What am I doing wrong? (PDF Export via script from InDesign)

[n0ugh7_za]

I want to change a few PDF export settings and then export a PDF of the active document. I didn't win with using the script to change the settings, so instead, I made a PDF export preset (.joboptions file).

How do I select that preset when I export using the script?

app.activeDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.pdfType, File("testDocument.pdf"), true, PDFExportPreset.MyPDFPreset);

 

[Peter Kahrel]

app.pdfExportPresets.item ('[Smallest File Size]')

P.

[n0ugh7_za]

sorry I'm confused, that still isn't working for me?

[Peter Kahrel]

Try this, where you named the preset you created 'My own preset':

myPreset = app.pdfExportPresets.item ('My own preset');
app.activeDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.pdfType, File("testDocument.pdf"), true, myPreset);

[n0ugh7_za]

Ah perfect!

[n0ugh7_za]

it runs with no errors, but it's still defaulting to [High Quality Print].

[n0ugh7_za]

it must be something wrong with my syntax because if I try to select [Press Quality], this way, it still defaults to [High Quality Print]

[Peter Kahrel]

If it were a syntax error, InDesign would have thrown an error. Do you have any spaces or or other funny characters in the name of your preset? (I can't believe I put spaces in me example!) Use only unaccented letters and digits in the preset name. No spaces. You can use underscore characters for spaces if you want.

[n0ugh7_za]

none, I thought the same thing, so I changed the name to just a word "jetline"

[n0ugh7_za]

I put in an alert to show me what is actually being referenced and it looks like its getting

[object PDFExportPreset] which I'm guessing is where the issue is?

var myPreset = app.pdfExportPresets.item ("jetline");
    alert("This will pre-apply the export preset: "+myPreset);
    app.activeDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.pdfType,   File("exported_from_IDT"+cleanFileName+".pdf"), false, myPreset);

[Peter Kahrel]

You still don't check whether the preset exists. Do this:

alert (app.pdfExportPresets.item ("jetline").isValid);

which shows an alert saying 'true' or 'false'.

(I've never seen the behaviour you describe.)

[n0ugh7_za]

it's coming back true, but still doesn't select it.

[karthikS]

Hi nough7_za,

Try below code:

var selectedPdfPreset = '[Press Quality]';
var name = "C:\\Users\\karthiks\\Desktop\\Demo\\karthik.pdf"
app.activeDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.pdfType, name, false, selectedPdfPreset);

Thanks, 

Karthik S

[Peter Kahrel]

Karthik -- The preset should be an object, not a string.