We are using WoodWing's Content Station and Smart Connection.
We recently lost several months worth of articles from the system. So I am pulling articles off of the InDesign pages using the script listed below (ExportAllText.jsx), which exports all of the text from the page to either a .txt or .rft document. Since our articles in WoodWing are .wcml, I was hoping I could export the text in this format.
There are 2 modifications I would like to make on the script:
1. I want to name the exported text file the same name of the InDesign page (example: vds-06.04-a1) instead of having to input a name each time.
2. I want to do away with the dialog box and set it to export to .txt (or .wcml) and add the separator line.
Thanks.
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if(app.documents.length != 0){
if(app.documents.item(0).stories.length != 0){
myGetFileName(app.documents.item(0).name);
}
}
//========================= FUNCTIONS ===========================
function myGetFileName(myDocumentName){
var myFilePath = File.saveDialog("Save Exported File As:");
if(myFilePath != null){
myDisplayDialog(myDocumentName, myFilePath);
}
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function myDisplayDialog(myDocumentName, myFilePath){
//Need to get export format, story separator.
var myExportFormats = ["RTF", "Tagged Text", "Text Only"];
var myDialog = app.dialogs.add({name:"ExportAllStories"});
with(myDialog.dialogColumns.add()){
with(dialogRows.add()){
with(dialogColumns.add()){
var myExportFormatDropdown = dropdowns.add({stringList:myExportFormats, selectedIndex:0});
}
}
with(dialogRows.add()){
var myAddSeparatorCheckbox = checkboxControls.add({staticLabel:"Add separator line", checkedState:true});
}
}
var myResult = myDialog.show();
if(myResult == true){
var myExportFormat = myExportFormats[myExportFormatDropdown.selectedIndex];
var myAddSeparator = myAddSeparatorCheckbox.checkedState;
myDialog.destroy();
myExportAllText(myDocumentName, myFilePath, myExportFormat, myAddSeparator);
}
else{
myDialog.destroy();
}
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function myExportAllText(myDocumentName, myFilePath, myExportFormat, myAddSeparator){
var myPage, myStory;
var myExportedStories = [];
var myTempFolder = Folder.temp;
var myTempFile = File(myTempFolder + "/tempTextFile.txt");
var myNewDocument = app.documents.add();
var myDocument = app.documents.item(myDocumentName);
var myTextFrame = myNewDocument.pages.item(0).textFrames.add({geometricBounds:myGetBounds(myNewDocument, myNewDocument.pages.item(0))});
var myNewStory = myTextFrame.parentStory;
for (var i = 0; i < myDocument.pages.length; i++) {
myPage = myDocument.pages.item(i);
for (var t = 0; t < myPage.textFrames.length; t++){
myStory = myPage.textFrames.parentStory;
if (!IsInArray(myStory.id, myExportedStories)) {
//Export the story as tagged text.
myStory.exportFile(ExportFormat.taggedText, myTempFile);
myExportedStories.push(myStory.id);
//Import (place) the file at the end of the temporary story.
myNewStory.insertionPoints.item(-1).place(myTempFile);
//If the imported text did not end with a return, enter a return
//to keep the stories from running together.
if(i != myDocument.stories.length -1){
if(myNewStory.characters.item(-1).contents != "\r"){
myNewStory.insertionPoints.item(-1).contents = "\r";
}
if(myAddSeparator == true){
myNewStory.insertionPoints.item(-1).contents = "----------------------------------------\r";
}
}
} // if not exported
} // for text frames
} // for pages
switch(myExportFormat){
case "Text Only":
myFormat = ExportFormat.textType;
myExtension = ".txt"
break;
case "RTF":
myFormat = ExportFormat.RTF;
myExtension = ".rtf"
break;
case "Tagged Text":
myFormat = ExportFormat.taggedText;
myExtension = ".txt"
break;
}
myNewStory.exportFile(myFormat, File(myFilePath));
myNewDocument.close(SaveOptions.no);
myTempFile.remove();
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function myGetBounds(myDocument, myPage){
var myPageWidth = myDocument.documentPreferences.pageWidth;
var myPageHeight = myDocument.documentPreferences.pageHeight
if(myPage.side == PageSideOptions.leftHand){
var myX2 = myPage.marginPreferences.left;
var myX1 = myPage.marginPreferences.right;
}
else{
var myX1 = myPage.marginPreferences.left;
var myX2 = myPage.marginPreferences.right;
}
var myY1 = myPage.marginPreferences.top;
var myX2 = myPageWidth - myX2;
var myY2 = myPageHeight - myPage.marginPreferences.bottom;
return [myY1, myX1, myY2, myX2];
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function IsInArray(myString, myArray) {
for (x in myArray) {
if (myString == myArray) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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