Scripting images into frames

[davidg52583218]

Hi,

I'm beginning with this so I apologise in advance if this seems trivial. I'm struggling to script the placement of an image into a frame using JavaScript for InDesign CC 2017 (ExtendScript Toolkit). On my last line, I get "object is invalid" for the frame - which I've labelled with a script lael "Image1" in the InDesign file.

Any help would be really appreciated where it seems in terms of syntax I am doing the same as a number of tutorials out there.

var folder = "/c/Users/d_a_g/OneDrive/Work/InDesign/ContentTest/"
var myFolder = Folder(folder),
myTemplate = File(myFolder + "/ContentTemplate.indd"),
//myPics = myFolder.getFiles("*.jpg"),
newDoc = app.open(myTemplate),
myDoc = app.activeDocument,
myPages = myDoc.pages,
i = 0,
lastPage = 0;

firstPage = myDoc.pages.item(0)
firstFrame = firstPage.rectangles.item("Image1");

$.writeln(firstPage);
$.writeln(firstFrame);

var myGraphicFile = File.openDialog ("Choose a file");
$.writeln(myGraphicFile);
firstFrame.place(myGraphicFile);

[vinny38]

Hi

I think you should ask your question in the INDD scripting forum:

InDesign Scripting

Vinny

[davidg52583218]

Apologies - when I searched to find this - I couldn't initially find it. Thanks for the link. Will put any future posts there.

[Loic.Aigon · Accepted solution]

Try this:

var main = function() {
  var folder = "/c/Users/d_a_g/OneDrive/Work/InDesign/ContentTest/",
  myTemplate, newDoc, firstPage, myGraphicFile;
  //Checking folder existence
  if ( !folder.exists ) {
  alert(folder.fsName+" doesn't exist" );
  return;
  }
  myTemplate = File(myFolder + "/ContentTemplate.indd"),
  //Checking myTemplate existence
  if ( !myTemplate.exists ) {
  alert(myTemplate.fsName+" doesn't exist" );
  return;
  }
  //Referencing newDoc as the document being opened i.e. the activeDocument
  newDoc = app.open(myTemplate),
  firstPage = newDoc.pages[0];
  //Referencing the first frame
  firstFrame = firstPage.rectangles[0];
  //Checking firstFrame validity
  if ( !firstFrame.isValid ) {
  alert(firstFrame+" doesn't exist" );
  doc.close(SaveOptions.NO);
  return;
  }
  myGraphicFile = File.openDialog ("Choose a file");
  //Exit if no file opened
  if ( !myGraphicFile ) return;
  //Placing the image
  firstFrame.place(myGraphicFile);
}
main();

HTH

Loic

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