Indesign script to automatically insert document title metadata based on file name

Hello @ChristianAsprenoGLOBE 

The below script will write the file name into the document title field every time the document is Saved or Save As.

Save this script here: Applications⁩ ▸ ⁨Adobe InDesign ▸ ⁨Scripts⁩ ▸ ⁨startup scripts⁩ folder and restart Indesign:

#targetengine "session"

function saveFileMetaData() {
    if(app.layoutWindows.length == 0) return;
    else if (!app.activeDocument.saved) {
        alert('Sorry, there was a problem and the document was not saved.');
        return;
        }
   doc = app.activeDocument; 
   var fileName = doc.name.replace(/.indd$/i, "");
   var myMetaData = doc.metadataPreferences;
   myMetaData.documentTitle = fileName;
}

app.addEventListener('afterSave', saveFileMetaData, false);
app.addEventListener('afterSaveAs', saveFileMetaData, false);

Regards,

Mike

Also, the downside of saving the original name as a keyword, is the client could edit the keywords after the name change. If that’s a potential problem the original name could be inserted into the RAW XMP data as a custom node:

This has actually come up before. You can try saving this script into your Scripts>startup scripts folder and restart ID:

var el = app.eventListeners.add("afterSave", onSaveKW );

/**
* Function to run after a Save
*  the event 
*/
function onSaveKW(evt){
    var kws = app.activeDocument.metadataPreferences.keywords;
    var kwp = "oname"
    var n = evt.parent.name
    if (!checkKeywords(kws, kwp)) {
        kws.unshift("oname:" + n)
        app.activeDocument.metadataPreferences.keywords = kws
    } 
}

/**
* Checks if a keyword starting with oname: exists 
*  the keyword array to check 
*  the prefix string 
*  false if keyword does not exist 
* 
*/
function checkKeywords(a, p){
    var b = false
    for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++){
        if (a[i].split(":")[0] == p) {
            b=true
        } 
    }  
    return  b
}

The startup script listens for an after save event, and sets the doc name as a keyword, if it’s the first save the name gets added as oname:YourFileName.indd.

Here I created a new file and named it MyIDFile.indd and then did a save as with a different name and the file info keeps the original name:

Perhaps you can put together a solution from this previous post: https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/scripts-to-insert-metadata-automatically-to-document-with-paragraph-style/m-p/5557438

Have a look at: File > File Info, to see if that would be of any help.