Batch create .article files?

[jeffreyp6484616]

Since you can't batch update the files in a folio any longer from within InDesign, is it possible to batch create .article files, preferably from the book palate? (Export as PDF doesn't give the option, at least in CC 2014.)

[rperez_bonnier]

I figured but thought I'd give it a shot!

The latest version of the script returns an error:

However taking the statement:

    doc.exportFile(ExportFormat.PNG_FORMAT, File(articleName.replace(".article",".png")));

and adding it to line 18 of the previous version of the script worked very well. The script exported a PNG file of each inDesign file along with the corresponding .article file.

[Vintage-uk]

To export just the first page, you need to set the export range in pngExportPreferences.

So for example:

app.pngExportPreferences.pngExportRange = PNGExportRangeEnum.EXPORT_RANGE;

app.pngExportPreferences.pageString = "1";

doc.exportFile(ExportFormat.PNG_FORMAT, File(articleName.replace(".article",".png")));

This is turning into some sort of Javascript code camp!

[rperez_bonnier]

It sure is! This is fantastic how this script came together and how it's shaping up!

I ran the script again after adding:

app.pngExportPreferences.pngExportRange = PNGExportRangeEnum.EXPORT_RANGE;

app.pngExportPreferences.pageString = "1";

...to lines 18 and 19 (the third line was the same as before).

The script ran without a hitch. I added a second page to the first inDesign document in order to test exporting only page 1 as a PNG (all my test files only had one page).

[Neil_Enns_-_Ado]

Brilliant!

Neil

[ktukker1]

Hi,

The documentation for the InDesign API (Extendscript) for exporting articles (and uploading them into DPS) can be found here:

* https://helpx.adobe.com/digital-publishing-solution/help/integrating-dps.html

-Klaasjan