Applescript droplet for Indd Script

Question

Hello. I have an often used script that I would like to create a droplet for on my desktop. I am hoping to be able to simply drag an InDesign Document to the droplet, the Document opens in InDesign and the script runs.

I am not really familiar with Applescript, but I tried this code and saved as an app

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on open droppeditems
tell application "Finder"
activate
tell application "Adobe InDesign 2022"
activate
set mydocument to droppeditems
set aScriptPath to "Users:rosami:Library:Preferences:Adobe InDesign:Version 17.0:en_US:Scripts:Scripts Panel:batch_convert.jsx"
do script alias aScriptPath language javascript

end tell
end tell
end open

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When I drag the Doc to the droplet, it opens InDesign and the Script, but not the Document. Any suggestions as to what I am doing wrong? Thank you!

rob day · Accepted Answer

You have to open the dropped items in order to run the script—your mydocument variable isn’t doing anything. Try this:

on open
	tell application "Finder"
		activate
		--gets the dropped item(s)
		set the sel to the selection
		repeat with x in sel
			set thePath to (x as Unicode text)
			tell application id "com.adobe.indesign"
				activate
				--opens each dropped item and runs the jsx
				open thePath
				set aScriptPath to "Users:rosami:Library:Preferences:Adobe InDesign:Version 17.0:en_US:Scripts:Scripts Panel:batch_convert.jsx" as alias
				do script aScriptPath language javascript
			end tell
		end repeat
	end tell
end open

EDIT: Fixed a typo in the do script line after posting

rob day · Answer

Hi @michaelr26894937 , can you post the JavaScript you are trying to run?

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