

if(app.activeDocument.saved == true){

      //Convert the file name to a string.

      myFileName = app.activeDocument.fullName + "";

      //If the file name contains the extension ".indd", change it to ".indt".

      if(myFileName.indexOf(".indd")!=-1){

            var myRegularExpression = /.indd/gi

            myFileName = myFileName.replace(myRegularExpression, ".indt");

      }

}

//If the document has not been saved, then give it a default file name/file path.

else{

myFileName = "/c/myTestDocument.indt";

}

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

Close

CloseDocument

app.activeDocument.close();

//Note that you could also use:

//app.documents.item(0).close();

Close document with saving

//Use SaveOptions.yes to save the document,SaveOptions.no to close the

//document without saving, or SaveOptions.ask to display a prompt. If

//you use SaveOptions.yes, you'll need to provide a reference to a file

//to save to in the second parameter (SavingIn).

//Note that the file path is provided using the JavaScript URI form

//rather than the platform-specific form.

//If the file has not been saved, display a prompt.

if(app.activeDocument.saved != true)

{

      app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.ask);

      //Or, to save to a specific file name:

      //var myFile = File("/c/myTestDocument.indd");

      //app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.yes, myFile);

}

Else

{

      //If the file has already been saved, save it.

      app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.yes);

}

Close all open documents without saving

for(myCounter = app.documents.length; myCounter > 0; myCounter--){

      app.documents.item(myCounter-1).close(SaveOptions.no);

}