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davidd87907370
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May 30, 2017
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file.Save() is not a function

  • May 30, 2017
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I'm trying to create a script to save a folder full of FM files to TEXT.

My script is running fine until I get to file.Save() and I get a 'file.Save is not a function' error. Can someone help understand where this has gone wrong? Thank you.

var selectedFolder = Folder.selectDialog ("Select Folder with Source Files");
if(selectedFolder != null){
    myFolder = new Folder(selectedFolder);
    var myFiles = myFolder.getFiles("*.fm");
}else{
    alert('Could not access that folder');
}
if(myFiles.length > 0){
    listFiles(myFiles);
}else{
    alert('No FrameMaker files found in this folder');
}
function listFiles(selectedFiles){
    for(var i = 0; i< selectedFiles.length; i++){
     saveAsText(selectedFiles);
    }
    return true;
}
//~ https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1819414
function saveAsText (file) {
   // Replace the hash and file extension
  var newName = file.absoluteURI.replace (/\.[\S\.^\.\\]+$/,".txt");   
  // Get required parameters for the save function.
  var params = GetSaveDefaultParams();
 var returnParamsp = new PropVals();
 var saveName = file.rename(newName);
  if(file.error ){
    alert( "ERROR:" + file.error + " FILE:" + newName);
  }
  var i = GetPropIndex(params, Constants.FS_FileType);
  params.propVal.ival = Constants.FV_SaveFmtText;
 // Save the document as TXT.
  file.Save(saveName, params, returnParamsp);
  return true;
}
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Correct answer frameexpert

Thanks so much for all of the help.

Now however, in openDocOrBook() Open() is returning an invalidobject and PrintOpenStatus is telling me FV_BadFileName (specified filename was invalid) in the FM console. Do you know what could be causing this?


What are you passing as the filename argument to the getDocument function? If you have a file object, you should pass the fsName property, which is the platform-specific, absolute path to the file.

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frameexpert
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frameexpertCommunity Expert
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May 30, 2017

Here is a function that I have that works:

function saveToText (doc) {    
    
    var params, returnParams, saveName, i;
    
    saveName = doc.Name.replace(/\.fm$/i, ".txt");
    returnParams = new PropVals();
    params = GetSaveDefaultParams();
    i = GetPropIndex (params, Constants.FS_FileType);
    params.propVal.ival = Constants.FV_SaveFmtText;
    i = GetPropIndex (params, Constants.FS_SaveTextTblSetting);
    params.propVal.ival = Constants.FV_SaveTblUserPref;
    doc.Save (saveName, params, returnParams);
    PrintSaveStatus (returnParams);
    
}

As I look at your code, the problem is that you need to open each document in FrameMaker in order to save it. The Save method is valid on a Doc object and the only way to get a Doc object is to open the file with FrameMaker.

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davidd87907370Author
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May 30, 2017

As I look at your code, the problem is that you need to open each document in FrameMaker in order to save it. The Save method is valid on a Doc object and the only way to get a Doc object is to open the file with FrameMaker.

Do you mean physically open the file in Frame and then run the script?

Or do I use something like

function listFiles(selectedFiles){
    for(var i = 0; i< selectedFiles.length; i++){
        var myFile = new File(selectedFiles);
        myFile.open();
       saveAsText(myFile);
        myFile.close();
    }
    return true;
}

inside of my listFiles function?

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