Call Exe file from InDesign using Java Script

[_byomokesh_]

Hi All,

I have write one script file to run exe file. But I got error "ActiveXObject does not have constructor". Please anyone advice me why showing this error.

My Script
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MyObject = new ActiveXObject( "WScript.Shell" )

MyObject.Run("file:///C:/Program Files/Eps10/bin/epsilon.exe");


I would like thankful to help this.

Thanks
Byomokesh

[_Olav_Kvern_]

Hi Byomokesh--

What you have posted is VBScript, not JavaScript. JavaScript--at least ExtendScript, the flavor of JavaScript used by InDesign--does not know anything about ActiveXObjects.

But you can use the execute method to run a file. Something like this (this is JavaScript):

var myFile = File("/c/Program Files/Microsoft Office/Visio11/Visio.exe");
myFile.execute();

Thanks,

Ole

[_byomokesh_]

Thanks Ole,

[_byomokesh_]

Hi Ole,

I am struggling some issue. That exe file is to converting .xml to .txt files. I want that txt file is come automatically in InDesign Document.

I have tried that but i m struggling how i catch that .txt (file name) usign jaga script. I m using ID CS3 (WIN). InDesign has only import XML (myDocument.importXML) but how i ll call import this TXT file.

Thanks
Byomokesh

[_byomokesh_]

Yes I got

thanks
Byomokesh