Activate open document by name using wildcard for the document name

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
November 18, 2020
3 replies
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Hello,

I want to activate an open document by name.

The document name always start with "small_", ends with different number for 1 to 31, extension .pdf

For example today opened document is "small_18.pdf"

There is a way to activate it by name using wildcard, eg "small_*" ?

Scripting

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Correct answer Manan Joshi

Try the following

for(var i = 0; i < app.documents.length; i++)
{
	var fName = app.documents[i].name
	if(fName.match(/small_\d+\.pdf/))
	{
		app.activeDocument = app.documents[i]
		break;
	}
}

-Manan

M

Manan Joshi

Correct answer

Community Expert

Try the following

for(var i = 0; i < app.documents.length; i++)
{
	var fName = app.documents[i].name
	if(fName.match(/small_\d+\.pdf/))
	{
		app.activeDocument = app.documents[i]
		break;
	}
}

-Manan

S

siomospAuthor

Inspiring

It is perfect,

thank you!

M

Manan Joshi

Community Expert

The question is not clear, do you mean to say there are lots of document open and want the script to activate the first document that matches your criteria? Why can't this be done manually, how will a script help?

-Manan