[JS]: Is there anyway to change a document's name?

[alexthebake]

Is there anyway to change a document's name? Or create a document with a certain name?

I'm looking at the JavaScript reference, and it says that document.name is a readonly value. Is this entirely true / is there any other way to change the name of a document?

Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks!

[Vamitul]

app.documents.add ([showingWindow: bool=true][, documentPreset: DocumentPreset][, withProperties: Object])

the main interest for you is the "withProperties" part.

[alexthebake]

I'm new to javascript so bear with me :c

I don't fully understand the type Object. Since there is no specific reference for withProperties, I don't get how I would insert the parameters I need into a variable of the type "Object"

Is there somewhere I can see this?

[Vamitul]

ok.. my mistake. i just tried it and it doesn't work.

Apparently the ony way to chage the name of the document is by saving it with (another) filename

var d=app.documents.add(false);

d.save("d:\mytestdoc.indd");

alert(d.name);

[Peter Kahrel · Accepted solution]

You can change the name of a document in two ways:

1. Open it, save it under a different name, and delete the original.

2. Don't open the document, use JavaScirpt's File object to rename the document. Details can be found in the JavaScript Tools Guide, accessed from your ESTK in the Help menu.

Peter

[Velprakash]

Hi Alex,

  Use this...

myDocument = app.activeDocument;

path = myDocument.fullName;

alert(path);

var x = path.toString().replace("oldName", "NewName");  

//OldName is ur file's name. newName is the name u want to save it.

myDocument.save(File(x));

With Regards,

Vel.