Is there a way InDesign puts the filename in my QR code?

[williamb36796385]

Hi,

I am a technical writer (in the Netherlands) and on the back of every document that I make I have to put a QR code.

This QR code always contains the same information, namely the filename of the document.

I always use the Plain text option and then I type the filename in the text box, but of course sometimes I forget to update the QR code when the documents revision changes. In that case the filename changes too.

Is there a way InDesign puts the filename in my QR code, so I don't have to type it manually?

Many thanks in advance

William

[Mike Witherell]

No, but you might ask that same question in the InDesign scripting forum.

[Eric Dumas]

It would be great to automatically convert some of the data from the file info (like the filename, revision...) into the QR code

[rob day]

There's not a QR code object in the scripting API (they are postscript pictures), so there's no obvious way to edit an existing code the way you can from the GUI by selecting the code and Object>Edit QR Code.

You can script the creation of a new QR code and in that case you could get the doc's name and other info and insert it as text, but you would still need to remember to make the change.

[williamb36796385]

Hmm, that's what I was afraid of. The thing is, I'm not really familiar with scripting.

Maybe I can find some time to look into it.

Thanks for the feedback!

Greetings William

[Steve Werner · Accepted solution]

You can ask in the InDesign Scripting forum as Michael noted above. There might be someone there who has done a script:

InDesign Scripting