What is the code that pops up the save dialog box?

Forum|Forum|2 days ago
October 1, 2026
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If a document has not been saved, I want to pop up a prompt and a save dialog box at the same time.

var doc=app.activeDocument;
if (!doc.saved) {
    alert("Please save the document first")
    exit();
}

Correct answer Manan Joshi

@dublove this is as simple as it can get. If this feels too complicated then I don’t know what you will categorise as simple. Use the following code

	var f = File.saveDialog("Please save the document first");
	if(f)
	{
		app.documents[0].save(f);
	}

Put the above code inside your if and it should work

rob day

Community Expert

If a document has not been saved,

Hi @dublove , Are you trying to prevent users from working on a document for an extended period of time and forgetting to save?

dubloveAuthor

Legend

Hi rob day.

I want to save a new document before running a script.
This is already sufficient.

M

Manan Joshi

Community Expert

Try the following code

File.saveDialog("Please save the document first")

If the user cancels this will return null, otherwise it will return the file object for the selected file

-Manan

dubloveAuthor

Legend

Hi @Manan Joshi

Below is this:
The save dialog box has popped up.
I saved it as AA, but eventually found out that it wasn't saved.

var doc = app.activeDocument;

if (!doc.saved) {

    File.saveDialog("Please save the document first")

}

M

Manan Joshi

Community Expert

It will not save. You will have to write that code yourself. So you get the path on which the user wants to save as return from the saveDialog method. Using that path you can call save method on the InDesign document object

-Manan

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