Trying to Export All Document Stories to RTF via Scripting

[M.Hasanin]

Hi Experts,

Im trying to export all document stories to RTF File, it shouid be simple task but the following script only export one story not all the stories, can you please help to identify the problem? and thanks a lot in advance :

var myDoc = app.activeDocument
var mystories = myDoc.stories.everyItem();
var nfolder1 = "~/Desktop";
var fName = "myFile";
var nFile=new File("~/Desktop/myFile.rtf");
mystories.exportFile(ExportFormat.RTF, nFile);
alert("Exporting Document to RTF Done!");
if (nFile.exists) 
nFile.execute(); 

[Derek Cross]

You need Text Exporter from Rorohiko:

https://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/indesign-downloads/textexporter-4/?fbclid=IwAR0mGcHtR723Jox4oe5Dq...

[M.Hasanin]

Thanks a lot @Derek Cross but i just want to do it by script

[Peter Kahrel]

Click the link that Derek posted and you'll see this statement:

"TextExporter 4 can export all the stories of an InDesign document into a single file."

It is a script.

[M.Hasanin]

@Peter Kahrel  Thanks a lot

[M.Hasanin]

@Peter Kahrel  But Version 4 is Extension!/Plugin , and with this way i will not be able to continue my script developing, unlucky this is not what i was seeking for!, please advice me?

[Kasyan Servetsky · Accepted solution]

Check out the 'ExportAllStories.jsx' in the \Scripts Panel\Samples\JavaScript folder:

It makes a separate text file for each story.

Here's a script that puts them on a page-by-page basis into a single file. It was made for CS3 but still works in 2022.

Hope it helps!

— Kas

[M.Hasanin]

@Kasyan Servetsky 

Thanks a lot, yes thats help a lot

[HB44]

I am trying to get this script to work in 2024. I am getting errors. Does anyone know how to make it work in newer versions?

[HB44]

 

[Peter Kahrel]

Tag the script author's name: @Kasyan Servetsky 

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@HB44

Something went wrong when you extracted jsx file from the zip package - the line with the error should be like this:

myStory = myPage.textFrames[t].parentStory;

[t] is missing. 

You should try to extract it again. 

[Kasyan Servetsky]

@HB44You're trying to run an old & buggy version. Make sure to download the latest version from my site here. Note there's _CS3 in the file name (instead of _Kas). Though it was written for CS3, it still works in version 19.1 — just tested it on my Mac.