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Fact is that the kind of code you are looking for and will probably get in a moment from a fellow requires a good understanding of InDesign Object Model. So I guess you won't have much more understanding of the code itself without doing some efforts in getting the meaning of the objects.
Adding a script that would react to file opening is what is called using a startup script. That is to say it will run as long as InDesign is open and to the condition a targetengine has been set. See, another concept to acquire.
Once you get this listener set to the right event (afterOpen) you need a function to catch this event aka an eventListener. Those function use a special argument of "type" Event with specific properties.
Then you have to ensure the object which fired the event is actually the document you are after. Checking one of its property (url, name, whatever) to a reference and then act properly.
Once that done, that could lead to
#targetengine "onAfterOpen"
function main() {
var evName = "onAfterOpen",
ev = app.eventListeners.itemByName ( evName );
!ev.isValid && app.eventListeners.add ( "afterOpen", onAfterOpenHandler ).name = evName;
}
function onAfterOpenHandler ( evt ) {
var doc = evt.parent;
if ( !(doc instanceof Document)
||
doc.name != "toto.indd" ) return;
alert( "That's the kind of document I like to work with !" );
}
main();
HTH
Loic
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