Scripting Error for exporting document pages as individual file

Question

Hi,

I got the following script code from a previous InDesign thread about 1.5 years ago but it's not working in the current version of InDesign. Can someone help me with what to edit in the script for it to work? Right now the only error I get is this:

This is the script:

#targetengine "session";
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myPages = app.activeDocument.pages;

// Create a list of paragraph styles
myStyles = app.activeDocument.allParagraphStyles;
var myarray = [];
for (i = 0; i < myStyles.length; i++) {
    myarray.push(get_path(myStyles, myStyles.name));
    if (myStyles.parent.constructor.name == "ParagraphStyleGroup") myarray += " [" + myStyles.parent.name + "]";
}

var w = new Window("palette", "Extract Single Page Files ");
app.activate();
w.alignChildren = "left";

// Radio Group 1  ------------------------------------------------------

var byStyle = w.add("group");
byStyle.alignChildren = "left";
byStyle.orientation = "column";
byStyle.margins = [0, 10, 0, 0];
var FontDropdownGroup = byStyle.add("group");
FontDropdownGroup.add("statictext", undefined, "Paragraph Style: ");
var FontDropdown = FontDropdownGroup.add("dropdownlist", undefined, myarray);
FontDropdown.selection = 0;

var grep_group = w.add("group");
grep_group.alignChildren = "right";
grep_group.margins = [0, 10, 0, 5];
grep_group.add("statictext", undefined, "Show 'highlight' Text For File Naming:");
var checkGrep = grep_group.add("button", undefined, "\u2713");
checkGrep.addEventListener("click", function () {
    check(checkGrep.text)
});

// Radio Group 2  ------------------------------------------------------

var radio_group2 = w.add("group");
var radioType = radio_group2.add("radiobutton", undefined, "Extract Pages Named By Page#");

// Choose Folder  ------------------------------------------------------
var line2 = w.add("panel", [0, 0, 350, 2]);
line2.alignment = 'center';

var folder_group = w.add('group');
folder_group.add("statictext", undefined, "Output Folder: ");
var outfolder = folder_group.add('edittext {characters: 25}');
var pick_button = folder_group.add('iconbutton', undefined, folder_icon(), {
    style: 'toolbutton'
});

pick_button.onClick = function () {
    var f = Folder(outfolder.text).selectDlg('Choose a folder')
    if (f != null) {
        outfolder.text = f.fullName + '/';
}
}
outfolder.onDeactivate = function () {
    if (outfolder.text !== "" && !Folder(outfolder.text).exists) {
        outfolder.text = folder.text += " does not exist";
        w.layout.layout();
        outfolder.active = true;
    } else
    if (outfolder.text !== "" && outfolder.text.slice(-1) !== "/") outfolder.text += "/";
}

// Extact Button  ------------------------------------------------------
var line = w.add("panel", [0, 0, 0, 0]);
line.alignment = 'center';
var buttonExtract = w.add("button", undefined, "Extract Pages");
buttonExtract.addEventListener("click", function () {
    extract(checkGrep.text)
});
buttonExtract.alignment = 'right';


// Radio Event Listeners ------------------------------------------------------
     radio_group2.children[0].value = false;

    radio_group2.addEventListener("click", function () {
    for (var i = 0; i < radio_group2.children.length; i++)
        radio_group2.children.value = true;
});

function check(p) {
    app.activate();

    var FontName = String(FontDropdown.selection);
    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    try {
        highlight_grep(doc, FontName)
    } catch (e) {
        alert("Please Select the Applied Paragraph Style.")
    }
    app.documents[0].layoutWindows[0].screenMode = ScreenModeOptions.previewOff;

    function highlight_grep(doc, FontName) {
        var highlightCondition = check_condition(doc, 'HightlightGrep');
        app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
        if (FontName != "[No Paragraph Style]") {
            app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = String(FontName);
        }
        app.changeGrepPreferences.appliedConditions = [highlightCondition];

        doc.changeGrep();
    }

    function check_condition(doc, n) {
       
        // Delete condition if it exists
        if (doc.conditions.item(n) !== null)
            doc.conditions.item(n).remove();
        doc.conditions.add({
            name: n,
            indicatorColor: [225, 225, 255],
            indicatorMethod: ConditionIndicatorMethod.useHighlight
        });
        return doc.conditions.item(n)
    }
}

function clear(p) {
    app.activate();
    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    if (doc.conditions.item("HightlightGrep") !== null) {
        doc.conditions.item("HightlightGrep").remove();
    }
}

// EXTRACTING THE PAGES ------------------------------------------------------

function extract() {
    clear();
    var myPages = app.activeDocument.pages;
        with(myDoc.metadataPreferences) {
    }
    var FontName = String(FontDropdown.selection);
   
var myFilePath = outfolder.text;
if (myFilePath  !== ""){

}else{
    alert ("Please Select a Folder!")
return;

}

  // Radio2 ------------------------------------------------------       

    if (radioType.value === true) {
    for (i = 0; i < myPages.length; i++){   


   var myFolder = (File(String(myFilePath)));
   myDoc.saveACopy(File(myFolder+"/Page "+myPages.name+".indd"));
   newDoc = app.open(File(myFolder+"/Page "+myPages.name+".indd"), false);
   myDoc.pages.duplicate(LocationOptions.AT_END, newDoc.pages[-1]);
   newDoc.pages.itemByRange(newDoc.pages[0], newDoc.pages[-2]).remove();
   newDoc.close(SaveOptions.YES);
   }
}

   // StyleOption ------------------------------------------------------
   
            if (radioType.value === false) {
            try {
           app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = FontName;
            if (FontName == "[No Paragraph Style]")
            } catch (e) {
             alert("Select a Paragraph Style & Try Again!");
             return;}
         }
  
        if (radioType.value === false) {          
        for (i = 0; i < myPages.length; i++) {
            var text = [];
            var currentPage = myPages;
            for (t = 0; t < currentPage.textFrames.length; t++) {
                var currentFrame = currentPage.textFrames;
                app.findGrepPreferences = null;
                app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
                app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeFootnotes = false;
                app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeHiddenLayers = false;
                app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedLayersForFind = true;
                app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedStoriesForFind = true;
                app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = true;
               
        
        
                  app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = FontName;
                var finds = currentFrame.findGrep();
                if (finds.length > 0) {


                    for (var f = 0; f < finds.length; f++) {
                        text.push(finds.contents);
                    }
                }
            }
            var pageName = String(text.join(', '));
           
            if (pageName === "") {
                var pageName = String("NameError" + i);
            }

            var myFolder = (File(String(myFilePath))); // Create a new file path
            myDoc.saveACopy(File(myFolder + "/" + pageName +".indd"));
            newDoc = app.open(File(myFolder + "/" + pageName +".indd"), false);
            myDoc.pages.duplicate(LocationOptions.AT_END, newDoc.pages[-1]);
            newDoc.pages.itemByRange(newDoc.pages[0], newDoc.pages[-2]).remove();
            newDoc.close(SaveOptions.YES);
        }

        app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;

}

alert("Done Extracting Pages!");
w.close();
}


function get_path(style, style_name) {
    while (style.parent.constructor.name != 'Document');
        return get_path(style.parent, style.parent.name + ' > ' + style_name);
    return style_name;
}


function folder_icon() {
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}
w.show();

Mike Bro · Accepted Answer

That's right. The box cuts off after the Extract Pages by Paragraph Style
radio button
[image: Screen Shot 2020-01-27 at 10.52.34 AM.png]

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Best,
Chasity

this the way it looks on my end........

I'll email you my .jsx file to see if it works for you.

Regards,

Mike

Mike Bro · Answer

Hi,Replace // Create a list of paragraph styles code block (lines 5 thru 11) with the code block below.  // Create a list of paragraph stylesmyStyles = app.activeDocument.allParagraphStyles;var myarray = [];for (i = 0; i < myStyles.length; i++) {myarray.push(get_path(myStyles[i], myStyles[i].name));if (myStyles[i].parent.constructor.name == "ParagraphStyleGroup") myarray[i] += "[" + myStyles[i].parent.name + "]";}Regards,Mike

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