combine multiple files into one

[BEGINNER_X]

Hi All,

Request:

1. Need to combine multiple files into one

2. User already created destination doc

3. Folder contains around 30 files(all files having 1 page only)

4. Need to move one by one

Script:

1. Got this script from forum (Combine multiple documents)

2. by using forum script, the output comes wrongly (comes side by side)

Wrong output using below script:

Needed Output:

Modified slightly:

#target indesign
// set the destination document as the active document.
var destination_doc = app.activeDocument;
destination_doc.documentPreferences.allowPageShuffle = true;  
destination_doc.spreads[-1].allowPageShuffle = true;  

// select the source folder
var sourceFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Select a folder with source InDesign files.");
var fileList = sourceFolder.getFiles();
fileList.sort();

for ( var i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++ ) {
    var source_file = fileList;

    if ( source_file instanceof File && source_file.name.match(/\.indd$/i)) {
        app.open(source_file);
        var source_doc = app.open(source_file);  
        var sourcePages = app.activeDocument.pages.item(0);
        sourcePages.duplicate(LocationOptions.AFTER, source_doc.pages.item(0));
        sourcePages.move(LocationOptions.AFTER, destination_doc.pages.item(-1));
        app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.NO);
    }
}

Thanks in Advance

Siraj

[milligramme · Accepted solution]

Hi

you should duplicate/move a spread instead of a page.

try simply modify around L18 - 20 like below.

        var source_doc = app.open(source_file);    
        var sourceSpreads = app.activeDocument.spreads.item(0);  
        sourceSpreads.duplicate(LocationOptions.AFTER, source_doc.spreads.item(0));  
        sourceSpreads.move(LocationOptions.AFTER, destination_doc.spreads.item(-1));  
        app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.NO);  

thank you

[Trevor:]

Hi Siraj

Your answers here Re: Pages sticking together after moving to a different document

This is a summary

My post:

I added an extra page before duplicating the odd size page and then I removed the page with myPage.Remove()

Response:

I added a page to the destination document and then deleted it after I was done adding the pages, and it worked!!!

Thank you very much Trevor, you're the man!

In other words use this process (pseudocode)

var tempPage = doc.pages.add();

sourcePage.move / duplicate (etc...);

tempPage.remove();

HTH

Trevor

[BEGINNER_X]

Hi Legends (Milli/Trevor),

First of all., Thank you for spending valuable time for me....

Milli: I tested your code, it is working for me.

Trevor: Still not tested. Hope your code always works well for me.

Again thanks a lot!!!

[Trevor:]

Yep, in your cases milligrams solution is much better