tweaking FM_Outputs_Conditional_Text.jsx

[rlauriston]

I found what sees like a bug in C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AdobeFrameMaker10\Samples\ScriptsAndUtilities\Conditional Text\FM_Outputs_Conditional_Text.jsx.

The script produces two PDFs, which I expected to be named <book_name>_Comment_Red.pdf and <book_name>_Blue_Green.pdf.

Instead, they're named <book_name>.book_Comment_Red.pdf and <book_name>.book_Blue_Green.pdf.

The relevant lines seem to be:

FileSource = OpenBook(InputFile);

SavePdf(FileSource,InputFile + OutPutFiles[output_no]);

Is there some way to tweak the second line so as to remove the .book extension from FIleSource? Or to define another variable minus the extension?

[frameexpert · Accepted solution]

Assuming that InputFile is the path to the book, you can use this:

SavePdf(FileSource,InputFile.replace(/\.book$/i,"") + OutPutFiles[output_no]);

I haven't tested it, but it should work. It replaces the .book extension with an empty string.

Rick

[rlauriston]

That seems to do the trick, thanks. Where is the .replace syntax documented?

[frameexpert]

This is standard JavaScript regular expressions syntax.