Rename Master Spreads with Script

Question

I have a bunch of books in production for a series and I want to rename the master spreads in a bunch of files, but I can't see how to do it.

I know I can simply change the NamePrefix but when I try to change "Name" an error occurs, which makes sense given the object model shows that to be read only.

is there really no way to rename a master through a script?

Thank you,
Ken

rob day · Accepted Answer

baseName should workapp.activeDocument.masterSpreads[0].baseName="myspread"

Anthony Levings · Answer

To expand on this a little bit, because I wasted a morning figuring it out, the name property is a composite of two parts the .baseName and the .namePrefix, so what you will see returned from

app.activeDocument.masterSpreads[0].name

is
app.activeDocument.masterSpreads[0].baseName and app.activeDocument.masterSpreads[0].namePrefix split by a hyphen.

The baseName and namePrefix are read/write, while name is read-only.

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