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Pickory
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October 4, 2023
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Volume name from File class ( Document saved )

  • October 4, 2023
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Hi,

 

I have an InDesign document that has been saved. I would like to know the volume name that the document is saved on.

 

File and Folder class are not offering much.

 

Thank you.

 

P.

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    Correct answer rob day

    Maybe this?

     

    var sv = Folder("~/Desktop/").parent.parent.parent.displayName
var fp = app.activeDocument.filePath.toString()

if (fp[0] == "~") {
	alert("Document Volume: " + sv)
} else {
    alert("Document Volume: " +fp.split("/")[1])
}

    4 replies

    Peter Kahrel
    Community Expert
    Peter KahrelCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 4, 2023

    It's not safe because (over here) it always returns null, whether the file is on the desktop or anywhere else. That's because of the addition of displayName. That may be a bug, no idea.

     

    The only way I could get it to work is with this mongrel:

     

    var p = app.activeDocument.fullName.parent;
var temp = app.activeDocument.fullName;

while ( p ) {
  temp = p;
  p = p.parent;
}

alert ( temp.fullName.replace('\/','') );

     

     

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    PickoryAuthor
    Legend
    October 4, 2023

    Thanks for looking.

     

    Are you running Windows? I am on Mac CC 2019.

    rob day
    Community Expert
    rob dayCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    October 4, 2023

    Maybe this?

     

    var sv = Folder("~/Desktop/").parent.parent.parent.displayName
var fp = app.activeDocument.filePath.toString()

if (fp[0] == "~") {
	alert("Document Volume: " + sv)
} else {
    alert("Document Volume: " +fp.split("/")[1])
}
      Peter Kahrel
      Community Expert
      Peter KahrelCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 4, 2023

      You have this problem only with files on your desktop. To get the drive/volume name you'ld do

      Folder("~/Desktop/").parent.parent.parent

      P.

      P
      PickoryAuthor
      Legend
      October 4, 2023

      Thank all. 

      Peter, that did the trick.

       

      Folder("~/Desktop/").parent.parent.parent.displayName

       

      P
      PickoryAuthor
      Legend
      October 4, 2023

      I wonder, is this safe?

       

      var p = app.activeDocument.fullName.parent;

      var volName = "";

      while ( p )

      {

      volName =  ( p.displayName )

      p = p.parent;

      }

      alert ( volName );

      rob day
      Community Expert
      rob dayCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 4, 2023

      Hi @Pickory , You can easily do it with AppleScript, but the ExtendScript file path doesn’t seem to resolve the full absolute path

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      Robert Kyle
      Inspiring
      October 4, 2023

      I think file.fullname will return the file path  

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      PickoryAuthor
      Legend
      October 4, 2023

      Thank you for your reply. 

      It does not work for me 😞

       

      //=======

      alert ( app.activeDocument.fullName + "\r" +

      app.activeDocument.fullName.displayName + "\r" +

      app.activeDocument.fullName.fsName + "\r" +

      app.activeDocument.fullName.fullName + "\r" +

      app.activeDocument.fullName.path + "\r" +

      app.activeDocument.fullName.relativeURI + "\r")

       

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