Can an index be programmatically updated with JavaScript

[frameexpert]

Hello All,

I have an index generated from by book and I use some JavaScript code to change the sort order of some of the topics. When I am done changing the topics, I want to update the index from JavaScript. Is it possible to do this? Thanks in advance.

Rick Quatro

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[Dave_Saunders]

I think it's as simple as:

myIndex.update();

where myIndex is a reference to the index you want to update.

Dave

[frameexpert]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the answer. I don't think this will work, though. According to the Adobe documentation:

void update ()

Updates the index preview pane. Note: Does not update the index.

Rick

[Dave_Saunders · Accepted solution]

Ah, you're right. In that case, I think you can just use myIndex.generate() -- all the arguments are optional so if you leave them out, I think it just re-generates the existing index.

Dave

[frameexpert]

Hi Dave,

This appears to be working. Thank you very much.

Rick