Template flow script

[karuppasamyr60357373]

Hi,

I'm beginner of Indesign Javascript developer.

Does anyone know how to flow the text into Indesign template and apply styles to text flow.

Kindly help on this.

Regards,

KPS

[Manan Joshi]

You will have to be more specific with your question. This is a broad spectrum that you are alluding to, do you have a workflow to cater to? Do you use or wanna use data merge? Is this solution to be based on importing XML? or is to be a custom solution, what considerations did drive you to seek a custom solution?

I maybe adding to complexity that you have in mind currently, but we or rather you would need to have a standing point from where things can be sorted out. If you haven't thought of anything yet about what i asked, maybe you could start with what you have/or think of as input and what you need as an output. Then maybe ask in the InDesign user forum to see what experts there advice, i see this more as a workflow/solution picking problem at this point than a scripting question.

Hope this helps

-Manan

[karuppasamyr60357373]

Hi,

I was trying this below script. But, it doesn't work properly.

Or else, anyone have how to do flow the normal text/word file into indesign template also apply styles as well.

var myFolder = Folder("/f/Scripts");

var myWordDocuments = myFolder.getFiles("*.docx");

for (var i = 0; i < myWordDocuments.length; i++) {

    (function()

    {

        var newDoc = app.documents.add();

        var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

        with (myDoc.documentPreferences)

        {

            pageHeight = "215.9mm";

            pageWidth = "279.4mm";

            pageOrientation = PageOrientation.portrait;

            }

        with (myDoc.pages.item(0).marginPreferences)

        {

            columnCount = 2;

           }

        var myTextFrame = app.activeWindow.activePage.textFrames.add();

        myTextFrame.geometricBounds = [279.4 - 12.7,0 + 12.7,0 + 12.7, 215.9 - 12.7];

        myTextFrame.place(myWordDocuments);

        app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel=UserInteractionLevels.neverInteract; 

        var oldDocument = File("/f/Scripts/Template.indt") 

        app.activeDocument.loadMasters(oldDocument, GlobalClashResolutionStrategyForMasterPage.LOAD_ALL_WITH_OVERWRITE); 

        app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel=UserInteractionLevels.INTERACT_WITH_ALL;

})();

(function() {

    var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

    var myFrames = myDoc.textFrames;

    for (var j = 0; j < myFrames.length; j++) {

        while (myFrames.overflows === true) {

            var newPage = myDoc.pages.add();

            var pageMargins = newPage.marginPreferences;

            var newPageMargins = [pageMargins.top, pageMargins.left, myDoc.documentPreferences.pageHeight - pageMargins.bottom, myDoc.documentPreferences.pageWidth - pageMargins.right];

             var oldRuler = myDoc.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin;

            myDoc.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.pageOrigin;

            with (myDoc.pages[-1].textFrames.add()) {

                geometricBounds = newPageMargins;

                previousTextFrame = myDoc.pages[-2].textFrames[0];

                }

            myDoc.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = oldRuler;

           }       

        }

    })();

   (function() {

    var fileExpression = new RegExp(":", "gi");

    var fileName = myWordDocuments.name.replace(fileExpression,"_");

    var newFileNameAndPath = myFolder.absoluteURI + "/" + fileName + ".indd";

    var newFile = new File(newFileNameAndPath);

    app.activeDocument.save(new File(newFile));

    //app.activeDocument.close();

    })();

}

[Laubender]

Hi karuppasamyr60357373 ,

just a remark on your code adding a new document:

Best try to add all needed properties while adding the document. Not after the document is added.

Also define properties like documentPreferences.facingPages and documentPreferences.createPrimaryTextFrame.

Or use a predefined document preset.

Below just an example. Note, that master A of a new document is controlling the pages. Margins for master A could be set as app.marginPreferences before adding the document:

// Remember current app margin preferences:
var oldAppMarginPrefs = app.marginPreferences.properties;

// Desired margin preferences for A master of the new document:
app.marginPreferences.properties =
{
    bottom : "30 mm" ,
    left : "20 mm" ,
    right : "15 mm",
    top : "15 mm" ,
    columnCount : 2 ,
    columnGutter : "5 mm"
};

// Add new document with some preferences already set with add():
var newDoc = app.documents.add
(
    {
        documentPreferences :
        {
            intent : DocumentIntentOptions.PRINT_INTENT ,
            facingPages : true ,
            createPrimaryTextFrame : true ,
            pageOrientation : PageOrientation.PORTRAIT ,
            pagesPerDocument : 12 ,
            startPageNumber : 2 ,
            pageHeight :  "279.4mm" ,
            pageWidth :  "215.9mm"
        },

        viewPreferences :
        {
            rulerOrigin : RulerOrigin.SPREAD_ORIGIN ,
            horizontalMeasurementUnits : MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS ,
            verticalMeasurementUnits : MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS
        }
    }
);

// Reset margin preferences of app to values before:
app.marginPreferences.properties = oldAppMarginPrefs;

About the marginPreferences issue see this old, but still valid reply by Marc Autret here:

[JS][CS4] Minimum document size in javascript?
Correct Answer by Marc Autret, Aug 18, 2011

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/js-cs4-minimum-document-size-in-javascript/m-p/3...

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

PS: Edited 220613

Fixed the link to Marc Autret's post.

Did also code formatting.