What is the script for page selection when exporting pdf?

[dublove]

I would like to add an export range to the script for exporting pdfs.
There are a lot of scripts on the internet for exporting pdf's, and it seems that they can only call templates, and do not set the export page.
Is there similar information can be recommended to me?

[Manan Joshi]

You can use the pageRange property to set the page range. See the following discussions for code examples

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/export-independently-pdf-with-script/m-p/1478362...

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/export-multiple-page-ranges-to-seperate-pdfs-fro...

API reference

https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#PDFExportPreference.html%23d1e326116

-Manan 

[dublove]

Having looked for too many references, it feels a bit complicated.

https://github.com/MoebiusSt/exportPageRangesToPDF.jsx/blob/main/exportPageRangesToPDFs_v206.jsx

Also read this one above, also super complicated ......

The fire is too bad. It's dizzying to watch.

I just want to receive these four things from the dialog box and add them to the code below:

All pages:
Page range:

Single or cross page

pageRange = PageRange.ALL_PAGES;
pageRange = PageRange.SELECTED_ITEMS;
exportAsSinglePages=0
or
exportAsSinglePages=1

Now it can't set a page number.

/*
原址
https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/can-today-s-date-be-automatically-added-before-the-file-name-when-export-pdf/m-p/15134450
*/
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;


//获取桌面路径
//var desktopPath = "~/Desktop/pdf/";
var desktopPath = Folder.desktop;


var myFileName = myDocument.name.replace(/\.indd$/, ''); // Remove the .indd extension
var myDate = new Date();
var myYear = myDate.getFullYear();
var myMonth = ("0" + (myDate.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2); // Add leading zero
var myDay = ("0" + myDate.getDate()).slice(-2); // Add leading zero
var myFormattedDate = myYear + "-" + myMonth + "-" + myDay;


var myPDFFile = new File(desktopPath + "/" + "pdf" + "/" + myFormattedDate + "-" + myFileName + ".pdf");
//var myPDFFile = new File(myDocument.filePath + "/" + myFormattedDate + "-" + myFileName + ".pdf");

// Create a dialog for selecting the PDF export preset
var myDialog = new Window('dialog', 'Select PDF Export Preset');
myDialog.orientation = 'column';
myDialog.alignChildren = 'left';

var myDropdown = myDialog.add('dropdownlist', undefined, app.pdfExportPresets.everyItem().name);
myDropdown.selection = 0;

var myButtonGroup = myDialog.add('group');
myButtonGroup.orientation = 'row';



myButtonGroup.add('button', undefined, 'OK', { name: 'ok' });
myButtonGroup.add('button', undefined, 'Cancel', { name: 'cancel' });

try {
    if (myDialog.show() == 1) {
        var myPDFExportPreset = app.pdfExportPresets.item(myDropdown.selection.text);
        myDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, myPDFFile, false, myPDFExportPreset);
    } else {
        alert('Export canceled');
    }
}
catch (e) { alert("PDF文件已打开……") }

[rob day]

This is the same with a simple preset dialog

makeDialog();
var pp;   
function makeDialog(){
    var theDialog = app.dialogs.add({name:"Choose a Preset", canCancel:true});
    with(theDialog.dialogColumns.add()){
        pp = dropdowns.add({stringList:app.pdfExportPresets.everyItem().name, selectedIndex:3, minWidth:80});
    }
    if(theDialog.show() == true){
        pp = app.pdfExportPresets.item(pp.selectedIndex);
        main();
        theDialog.destroy();
	}
}

function main(){
    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    //make sure the doc has been saved
    if (!doc.saved) {
        alert("Please Save")
        return
    } 
    //path for the PDF
    var fp = doc.filePath + "/" +  doc.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '') + ".pdf"
    
    //a temporary preset based on PDF/X-4
    var pre = makePDFPreset("Temp", app.pdfExportPresets.itemByName(pp.name));
    //set adjusted properties, setting pagerange and cropmarks here edit as needed
    pre.properties={pageRange:"1", cropMarks:true}
    //export PDF, file path, show dialog, preset
    doc.exportFile(ExportFormat.pdfType, File(fp), false, pre);
    //remove the temp preset
    pre.remove()
} 

function makePDFPreset(n, bo){
    var ps  = app.pdfExportPresets.itemByName(n);
    if (ps.isValid) {
        return ps;
    } else {
        ps = app.pdfExportPresets.add({name:n});
        ps.properties = bo.properties;
        return ps;
    }
}

[dublove]

Hi @rob day 

Thank you very much.

My intention is to add "Export Page Range Settings"  to the existing panel.

Add page setups while calling existing presets.

The following code may be used.

pageRange = PageRange.ALL_PAGES;
pageRange = PageRange.SELECTED_ITEMS;
exportAsSinglePages=0
or
exportAsSinglePages=1

The top side works, the bottom side of the code seems to have an error.

[rob day]

This exports a PDF to the same folder as the InDesign file using PDF/X-4 as the base preset:

//run the main function
main()

function main(){
    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    //make sure the doc has been saved
    if (!doc.saved) {
        alert("Please Save")
        return
    } 
    //path for the PDF
    var fp = doc.filePath + "/" +  doc.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '') + ".pdf"
    
    //a temporary preset based on PDF/X-4
    var pre = makePDFPreset("Temp", app.pdfExportPresets.itemByName("[PDF/X-4:2008]"));
    //set adjusted properties
    pre.properties={pageRange:"1", cropMarks:true}
    //export PDF, file path, show dialog, preset
    doc.exportFile(ExportFormat.pdfType, File(fp), false, pre);
    //remove the temp preset
    pre.remove()
} 

function makePDFPreset(n, bo){
    var ps  = app.pdfExportPresets.itemByName(n);
    if (ps.isValid) {
        return ps;
    } else {
        ps = app.pdfExportPresets.add({name:n});
        ps.properties = bo.properties;
        return ps;
    }
}

[dublove]

Find this.

//DESCRIPTION:Export page ranges with single PDF Export Dialog
// Modified on 02-Mar-2025

pglist = prompt('Page list', '');
path = app.activeDocument.fullName.path;
//pglist = pglist.split(/,\s*/);

// Ask the user to manually configure the export settings once
var pdfFile = new File(path + '/temp_export.pdf');
app.activeDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, pdfFile, true); // Opens dialog once
pdfFile.remove(); // Delete temporary file

// Apply the same settings to the rest
for (i = 0; i < pglist.length; i++) {
    app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = pglist[i];
    var finalPdfFile = new File(path + '/pages_' + pglist[i] + '.pdf');
    app.activeDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, finalPdfFile, false); // Uses the same settings

@rob day 

This next one looks like you wrote it.
It feels more complete, but it seems like the script isn't responding

makeDialog();
var pp, pglist;

function makeDialog(){
    var theDialog = app.dialogs.add({name:"Choose a Preset", canCancel:true});
    with(theDialog.dialogColumns.add()){
        staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Export Preset:"});
        staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Page Range:"});
        
    }
    with(theDialog.dialogColumns.add()){
        pp = dropdowns.add({stringList:app.pdfExportPresets.everyItem().name, selectedIndex:3, minWidth:80});
        pglist = textEditboxes.add({editContents:"", minWidth:350});
    }
    if(theDialog.show() == true){
        pp = app.pdfExportPresets.item(pp.selectedIndex);
        pglist = pglist.editContents.split(',');
        var path = app.activeDocument.fullName.path;
        for (i=0; i<pglist.length; i++){
            app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = pglist[i];
            app.activeDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, File(path+'/pages_'+pglist[i]+'.pdf'), false, pp);
        }
        theDialog.destroy();
	}
}

[rob day · Accepted solution]

This next one looks like you wrote it.
It feels more complete, but it seems like the script isn't responding

Try this:

makeDialog();
//the preset and page range
var pp, pr;
function makeDialog(){
    var theDialog = app.dialogs.add({name:"Choose a Preset", canCancel:true});
    with(theDialog.dialogColumns.add()){
        staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Export Preset:"});
        staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Page Range:"});
    }
    with(theDialog.dialogColumns.add()){
        pp = dropdowns.add({stringList:app.pdfExportPresets.everyItem().name, selectedIndex:3});
        pr = textEditboxes.add({editContents:""});
    }
    if(theDialog.show() == true){
        //dialog results preset and page range
        pp = app.pdfExportPresets.item(pp.selectedIndex);
        pr = pr.editContents.split(',');
        main();
        theDialog.destroy();
	}
}

function main(){
    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    //make sure the doc has been saved
    if (!doc.saved) {
        alert("Please Save")
        return
    } 
    //path for the PDF export
    var fp = doc.filePath + "/" +  doc.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '') + ".pdf"
    //the selected preset to use
    var pre  = app.pdfExportPresets.itemByName(pp.name);
    //the page range (needs to be a string)
    app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = pr.toString()
    //export PDF, file path, show dialog, preset
    doc.exportFile(ExportFormat.pdfType, File(fp), false, pre);
} 

[dublove]

Hi rob day.

This is very nice to learn and use.
Thank you very much.

[dublove]

Hi rob day.

Can I set it to "cross-page" or "single page" here?

I couldn't find it here.
https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#PDFExportPreference.html

It doesn't seem to be pdfPageLayout.

[rob day]

Set exportReaderSpreads to true

[dublove]

Is that so? I can't get it.
Another example, I also don't understand how to get the value of selectedButton.

creFolder(exPDFname);
makeDialog();
//the preset and page range
var pdfPre, getpRange;

//var desktopPath = "~/Desktop/pdf/";
var singlePage, spreadPage;
function makeDialog() {
    var theDialog = app.dialogs.add({ name: "PDF 　", canCancel: true, minHeight: 600, minWidth: 400, });
    with (theDialog.dialogColumns.add()) {
        staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "预设:" });
        staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "范围:" });
    }
    with (theDialog.dialogColumns.add()) {
        pdfPre = dropdowns.add({ stringList: app.pdfExportPresets.everyItem().name, selectedIndex: 18, minWidth: 80 });
        getpRange = textEditboxes.add({ editContents: "" });
    }

    with (theDialog.dialogColumns.add()) {

        var myRangeButtons = radiobuttonGroups.add();
        with (myRangeButtons) {
            singlePage = radiobuttonControls.add({ staticLabel: "singlePage", checkedState: true, value: false });
            spreadPage = radiobuttonControls.add({ staticLabel: "spreadPage", value: true });
        }
    }
    if (theDialog.show() == true) {
        //对话框结果预设值和页面范围　dialog results preset and page range
        pdfPre = app.pdfExportPresets.item(pdfPre.selectedIndex);
        var myRange = myRangeButtons.selectedButton
        getpRange = getpRange.editContents.split(',');
        theDialog.destroy();
    }
}

function main() {
    var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
 myDocumentmake 　sure the myDocument has been saved
    if (!myDocument.saved) {
        alert("Please Save")
        return
    }

    var desktopPath = Folder.desktop;
    var myFileName = myDocument.name.replace(/\.indd$/, ''); // Remove the .indd extension
    var myDate = new Date();
    var myYear = myDate.getFullYear();
    var myMonth = ("0" + (myDate.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-1); // Add leading zero
    var myDay = ("0" + myDate.getDate()).slice(-2); // Add leading zero
    var myPDFFile = new File(desktopPath + "/" + exPDFname + "/" + myFormattedDate + "-" + myFileName + ".pdf");
    myDir = new File(desktopPath + "/" + exPDFname + "/");
    //the selected preset to use
    var preSle = app.pdfExportPresets.itemByName(pdfPre.name);
    app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = getpRange.toString()
    app.pdfExportPreferences.exportReaderSpreads = myRange;
    myDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, false, preSle);
    //the page range (needs to be a string)
}

try {
    main();
    showDialog("已创建于" + myDir, 1000);
}
catch (e) {
    // Call the function
    showDialog("★★你取消　或　 PDF已打开★★", 900);
    exit();
}

[rob day]

Your code throws errors—what's theDialog

[dublove]

Hi rob day.

I have updated the code.

Because it involves calling other local libraries, it is sometimes inconvenient to upload all the code.
You need to create a new "PDF" folder on your desktop.

[dublove]

Hi @rob day 

lease take a look at how the values of singlePage = radiobuttonControls and spreadPage = radiobuttonControls.add are represented.
Thank you.

[rob day]

You are no getting the results from the radio buttons

function main() {
    $.writeln(pdfPre)
    //[object PDFExportPreset]
    $.writeln(getpRange)
    //A string could be text
    $.writeln(singlePage)
    //[object RadiobuttonControl] not the result
    $.writeln(spreadPage)
    //[object RadiobuttonControl] not the result
}

[dublove]

Hi rob day

This sentence is clearly wrong.

spreadPage = radiobuttonControls.add({ staticLabel: “spreadPage”, value: true });

Because I didn't know how to write it, I just made it up.

[dublove]

Is this correct?
app.pdfExportPreferences.exportReaderSpreads = true;
If so, I'm close to success.

[dublove]

Hi rob day.

Thank you very much.

I did it, I found it.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/script-which-exports-spread-page-into-2-single-p...

[dublove]

Sadly, time waits for no one.
Couldn't get the dialog to work.
But this one is available and will have to do.

app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = PageRange.allPages;

Why not ALL_PAGES?

……

It's weird though.
If the last time you used “File >> Export”.
For example:
you only exported page 2, then the first time you line the script, it also only exports page 2.
Immediately after that, you run the script again and it exports all the pages.

What the hell is this?
Did the 1st time not clear the cache from the previous time?