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Hey, that was far more hard than I thought!
This script appears to be working -- but, admittedly, I only tested it with a 20-page document and some random reiterations. Run on a copy of your document, and holler if it ain't right. (And, boyo, do I hope it works ...)
You can fill in your new order in the first line, comma separated. You can also enter a range, like "5-10", if you happen to have a few pages in the original order. All numbers should be entered inbetween the quotes on one single line.
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Here's yet another approach: (This is a script I wrote quite a long time ago, so please excuse the style) 
if (app.documents.length == 0){exit()}
reRun = movePages();
while (reRun){reRun = movePages()}
function movePages(){
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var origPN =[];
for (var i=0;i<doc.pages.length;i++){
// var myPN = doc.pages.extractLabel("pageNumber");
if (doc.pages.extractLabel("pageNumber") == ""){
doc.pages.insertLabel("pageNumber",doc.pages.name);
}
origPN.push(doc.pages.extractLabel("pageNumber"));
}
var myDialog = app.dialogs.add({name:"Move Pages",canCancel:true});
with(myDialog){
with(dialogColumns.add()){
with(borderPanels.add()){
with(dialogColumns.add()){
staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Old Page Number:"});
staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"New Page Number:"});
staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Rerun Script on OK:"});
}
with(dialogColumns.add()){
var oldPNDD = dropdowns.add( {stringList: origPN, selectedIndex: 0} );
var newPNField = textEditboxes.add({});
var reRunCB = checkboxControls.add({checkedState:true})
}
}
}
}
var myResult = myDialog.show();
if(myResult == true){
var oldPN = oldPNDD.selectedIndex;
var newPN = newPNField.editContents;
var reRun = reRunCB.checkedState;
myDialog.destroy();
}else{myDialog.destroy();exit()}
myReplPage = findPage(newPN,doc);
if (myReplPage == null){alert ("Invalid Page");exit()}
myOrigPage = findOrigPage(origPN[oldPN],doc);
if (myOrigPage.documentOffset > myReplPage.documentOffset){
myOrigPage.move(LocationOptions.before,myReplPage);
}else{
myOrigPage.move(LocationOptions.after,myReplPage);
}
return reRun
}
function findPage(myPage,doc){
for (var i=0;i<doc.pages.length;i++){
if (doc.pages.name == myPage){
return doc.pages;
}
}
return null;
}
function findOrigPage(myPage,doc){
for (var i=0;i<doc.pages.length;i++){
if (doc.pages.extractLabel("pageNumber") == myPage){
return doc.pages
}
}
}
It went along with this accompanying script to clear out the saved page positions:
if (app.documents.length == 0){exit()}
var doc = app.activeDocument;
for (var i=0;i<doc.pages.length;i++){
doc.pages.insertLabel("pageNumber","");
}
shiramozes wrote:
I got Error 23 does not have a value on Line 25. I tried it on two files and got the same error.
I am using ID CS4.
Hi shiramozes,
I can't explain the reason of this error -- sorry 
I tried my script on a 220-page document with this reordering string:
var order = "20, 1-4, 101-150, 19, 18, 17, 21-100, 5, 16, 6, 15, 201-220,7, 14, 8, 13, 151-200,9, 12, 10-11";
The script made the job in less than 8 seconds.
Could you show me the order you've used?
@+
Marc
There are substantial differences in applied logic!
- I think Harbs' script marks each page with a unique id, so after shuffling he still can find the "original" (unshuffled) page number (right?)
- Marc's way is going over the shuffled pages and storing a reference to each one in a stack (the 'push' stuff). Then he goes over this stack, 'popping' off the pages in the correct order. Very cunning.
- I went for the "why" -- why do you get confused when you have to shuffle the pages? Because some of the page numbers get out of whack; others stay unchanged. Why? Took me a bit of experimenting to get it right.
I think all scripts run in the same time because all the sorting, pushing, labeling, and looping doesn't really take much time. It's when the script actually has to move pages around that it slows down (the amount of internal data to consider is .. considerable). Since each script ultimately has to deliver the document in the same shuffled order (did you actually check? 
) and we are all smart enough to only move each page once, all 3 scripts take just about as long.
At one point, I received another error (a mismatch error if I recall correctly) but it did continue running. Could it be that I had a duplicate there?
Ah, I see I forgot to stop the script on this particular error ... It happens when you have a duplicate or non-consecutive page numbers in the "order" string. I'm surprised it kept on running anyway 
Best to stop the script, just in case it happens again. After this line
alert ("Mismatch from "+sorted+" to "+sorted[a+1]);
simply add a new line
exit(0);
before the closing brace. It does what it says: exit the script (in this case, back to the InDesign UI).
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