Open Old FrameMaker Documents with ExtendScript

function openDocOrBook (filename, structuredApplication, visible) {
    
    var i = 0, docOrBook = 0;

    // Get default property list for opening documents.
    var openProps = GetOpenDefaultParams ();
    // Get a property list to return any error messages.
    var retParm = new PropVals ();

    // Set specific open property values to open the document.
    i=GetPropIndex (openProps,Constants.FS_AlertUserAboutFailure);
    openProps.propVal.ival=false;

    i=GetPropIndex (openProps,Constants.FS_MakeVisible);
    openProps.propVal.ival=visible;

    i=GetPropIndex (openProps,Constants.FS_FileIsOldVersion);
    openProps.propVal.ival=Constants.FV_DoOK;

    i=GetPropIndex (openProps,Constants.FS_FileIsInUse);
    openProps.propVal.ival=Constants.FV_ResetLockAndContinue;

    i=GetPropIndex (openProps,Constants.FS_FontChangedMetric);
    openProps.propVal.ival=Constants.FV_DoOK;

    i=GetPropIndex (openProps,Constants.FS_FontNotFoundInCatalog);
    openProps.propVal.ival=Constants.FV_DoOK;

    i=GetPropIndex (openProps,Constants.FS_FontNotFoundInDoc);
    openProps.propVal.ival=Constants.FV_DoOK;

    i=GetPropIndex (openProps,Constants.FS_RefFileNotFound);
    openProps.propVal.ival=Constants.FV_AllowAllRefFilesUnFindable;

    if (structuredApplication !== undefined) {
        i=GetPropIndex (openProps,Constants.FS_StructuredOpenApplication);
        openProps.propVal.sval=structuredApplication;

    }

    // Attempt to open the document.
    docOrBook = Open (filename,openProps,retParm);

    if (docOrBook.ObjectValid () === 1) {
        // Add a property to the document or book, indicating that the script opened it.
        docOrBook.openedByScript = true;
    }
    else {
        // If the document can't be open, print the errors to the Console.
        PrintOpenStatus (retParm);
    }

    return docOrBook; // Return the document  or book object.
}

This is a general purpose function for opening documents or books. You can call it like this:

var doc = openDocOrBook (filename, structuredApplication, visible);

For structured documents, you can pass in a structured application name as the second parameter. For unstructured documents, just use undefined for the second parameter. The "visible" parameter can be 0 (open the document invisibly) or 1 (open the document and make it visible). Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Rick