AppleScript to check all pages within one Indesign (CS6) document have same size.

[Guest]

I have bunch of InDesign (CS6) documents containing different page sizes (some are designed for a particular device and some are designed for multiple devices using alternate layouts). I need to assure all page sizes are same before I run a particular script.

So I need a Applescript which can request a folder location of closed files and then open and run through the InDesigns in that folder (ignoring any other files) and then open a text file report saying all page sizes are same or not. (Sorry! for my English)

Any help is much appreciated!

[-hans-]

Hi,

var selFolder = Folder.selectDialog();
var inddFiles = selFolder.getFiles('*.indd');
l = inddFiles.length;
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.NEVER_INTERACT;
while(l--)
{
currDoc = app.open(inddFiles, false);
allPagesBounds = currDoc.pages.everyItem().bounds;
currDocPagesWidthHeight = new Array();
for(var b = 0; b < allPagesBounds.length; b++)
{
    h = allPagesBounds[2];
    w = allPagesBounds[3] - allPagesBounds[1];
    resString = '' + currDoc.pages.name + ': ' + w + ' x ' + h + '\n';
    currDocPagesWidthHeight.push(resString)
        }
toFile(currDoc.name.replace(/indd/,''), currDocPagesWidthHeight.join(''));
currDoc.close(SaveOptions.NO);
    }
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.INTERACT_WITH_ALL;
function toFile(targetName, pwh)
{
    targetFile = File(selFolder + '/' + targetName + 'txt')
    targetFile.open('w');
    targetFile.write(pwh);
    targetFile.close()
        }

quick'n dirty this should list all pagesizes of indd-docs of a chosen folder in the chosen folder with matching inddDocName.

Docs will open faceless ... Javascript.

Hope it'll be of some help

Hans-Gerd Claßen

[-hans-]

good morning,

changed it a bit. this'll only write a reportfile if there are pages with different pagesizes.

#target Indesign
var selFolder = Folder.selectDialog();
var inddFiles = selFolder.getFiles('*.indd');
l = inddFiles.length;
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.NEVER_INTERACT;
while(l--)
{
currDoc = app.open(inddFiles, false);
allPagesBounds = currDoc.pages.everyItem().bounds;
currDocPagesWidthHeight = new Array();
for(var b = 0; b < allPagesBounds.length; b++)
{
    h = allPagesBounds[2];
    w = allPagesBounds[3] - allPagesBounds[1];
    resString = '' + currDoc.pages.name + ': ' + w + ' x ' + h + '\n';
    currDocPagesWidthHeight.push(resString)
        }
    var samePageSizesOrNot = checkUnique(currDocPagesWidthHeight);
    switch(samePageSizesOrNot)
    {
        case false : 
toFile(currDoc.name.replace(/indd/,''), currDocPagesWidthHeight.join(''));
currDoc.close(SaveOptions.NO);
break;
default : currDoc.close(SaveOptions.NO);
break;
}
    }
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.INTERACT_WITH_ALL;
function toFile(targetName, pwh)
{
    targetFile = File(selFolder + '/' + targetName + 'txt')
    targetFile.open('w');
    targetFile.write(pwh);
    targetFile.close()
        }
function checkUnique(someArray) { 
         var obj = {}  ;  
    var tmpArray = []  ;  
         for (var i = 0; i < someArray.length; i++) { 
                 var currItem = someArray;  
        if (! obj[currItem]) {        
            obj[currItem] = true ;  
                                     tmpArray.push(currItem);  
            } ;
                 }; 
    if (tmpArray.length === 1)
    {
        return true;
        }else{
            return false;}
            };

[Guest]

Thank you soooo much Hans!

This is really great! Could it be possible to run on a bunch of folders and subfolders and in the end create a single txt file report?

Thanks,

Hasi

[-hans-]

sure,

still no error-handling included, so use on own risk 😉 ...

#target Indesign
var selFolder = Folder.selectDialog();
if(!selFolder) {exit();};
var allFiles = selFolder.getFiles('*.*');
var currDate = getDate();
 var currLogFile = File(selFolder.toString() + '/' + currDate + 'pagesSizeLogFile.txt');
 doStuff(allFiles);
 currLogFile.execute();
 function doStuff(filesFoldersArray){
var l = filesFoldersArray.length;
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.NEVER_INTERACT;
while(l--)
{
  var   currItem = filesFoldersArray;
if(currItem instanceof(Folder)){
    nextItems = currItem.getFiles('*.*');
    doStuff(nextItems);
    }
    else if (    currItem.displayName.indexOf('indd') != -1){
    currDoc = app.open(currItem, false);
allPagesBounds = currDoc.pages.everyItem().bounds; 
currDocPagesWidthHeight = [currDoc.fullName.toString() + ':\n']; 
for(var b = 0; b < allPagesBounds.length; b++) {
    h = allPagesBounds[2];
    w = allPagesBounds[3] - allPagesBounds[1];
    resString = '' + currDoc.pages.name + ': ' + w + ' x ' + h + '\n';
    currDocPagesWidthHeight.push(resString)
        }
    var samePageSizesOrNot = checkUnique(currDocPagesWidthHeight);
    switch(samePageSizesOrNot)
    {
        case false : 
toFile(currDocPagesWidthHeight.join(''));
currDoc.close(SaveOptions.NO);
break;
default : currDoc.close(SaveOptions.NO); break; }
    }
}
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.INTERACT_WITH_ALL;
}
function toFile(pwh)
{
        currLogFile.open('a');
    currLogFile.write(pwh);
    currLogFile.close()
        }
function checkUnique(someArray) { 
           var tmpArray = []  ;  
    var tmpString = '';
         for (var i = 1; i < someArray.length; i++) { 
             currItem = someArray;
             if (tmpString.indexOf(currItem.slice(2,-1)) === -1){
                tmpString = tmpString + ' ' + currItem;
                                     tmpArray.push(currItem);  
            } ;
                 }; 
    if (tmpArray.length === 1)
    {
        return true;
        }else{
            return false;}
            };
        function getDate(){
    var d = new Date();
var day = d.getDate();
if(day < 10){day = '0' + day;};
var month = d.getMonth() +1;
if(month < 10){month = '0' + month;};
var year = '' + d.getFullYear();
var hours = d.getHours();
var minutes = d.getMinutes();
var seconds = d.getSeconds();
 var dateString = month + day  + year.substring(2) + '_'  + hours + minutes + seconds + '_';
 return dateString;
 }

[Cooroo]

Puzzled - surely this is Java not Applescript as requested??

[-hans-]

It's a javascript (Extendscript) and will run on both mac and pc

[Cooroo]

Thought so. Just OP asked for AS and seemed happy with JS! I think I need to learn JS... I am too stuck in my ways!