The value of PDF file printed via the script name

Hi people!

I have a little problem with the generation of a PDF file. First my Workflow:

I have an InDesign document with 6 pages. This document is merged with a databasefile containing 100 records. After it is merged, we need to generate a PDF file. This PDF file is opened in acrobat. In the document, I am looking for one ID for each record so I can split the document to 100 files (each with 6 pages) and name by the ID that I found.

The Acrobat script is finished and functional. I thought: the InDesign script is over, too. But I was wrong-. -.

I merged the databasefile with the document and it has exported to PDF. But after export, we noticed that the Acrobat script isn't finding the adressheader where ID is in. The script only noticed the text after this header. The result is, as get-Acrobat always 'null' as ID

If print us the PDF with our PDFprinter, the header could be read by our script of Acrobat. I don't know why this is... But now, I changed the script to print the files through our PDF printer. Unfortunately I can not set a name for my exported file - do you know if it is possible to print PDF files without asking for confirmation after each other as well as with a via script name?

Here you can see the old writing for InDesign and after her, the sript Acrobat. Maybe I made a mistake by generating my PDFexport and have no need to use the printer?

INDESIGN SCRIPT:

/**
* invite filebrowser and stores the name and path of the file in variable
*/
var sourceDocument = File.openDialog ("Bitte Indesign-Dokument Park", "*.indd", false);

/**
* stores the only prefix of file name to use as the new file name
*/
newName var = sourceDocument.name.substr (0, sourceDocument.name.length - 5);

/**
stores in folder where the file is stored
*/
var dbSourceFolder = sourceDocument.parent + "/"; "

/**
* guests for databasefile, where production is expected to begin
*/
var dbstartfile = File.openDialog ("Start-Datenbankdatei of Bitte Park", "*.txt", false);

/**
* Gets databasefile basename
*/
var dbstartfilename = dbstartfile.name.slice (0, dbstartfile.name.search(/_Teil+/));

/**
* Gets number of first databasefile
*/
var i = dbstartfile.name.slice (dbstartfile.name.search(/_Teil+/) + 5) .slice (0, -4);

/**
* generates the path and name of the first databasefile to use
*/
var dbSource = dbstartfile;

/**
* set PDF preset to generate PDFS
*/
var PDFPreset = app.pdfExportPresets.item ("GAG - PDF");

/**
* stop throwing alerts
*/
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.NEVER_INTERACT;

message will be thrown if databasefile is not existing
If (dbSource.exists == false) {}
reboot to launch alerts
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.INTERACT_WITH_ALL;
Alert ("File" + dbSourceFolder + dbprefix + "_Teil" + i + ".txt konnte nicht werden found! \n\rBitte starten Sie den procedure Rubis und Sie die right Datenbankdatei one enter.");
}
another process begins
else {}
even if (dbSource.exists == true) {}
Opens the document indesign source without displaying
mergeDocument = app.open (File (sourceDocument), false);
defines what databasefile should be used for data merging
mergeDocument.dataMergeProperties.selectDataSource (File (dbSource));
starts the file database and the indesign document merging
mergeDocument.dataMergeProperties.mergeRecords ();
document generated in PDF export
app.activeDocument.exportFile (ExportFormat.pdfType, File(sourceDocument.parent+"/"+newName+"_Teil"+i+".pdf"), false, PDFPreset);
farm open indesign document
mergeDocument.close (SaveOptions.no);
i ++ ;
change the name of the database file to get the next file
dbSource = File(dbSource.parent+"/"+dbstartfilename+"_Teil"+i+".txt");
}
}
reboot to launch alerts
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.INTERACT_WITH_ALL;
Alert ("PDF-Generierung sky!");

SCRIPT ACROBAT:


/**
* Path where files should be saved
* Special characters like spaces must be preceded of--------.
* If you want to change the folder, use the following form:
* ' / DriveLetter/foldername /... /LastFolderName/.
* Be careful not to forget the / before and after the location
*/
filepath var = "/ c/pdf_split_test / ';

/**
* Number of display pages - do not hesitate to change
*/

pageType = app.prompt var ("Please die Seitenzahl der presentations one gewunschte.", "");
Alert (PAGETYPE);

/**
to search for regular expression
*/

var idNumber = / 08\d\d\d\d\-\d\d\d\-\d\d\d\d\d-\d\d\d-\d\d/g;

/**
* If possible this function gets the number sought as string
*
@param string of revenge that is to be found in the document
* @return null if rematch is not found or a string if the rematch is
*/

function ExtractFromDocument (reMatch) {}
try {}
var Out = new Object();
for (var i = 0; i < 1; i ++)
{
numWords = this.getPageNumWords (i);
var PageText = ' ';
for (var j = 0; j < 30; j ++) {}
var Word = this.getPageNthWord (i, j, false);
PageText += Word;
}
var strMatches = PageText.match (reMatch);
If (strMatches == null) continue;
}
Return strMatches;
} catch (e)
{
App.Alert ("processing error:" + e)
}
}

/**
* tries to load given filename (excerpt number)
*
@param string file name of the file that should be checked
@param n number of iterate when checking files
* @return true if the file exists or false otherwise
*/

function checkIfFileExists (filename, n) {}
var existingDoc = false;
try {}
If (n == 0) {}
var checkDoc = app.openDoc(filepath+filename+"-000.pdf");
} else {}
var checkDoc = app.openDoc(filepath+filename+"-000_"+n+".pdf");
}
checkDoc.closeDoc ();
existingDoc = true;
} catch (e) {}
}
If (existingDoc == true) {}
n = n + 1;
n = checkIfFileExists (filename, n);
}
return n;
}

var pageAmount = this.numPages;
for (i = 0; I < pageAmount; i + pageType) {}
var filename = ExtractFromDocument (idNumber);
fileExistence = checkIfFileExists (filename, 0);
If (fileExistence! = 0) {}
this.extractPages ({nEnd:(pageType-1), cPath: filepath + filename + "-000_" + fileExistence + ".pdf"});
} else {}
this.extractPages ({nEnd:(pageType-1), cPath: filepath + filename + ""-000.pdf ""});
}
this.deletePages ({nStart:0, nEnd: pageType-1});
}

Hello

I have a little problem with the generation of a PDF file. First my Workflow:

I have an InDesign document with 6 pages. This document is merged with a databasefile containing 100 records. After it is merged, we need to generate a PDF file. This PDF file is opened in acrobat. In the document, I am looking for one ID for each record so I can split the document to 100 files (each with 6 pages) and name by the ID that I found.

Why you are not exporting 6 pages PDF directly from InDesign?

Robin

www.adobescripts.co.UK

Tags: InDesign

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