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File name extension removal

May 28, 2012 2:25 AM

Tags: #file #indesign #cs6 #name #scripts #file_extensions

Hi. Have just upgraded to CS6 and have an issue with a script we use in production. The script exports a .ps file to a location but we are having to remove the .indd extension each time we use it (eg filename.indd.ps becomes filename.ps). The previous version of indesign we were able to save the file without it's .indd extension and when it was opened the extension stayed hidden. CS6 can save without the extension but when the file is open the extension is visible again. Any ideas? cheers

1346 Views 10 Replies Latest reply: -hans-, May 29, 2012 1:17 AM

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1. csm_phil,

May 28, 2012 4:51 AM in reply to StevePenn

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Hi Steve,

Can you please try the below JS code.

I am not tested the below code in CS6 just tested only CS5.5

var myDoc = app.activeDocument; var myPath = myDoc.filePath; var myNEWName = (myDoc.name.replace(".indd",".ps")); var myDc = new File(myPath+"/"+myNEWName); myDoc.save(myDc); myDoc.saveACopy(myDc);

thx
csm_phil

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2. StevePenn,

May 28, 2012 5:25 AM in reply to csm_phil

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Hey...cheers for that, very quick response. I stupidly forgot to mention that the script that we have is an AppleScript.

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3. -hans-,

May 28, 2012 11:28 AM in reply to StevePenn

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hi,

well some code could have been nice ...

For general, you can use this handler which starts "system events"

Input alias & new suffix -> returns new filename

Code:

set thisWillBeTheNewFileName to my setFileName(choose file, "ps") --example usage

on setFileName(myAlias, myNewSuffix)
    tell application "System Events"
        set {myName, myExtension} to {name, name extension} of disk item (myAlias as text)
        if myExtension is not "" then
            set {tid, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {AppleScript's text item delimiters, myExtension}
            set myName to text 1 thru -2 of (text item 1 of myName)
        end if
        set newName to myName & "." & myNewSuffix
    end tell

    return newName

    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to tid

end setFileName

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4. Shane Stanley,

May 28, 2012 7:10 PM in reply to -hans-

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Firing up System Events seems like overkill (and it's quite slow to launch), especially as you're using text item delimiters anyway. You could just use:

on changeExtension(oldPath, ext)
          set saveTID to AppleScript's text item delimiters
          set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {":"}
          set justName to text item -1 of oldPath
          if justName contains "." then
                    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"."}
                    set newPath to text 1 thru text item -2 of oldPath
          else
                    set newPath to oldPath
          end if
          set AppleScript's text item delimiters to saveTID
          return newPath & "." & ext
end changeExtension

Of course if you're happy to use some outside help, my ASObjC Runner is quicker and easier than System Events:

tell application "ASObjC Runner" to set newPath to file path from oldPath replacing extension ext

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5. StevePenn,

May 28, 2012 7:23 PM in reply to Shane Stanley

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Thanks all for your help everyone. Will pass it on to our IT guys.

Shane, think our IT guys might have already been in contact. Was a script you wrote for us a while back (cs2) that we are using. Cheers again

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6. Shane Stanley,

May 28, 2012 7:27 PM in reply to StevePenn

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I suspect the problem is that InDesign has hijacked the text class. It's just a matter of miving the relevant bit of code outside the 'tell app "InDesign"' block.

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7. StevePenn,

May 28, 2012 7:32 PM in reply to Shane Stanley

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Cheers mate. Will pass it on. Off work today so can't try it myself.
Thanks again

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8. -hans-,

May 28, 2012 11:16 PM in reply to Shane Stanley

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Hi,

Shane Stanley wrote:

Firing up System Events seems like overkill (and it's quite slow to launch), especially as you're using text item delimiters anyway. You could just use:

of course you're right assuming a text path is send to the handler, System Events will handle text path or alias. As the poster couldn't show any source code it seemed safer ;-)

Have a nice day

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9. Shane Stanley,

May 28, 2012 11:35 PM in reply to -hans-

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-hans- wrote:

of course you're right assuming a text path is send to the handler, System Events will handle text path or alias.
That's a good point, but a simple "as string" will solve it in the first example.

The second example, using ASObjC Runner, will actually accept an alias, file, HFS path or even POSIX path.

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10. -hans-,

May 29, 2012 1:17 AM in reply to Shane Stanley

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Of course! you're right ;-)

I just took the system events handler from my pocket-library ...

ASObjC Runner:

Thx for programming

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