Export PDF various sections

[sreekarthik_k]

I needs to export PDF via script. In my document have so many sections. How to do this.

While export the PDF its to to custom

I have copied my code

var printpage =  '16-16.2,26-26.5,12-14'

app.interactivePDFExportPreferences.pageRange = String (printpage);

app.interactivePDFExportPreferences.exportReaderSpreads = false;

pdfname = app.activeDocument.name.replace (".indd", "");

app.activeDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.INTERACTIVE_PDF, new File(app.activeDocument.filePath.fullName + "/" + pdfname +".pdf"),true);

Its throw the below exception and all the pages get pDF

[oleh_melnyk]

What "26.5" means? You can't export half page...

Also, your screenshot didn't show error - it shows exporting options

And while you replacing file extension - you can do in in one pass:

pdfname = app.activeDocument.name.replace (/indd$/, "pdf");

[sreekarthik_k]

No page name 26.5

[sreekarthik_k]

I need help to solve this issue. While exporting the section pages all the pages got exported.

[tpk1982]

But you got answer for this same question from Peter, isn't it?

Re: urgent help export INTERACTIVE_PDF selected page

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

sreekarthik.k@gmail.com wrote:

I need help to solve this issue. While exporting the section pages all the pages got exported.

First find out what is the documentOffset of a page you want to export. That returns a number object.

Then use absolute page names for your export string.

Add 1 to the returned number and transform that number to a string.

Add "+" in front of the string, separate the next name by comma.

Example for the first three pages of a document regardless of naming:

"+1,+2,+3"

More examples:

"+4-" means export 4th page of the document to the end.

"-+4" means export up to and including the 4th page of a document.

Explanation:
You could come accross a document where several pages have the same name.
( And other cases… )

Regards,
Uwe

[Laubender]

You can find some other notations for section numbering in the help files.

Scroll down to Examples of page ranges:

Print documents in InDesign

Regards,
Uwe

[oleh_melnyk]

Well, I knew that it's possible to change page names, but didn't think that someone might want to have pages from 16 to 16.2 or from 26 to 26.5 - this just don't make any sense to me, but anyway, try this and let us know if this works for you

function exportPages(pages){
    app.interactivePDFExportPreferences.pageRange = pages.replace(/[0-9\.]+/g, "+$&");
    app.interactivePDFExportPreferences.exportReaderSpreads = false;
    pdfname = app.activeDocument.name.replace (/indd$/, "pdf");
    app.activeDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.INTERACTIVE_PDF, app.activeDocument.filePath.fullName + "/" + pdfname, true);
}
exportPages("16-16.2,26-26.5,12-14");

[Laubender]

oleh.melnyk wrote:

… didn't think that someone might want to have pages from 16 to 16.2 or from 26 to 26.5 - this just don't make any sense to me …

All's possible. 🙂

Example for page names in order of appearance:
( all strings of course )

16

16.1

16.2

16.3

…

26

26.1

26.2

The ones with the dots will use prefixes.

Uwe

[Laubender]

By using Alternate Layouts this game is getting really funny:

"Benutzerdefiniert" is "User defined" or "Custom" ( don't know how this string will be translated to an English locale ). And here we have another issue: Localized strings come into play as well.

Uwe

[oleh_melnyk]

Hi Uwe,

Well, I think the only logical case for using 26-26.5 pages might be multi-spread, like gatefold or something like that...

[Laubender]

Well, it could also be chapter number with an introductory page and subchapter numbering.

[oleh_melnyk]

It might be anything, but important thing is that if all that is one page (single piece of paper) - then it can be 26-26.5, but if this is different pages in the section - then it's better to use another numbering

[sreekarthik_k]

The same page numbers repeated in some other section that what the export method is not working. I have solved the issue before renumber the section.

Again thanks all and your suggestions.