Open document, update furniture and save under new name

Open a document, open a data source, update furniture, close data source, save document to a new name.

To install this script, navigate to the Adobe InDesign Application Directory and paste the script file into the following folder ‘Scripts -> Scripts Panel’. The script can then be run from the Scripts panel; this is found in ‘Window -> Utilities -> Scripts’.

var fileToOpen = "ENTER PATH TO THE DOCUMENT TO OPEN";
var fileToSave = "ENTER PATH TO THE SAVE DOCUMENT";
var datasourceName = "ENTER THE NAME OF THE DATA SOURCE HERE";

var myDoc = app.open(fileToOpen);
var myEasyCatalog = app.easycatalogObject;

var myDS = app.easycatalogObject.datasources.item(datasourceName);
var myDV = myDS.dataviews.add();

$.writeln(myDV.records.count());

myEasyCatalog.updateFurniture(myDoc);

myDV.closeDataView()


myDoc = myDoc.save(fileToSave);
myDoc.close();

var fileToOpen = "ENTER PATH TO THE DOCUMENT TO OPEN";

var fileToSave = "ENTER PATH TO THE SAVE DOCUMENT";

var datasourceName = "ENTER THE NAME OF THE DATA SOURCE HERE";

var myDoc = app.open(fileToOpen);

var myEasyCatalog = app.easycatalogObject;

var myDS = app.easycatalogObject.datasources.item(datasourceName);

var myDV = myDS.dataviews.add();

$.writeln(myDV.records.count());

myEasyCatalog.updateFurniture(myDoc);

myDV.closeDataView()

myDoc = myDoc.save(fileToSave);

myDoc.close();

Open document, update furniture and save under new name

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