how to close folder

[Johnwhite]

Hi experts,

How to make a script for InDesign to close win folder?

something like this:

        var cPath = "~/Desktop/AAA";
        var f = Folder(cPath);
                    f.close();

thanks

regard

John

[Laubender]

Hi John,

close() and open() are no methods of object Folder with ExtendScript.

I'm not sure, I'm no VB Script expert, but you could perhaps do this with VB Script that will be executed by ExtendScript through method doScript().

Regards,
Uwe

[Johnwhite]

thank you Uwe

John

[Mike Bro]

Hi John,

I put this together if you're on a mac

	if(File.fs == "Macintosh"){
	var script = 'tell application "Finder"\ntry\n close(container window of folder "AAA" of desktop)\nend try\nend tell'; +
	app.doScript (script,ScriptLanguage.APPLESCRIPT_LANGUAGE);
	}

Regards,

Mike

[Laubender]

Hi Mike,

I'm not on a Mac right now so I cannot test this, but I wonder if triple fencing with single quotes like in the code below would work:

if(File.fs == "Macintosh")
{
    var script =
    '''
        tell application "Finder"
            try
                close(container window of folder "AAA" of desktop)
            end try
        end tell
    ''';
    app.doScript ( script , ScriptLanguage.APPLESCRIPT_LANGUAGE );
};

That would remove the necessity for ugly line endings.

Regards,
Uwe

[Mike Bro]

Hi Uwe,

I tested on a mac and your version with the triple fencing with single quotes works too!

Regards,

Mike

[Manan Joshi]

Hi Uwe,

I can't find any detail on the uses of triple fenced single quotes, can you share some links about it.

-Manan

[Laubender]

Unfortunately no. I picked this up somewhere here in the forum.

Regards,
Uwe

[Johnwhite]

Thank you Mike

but how to translate it into vbs version?

John

[Mike Bro]

John,

I don't know vbscript and have no way to test it but I'll see what I can come up with. Until then, you might be able to work with the snippet below if you know vbs.

	if (File.fs == "Windows")  {
	var myVbScript = //vbs code
	app.doScript(myVbScript, ScriptLanguage.visualBasic);
	}

Regards,

Mike

[Manan Joshi · Accepted solution]

Hi John,

I don't know much of VBScript, however you can try my stab on the issue, combined pieces picked up from Laubenderand mikeb41294032 also courtesy How to close a specific folder with VBScript? - Stack Overflow

if (File.fs == "Windows")
{
    var myVbScript = '''myfolder = "E:\\Projects"
            Set sh = CreateObject("shell.application")
            For Each w In sh.Windows
                If w.document.folder.self.Path = myfolder Then w.Quit
            Next'''
    app.doScript(myVbScript, ScriptLanguage.visualBasic);
}

-Manan

[Johnwhite]

Hi Man,

error!

not support

If w.document.folder

John

[Manan Joshi]

Works just fine for me. Did you change the path to the one relevant to your machine?

-Manan

[Johnwhite]

Changed.

but not work.

John

[Mike Bro]

Hi John,

Can you post the code you're trying?

Regards,

Mike

[Johnwhite]

Hi Man,

some computers are ok.

but some are error.

John

[Mike Bro]

John,

Could it be a permission issue? Are all computers running the same version of windows??

Regards,

Mike

[Manan Joshi]

Hi John,

Give us more information, like do you see any similarity in computers on which it does not run. Same OS etc.

-Manan

[Johnwhite]

Hi Man,

ie problem,

error code 2146827850

something like this:

internet explorer - Object doesn’t support this property or method - Stack Overflow

John

[Manan Joshi]

This post talks about IE scripting, we are dealing with Windows Shell object. You did not tell, if you see consistent failure in a particular OS version, unless i can reproduce it on my end it will be very difficult to resolve the issue.

-Manan

[Johnwhite]

Thank you Man.

John