My script for moving .indd files into a folder not working

Hello Sstanly,

you wrote:

sstanleyau wrote: You have a choice, but "id be tempted to use: every document file whose name extension is "indd"

That worked.....I actually tried that earlier, but realized i wrote .indd...I guess the period messed it up ;-)

thanks!!!

babs

Hello,

Yes, it is correct....here is the script I have to do the same thing for PDF files:

property pdfFolder : "PDF desktop"

-- the desktop folder of the current user is the "root" folder of the Finder

tell application "Finder"

if not (exists folder pdfFolder) then make new folder with properties {pdfFolder}

move (every document file whose kind ends with "PDF Document") to folder pdfFolder

end tell

...and this is the one I have for flash files:

property flashFolder : "Flash desktop"

-- the desktop folder of the current user is the "root" folder of the Finder

tell application "Finder"

if not (exists folder flashFolder) then make new folder with properties {name:flashFolder}

move (every document file whose kind ends with "Flash Document") to folder flashFolder

end tell

The problem here, with the InDesign Files is that when I get info on the documents, it's kind ends with document. That could also be, however, a Text File or a word document, etc etc etc.... If I try to type in what the kind says exactly in the info area "InDesign® CS4 Document" It doesn't work...plus, it would never get a CS3 document....so I am trying to figure out how the applescript isolates the kind option so I can place it into the script. I was also trying to come up with having it find all files whose name contains indd...but that too was unsuccessful.

any thoughts?? thanks..babs