file.Save() is not a function

[davidd87907370]

I'm trying to create a script to save a folder full of FM files to TEXT.

My script is running fine until I get to file.Save() and I get a 'file.Save is not a function' error. Can someone help understand where this has gone wrong? Thank you.

var selectedFolder = Folder.selectDialog ("Select Folder with Source Files");
if(selectedFolder != null){
    myFolder = new Folder(selectedFolder);
    var myFiles = myFolder.getFiles("*.fm");
}else{
    alert('Could not access that folder');
}
if(myFiles.length > 0){
    listFiles(myFiles);
}else{
    alert('No FrameMaker files found in this folder');
}
function listFiles(selectedFiles){
    for(var i = 0; i< selectedFiles.length; i++){
     saveAsText(selectedFiles);
    }
    return true;
}
//~ https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1819414
function saveAsText (file) {
   // Replace the hash and file extension
  var newName = file.absoluteURI.replace (/\.[\S\.^\.\\]+$/,".txt");   
  // Get required parameters for the save function.
  var params = GetSaveDefaultParams();
 var returnParamsp = new PropVals();
 var saveName = file.rename(newName);
  if(file.error ){
    alert( "ERROR:" + file.error + " FILE:" + newName);
  }
  var i = GetPropIndex(params, Constants.FS_FileType);
  params.propVal.ival = Constants.FV_SaveFmtText;
 // Save the document as TXT.
  file.Save(saveName, params, returnParamsp);
  return true;
}

[frameexpert]

Here is a function that I have that works:

function saveToText (doc) {    
    var params, returnParams, saveName, i;
    saveName = doc.Name.replace(/\.fm$/i, ".txt");
    returnParams = new PropVals();
    params = GetSaveDefaultParams();
    i = GetPropIndex (params, Constants.FS_FileType);
    params.propVal.ival = Constants.FV_SaveFmtText;
    i = GetPropIndex (params, Constants.FS_SaveTextTblSetting);
    params.propVal.ival = Constants.FV_SaveTblUserPref;
    doc.Save (saveName, params, returnParams);
    PrintSaveStatus (returnParams);
}

As I look at your code, the problem is that you need to open each document in FrameMaker in order to save it. The Save method is valid on a Doc object and the only way to get a Doc object is to open the file with FrameMaker.

[davidd87907370]

As I look at your code, the problem is that you need to open each document in FrameMaker in order to save it. The Save method is valid on a Doc object and the only way to get a Doc object is to open the file with FrameMaker.

Do you mean physically open the file in Frame and then run the script?

Or do I use something like

function listFiles(selectedFiles){
    for(var i = 0; i< selectedFiles.length; i++){
        var myFile = new File(selectedFiles);
        myFile.open();
       saveAsText(myFile);
        myFile.close();
    }
    return true;
}

inside of my listFiles function?

[frameexpert]

Just to clarify: you need to open the files in FrameMaker, but of course you can do it programmatically, not manually in the interface. Here are a set of functions to open a FrameMaker document. You call the getDocument function, passing it the platform-specific full path to the file.

function getDocument (filename) {
    // See if the document is already open.
    var doc = docIsOpen (filename);
    if (doc) {
        return doc;
    } else {
        // The document is not already open, so open it.
        return openDocOrBook (filename, undefined, false);
    }
}
function docIsOpen (filename) {
    // Make a File object from the file name.
    var file = File (filename);
    // Uppercase the filename for easy comparison.
    var name = file.fullName.toUpperCase ();
    // Loop through the open documents in the session.
    var doc = app.FirstOpenDoc;
    while (doc.ObjectValid () === 1) {
        // Compare the document’s name with the one we are looking for.
        if (File (doc.Name).fullName.toUpperCase () === name) {
            // The document we are looking for is open.
            doc.openedByScript = false;
            return doc;
        }
        doc = doc.NextOpenDocInSession;
    }
}
function openDocOrBook (filename, structuredApplication, visible) {
    var i = 0, docOrBook = 0;
    // Get default property list for opening documents.
    var openProps = GetOpenDefaultParams ();
    // Get a property list to return any error messages.
    var retParm = new PropVals ();
    // Set specific open property values to open the document.
    i=GetPropIndex (openProps,Constants.FS_AlertUserAboutFailure);
    openProps.propVal.ival=false;
    i=GetPropIndex (openProps,Constants.FS_MakeVisible);
    openProps.propVal.ival=visible;
    i=GetPropIndex (openProps,Constants.FS_FileIsOldVersion);
    openProps.propVal.ival=Constants.FV_DoOK;
    i=GetPropIndex (openProps,Constants.FS_FileIsInUse);
    openProps.propVal.ival=Constants.FV_ResetLockAndContinue;
    i=GetPropIndex (openProps,Constants.FS_FontChangedMetric);
    openProps.propVal.ival=Constants.FV_DoOK;
    i=GetPropIndex (openProps,Constants.FS_FontNotFoundInCatalog);
    openProps.propVal.ival=Constants.FV_DoOK;
    i=GetPropIndex (openProps,Constants.FS_FontNotFoundInDoc);
    openProps.propVal.ival=Constants.FV_DoOK;
    i=GetPropIndex (openProps,Constants.FS_RefFileNotFound);
    openProps.propVal.ival=Constants.FV_AllowAllRefFilesUnFindable;
    if (structuredApplication !== undefined) {
        i=GetPropIndex (openProps,Constants.FS_StructuredOpenApplication);
        openProps.propVal.sval=structuredApplication;
    }
    // Attempt to open the document.
    docOrBook = Open (filename,openProps,retParm);
    if (docOrBook.ObjectValid () === 1) {
        // Add a property to the document or book, indicating that the script opened it.
        docOrBook.openedByScript = true;
    }
    else {
        // If the document can't be open, print the errors to the Console.
        PrintOpenStatus (retParm);
    }
    return docOrBook; // Return the document  or book object.
}

[davidd87907370]

Thanks so much for all of the help.

Now however, in openDocOrBook() Open() is returning an invalidobject and PrintOpenStatus is telling me FV_BadFileName (specified filename was invalid) in the FM console. Do you know what could be causing this?

[frameexpert · Accepted solution]

What are you passing as the filename argument to the getDocument function? If you have a file object, you should pass the fsName property, which is the platform-specific, absolute path to the file.

[davidd87907370]

Ding ding! We have a winner. Thank you so much!

[frameexpert]

My pleasure!