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Is it possible to automatically zip a InDesign package?

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February 8, 2019
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I'm wondering if there's a way within InDesign desktop or if there's a InDesign desktop scripting function to automatically zip a InDesign package.

I'm familiar with the process to create an InDesign package within InDesign desktop (File->Package, create instructions.txt, copy fonts, copy linked graphics, etc.), but it just places the resultant files in a folder. I've only tried InDesign desktop 2017 (12.1.0.56), so I wanted to ask if any version of InDesign desktop can automatically zip the package folder.

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Correct answer Marc Autret

Use app.packageUCF(sourceFolder, destZipFile)

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Marc

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Hi joshuas64972510 ,

also see into this if you are using method packageForPrint():

Re: packageForPrint --- problem when packaging all open documents - ADOBE please read

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Uwe

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We don't have anything that does this automatically, so you can fire the export from scripting using the

doc.packageForPrint

and then as mentioned by Marc use the packageUCF api to zip the folder in which you created the package

-Manan

-Manan

Marc AutretCorrect answer

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Use app.packageUCF(sourceFolder, destZipFile)

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Marc

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Good afternoon.
Can you please describe in a little more detail how to do this?

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This is an api call you can use in your jsx. For example if you have a folder with path

/Users/user/abc

You can use the following code to zip it

app.packageUCF("/Users/user/abc", "/Users/user/out.zip")

-Manan

-Manan