Batch create .article files?

Hi,

You could do this via InDesign scripting.

This sample script will ask you to select a folder and will then generate .article files for all the Indd files in that folder.

You may need to modify this script for your environment and setup.

var srcFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Please select path to the InDesign files"); // get source folder

srcFolderContents = srcFolder.getFiles("*.indd"); // get a list indd file

for (var i = 0, n = srcFolderContents.length; i != n; i=i+1) // for each indd file create an article

{

   var articleName = srcFolder + "/" + srcFolderContents[i].name.replace(".indd",".article");

   var doc = app.open(srcFolderContents[i], false);

   var dpsArticleP= [

    [ "assetformat", "pdf"],           // pdf, png, jpg or auto (auto chooses between png and jpg)

    [ "showprogressbar", false ]     

       ];

    app.exportDpsArticle (File(articleName), doc, dpsArticleP); // export article

    doc.close;

}