Activate a profile in Live Preflight - JS

[Peter_Bossens]

I would like to activate an existing Live Preflight profile for the active document.

The code I have is:

var myDocument=app.activeDocument;

var ProfileName = "TestProfile";

var process = app.preflightProcesses.add(myDocument, ProfileName);

process.waitForProcess();

results = process.processResults;

But I get an error that the document is undefined, why?

Thanks,

Peter

[Shonkyin-CF145T]

Hi Peter,

You can generate the report if error found. Please see below code:

var myDocument=app.activeDocument;

var profile = app.preflightProfiles.add();

profile.name = "Test";

profile.description = "Test description";

const RULE_NAME = "ADBE_PageSizeOrientation";

var rule = profile.preflightProfileRules.add(RULE_NAME);

//Requires the page size to be 8.5 in x 11in (Letter Size)

//

//enters a value for tolerance

rule.ruleDataObjects.add("tolerance", RuleDataType.realDataType, 0.01);

//Sets the width  to the point equivalent of 8.5 inches

rule.ruleDataObjects.add("width", RuleDataType.realDataType, 612);

// Sets the width  to the point equivalent of 11 inches

rule.ruleDataObjects.add("height", RuleDataType.realDataType, 792);

//true = ignore orientation is checked

rule.ruleDataObjects.add("ignore_orientation", RuleDataType.booleanDataType, true);

//set the rule to return an error

rule.flag = PreflightRuleFlag.returnAsError;

//Process the doc with the rule

var process = app.preflightProcesses.add(myDocument, profile);

process.waitForProcess();

results = process.processResults;

//If Errors were found

if (results != 'None')

{

    //Export the file to PDF

    //The “true” value selects to open the file after export.

    process.saveReport(File("~/Desktop/preflight.pdf"), true);

}

Shonky

[Shonkyin-CF145T]

And here is your code:

var myDocument=app.activeDocument;

var process = app.preflightProcesses.add(myDocument, app.preflightProfiles.item('TestProfile'));

process.waitForProcess();

results = process.processResults;

if (results != 'None')

{

    //Export the file to PDF

    //The “true” value selects to open the file after export.

    process.saveReport(File("~/Desktop/preflight.pdf"), true);

}

I hope it will help you.

Shonky

[Peter_Bossens]

Shonkyin,

Yes, that works!

Just one more thing: the script uses the right profile to create the report, but afterwards, another ("[Basic] (working)") profile is visible in the palette.

Is there a way to activate a specific profile in InDesign's Live Preflight palette?

Thanks,

Peter

[Shonkyin-CF145T · Accepted solution]

var myDocument=app.activeDocument;

app.preflightOptions.preflightOff = false;

myDocument.preflightOptions.preflightWorkingProfile= 'TestProflie'

Shonky

[Peter_Bossens]

Shonky,

Yes, perfect, thanks a lot!

Peter