How to close a document opened from attached documents

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July 5, 2021
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Hello.

I would like to close by script a document opened from an attachment of another document:

I tried with the following code :

this.fileToClose = app.openDoc("DocToClose.pdf",this);
this.fileToClose.closeDoc(true)

It works when the document is opened from anywhere, but not when it is an attachment.

Is there a way to do it similarly but for an attachment?

Many thanks in advance for your help.

JavaScript

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try67

Community Expert

You have to get a reference to this Document object in order to be able to close it.

If the file is disclosed then it should appear in the activeDocs array and then you would be able to close it from there. Otherwise you will have to open it yourself using a script, and maintain a variable that's pointing to it. I also suggest you examine the path property of the attached file to see how it referenced internally.

PasGlopAuthor

Inspiring

The file is disclosed and with this line, I can see the concerned file (among others) when I display the content of "aFiles" :

var aFiles = app.activeDocs.filter(function(a){return this.path!=a.path;}).map(function(a){return a.documentFileName;});

But, despite all my efforts today, I am unable to find the way to close THE document I need among all those are opened (the one opened from the master PDF with this code) :

this.exportDataObject({ cName: "TEST.pdf", nLaunch: 2 });

Could you tell me, please, where I can find a sample to read, learn and transpose? for now i'm completely stuck on this topic...