[Javascript] How to get InDesign version number?

[alexanderl91789978]

Hello,

which function/variable gives me the current installed  InDesign version number(s)?

Best regards

Alexander

[Eric Dumas]

Hi,

If you are on a Windows computer, from the Help menu, or on  an AppleMac, on the top left, click on on Adobe InDesign.

From there look for the About Adobe InDesign.

Or, I misunderstood your question, and you want the number to appear dynamically in your document?

[alexanderl91789978]

Hey,

I think I should have clarified, that I need the Javascript function for this haha!

Best regards

Alexander

[Peter Kahrel · Accepted solution]

app.version returns the version number of InDesign that your script is running in.

[alexanderl91789978]

Great, thank you! 

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

Hi Alexander,

all currently installed versions?

If you need the target strings for all installed InDesign versions you could do:

var allInDesignVersionsInstalled = [];

for( var n=0; n<apps.length; n++ )
{
	if( apps[n].match(/^indesign/) )
	{
		allInDesignVersionsInstalled[ allInDesignVersionsInstalled.length++ ] =
		apps[n] ;
	};
};

alert( allInDesignVersionsInstalled.join("\r") );

Below an example result from my Windows machine:

Your result could be different.

If you want to get the exact version strings you have to open all installed versions by using a target statement and read out app.version.

#target indesign-15.064
app.version // Result: 15.0.1.209

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[Herman6C19]

Thanks a lot!. so maybe i'll assume the ".064" and ".032" means 64bit and 32bit i guess?

[dublove]

HI @Laubender 

How to get the version number of the current open.
And the year in “Adobe InDesign 2024” or “Adobe InDesign 2025”.

[Laubender]

@dublove asked: " How to get the version number of the current open.
And the year in “Adobe InDesign 2024” or “Adobe InDesign 2025”. "

Hi @dublove ,

like I said in 2020 above, you get the version with app.version.

And, at least with the recent InDesign versions the year is part of the name of the application.

var appVers = app.version;
var appName = unescape( File( app.fullName ).name );
alert
(
"Version: " + appVers +"\r" +
appName
);

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

[dublove]

Thank you very much

[Kasyan Servetsky · Accepted solution]

Here I wrote a couple of functions that return InDesign versions in a human-friendly format: e.g "CC 2019" or "2020".