I tried Loics script and it worked. However, it's still a very manual process when trying to do this across multiple directories. My ultimate goal would be to point the script to a folder and have it return a list of InDesign files with path and version number.

I tried Kasyan's batch process script on a folder but did not work since Loics requires pointing it to each file.

I'm not a coder so, not sure how hard that would be to add what I'm trying to do.

Another thing I tried is using "Everything" app, version 1.5a which has XMP search capabilities but unfortunately, I did not see any parameter that would list the files InDesign version

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Hi @Ivan zep ,

there are some hints and code samples how to do that in the forum.

One example that tries this with XMP metadata:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/js-how-to-determine-version-of-indesign-document/m-p/8911406#M43927

I tested Loic's code on an InDesign CS6 file and it worked very well.

Returned: "Adobe InDesign CS6 (Windows)"

FWIW: Another one was by the late Jongware that dives way deeper and analyses the binary of an InDesign document file. The link to the script file is not working anymore, but here a post that explains the method:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/all-indesign-versions-determining-version-before-opening/m-p/3621982#M356833

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

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