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September 14, 2023
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How to get "Locale" subfoler for Text / Grep search queries?

  • September 14, 2023
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This is an example of the full path to the saved XML files with Text Search Queries - for GREP / Color / Glyph / Object it's the same:

 

C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\Version 18.0\en_GB\Find-Change Queries\Text\

 

The 18.0 part is easy - can be extracted from Application.Version - but en_GB isn't...

 

There is an Application.Locale:

https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#Locale.html

but it's just a number.

 

My current value is:

Locale.INTERNATIONAL_ENGLISH_LOCALE

International English.

1279477097

 

But from this:

https://www.localeplanet.com/icu/

 

there can be a lot of combinations...

 

Anyone knows how to get CURRENT / ACTIVE en_GB?

 

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    Correct answer Peter Kahrel

    The Grep queries are here:
    app.scriptPreferences.scriptsFolder.parent.parent + '/Find-Change Queries/Grep/'

    The other queries spak for themselves.

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    Peter Kahrel
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    Peter KahrelCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    September 14, 2023

    The Grep queries are here:
    app.scriptPreferences.scriptsFolder.parent.parent + '/Find-Change Queries/Grep/'

    The other queries spak for themselves.

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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
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    September 14, 2023

    Hi @Robert at ID-Tasker ,

    try this one:

    alert( app.scriptPreferences.scriptsFolder.parent.parent.name );

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender
    ( Adobe Community Expert )

    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Robert at ID-TaskerAuthor
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    September 14, 2023

    Or the only way would be to use Application.SaveFindChangeQuery:

     

    https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#Application.html#d1e42253__d1e48324

     

    with some temporary / unique name and do a search in all subfoders, starting from:

     

    C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\

     

    to also get correct Version folder?

     

    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Robert at ID-TaskerAuthor
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    September 14, 2023

    Thanks @Peter Kahrel and @Laubender - that's very helpful.

     

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