export jpg with specific filename

[ETH2]

I have generated 500 labels with a XML file. On each label there is a number and a name.

What I now need to do is export it to JPG files.

The difficult part is I want to make the file names the "number" "underscore" "name" so for axemple 12345_Tom.

I have taged the number and name with "number" and "name".

Is there a way to do this with a script? I am not a programmer but a designer so I do not know that much about javascript and scripts in Indesign.

I hope somebody can help me!

[Kees_van_Daalen]

Could you show a snippet of xml?

What is it that you want to export?

[ETH2]

I want to generate jpg files.

The xml is for example:

<labels>

     <label>

          <number>12345</number>

          <name>Tom</name>

     </labels>

     <label>

          <number>12346</number>

          <name>Chris</name>

     </label>

</labels>

I want the jpg's to have the filename's:

12345_Tom.jpg

12346_Chris.jpg

[Kees_van_Daalen]

Did you import the xml in the document?

Are there any images in the document that you want to export?

[ETH2]

I have imported the xml, there are no images used.

The labels are fine there is no problem with the xml import or with the indesign file.

The problem is with the jpg export.

I can not controle the jpg filenames that every label gets, I can only give the first jpg label a name and the rest of the jpg labels have the same name including a number (1,2,3, etc..).

My question is, is this possible with a script?

[2i_Geert]

Yes it is possible via scripting but you have to loop over each pageItem that you want to export and pass the desired filename:

pageItem.exportFile(ExportFormat.JPG, new File(filename));

[ETH2]

I have tryed the script but I get a error "pageItem is undefined".

How can I link "pagItem" to a text field?

Sorry like i mentioned I am a designer and not a programmer so this is not everyday work for me.

[Kees_van_Daalen]

You need to place every label in a textframe:

var labels = app.activeDocument.xmlElements[0].xmlElements;

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

var myPage = app.activeDocument.pages.add();

var myTextFrame = myPage.textFrames.add({geometricBounds:[0,0,100,100]});

myTextFrame.placeXML(labels);

}

This script loops through every label and places it in a textframe on a new page.