moving a file to a variable folder

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#1

I’m stuck on this seemingly easy part of the code. I need to create a folder with the same filename than a file. The problem is I can’t make it work when the folder is not a specific location but a variable. The file is an Indesign file created from a template therefore it has never being saved before…


tell application "Finder"
	set theFileName to "testText"
	set loc to "MAC:Users:miguelarias:Desktop:Stationery:Pending:"
	set newfo to make new folder at loc with properties {name:contents of theFileName}
	
	
end tell

tell application id "com.adobe.InDesign"
	tell active document
		save to "Users:miguelarias:Desktop:Stationery: Pending: newfo:" & theFileName
		move theFileName to newfo -----<<<---Here's the problem!!
	end tell
	tell application id "com.adobe.InDesign"
		close document 1
	end tell
end tell
#2

Hi,

you cannot use Finder item specifiers in an Indesign environment. You have to use string (HFS) paths

set pendingFolder to (path to desktop as text) & "Stationery:Pending:" -- relative path, works on every computer
set theFileName to "testText"
tell application "Finder"
	make new folder at folder pendingFolder with properties {name:theFileName}
end tell

tell application id "com.adobe.InDesign"
	save active document to (pendingFolder & theFileName & ":" & theFileName & ".indd")
	close document 1
end tell
#3

As I am a lazy guy I would use :

set pendingFolder to (path to desktop as text) & "Stationery:Pending:" -- relative path, works on every computer
set theFileName to "testText"
tell application "Finder"
	set newfo to (make new folder at folder pendingFolder with properties {name:theFileName}) as text
	--> "MAC:Users:miguelarias:Desktop:Stationery:Pending:testText:"
end tell

tell application id "com.adobe.InDesign"
	save active document to (newfo & theFileName & ".indd")
	close document 1
end tell

Or, if inDesign accepts such syntax :

tell application id "com.adobe.InDesign"
	tell active document 
		save it to (newfo & theFileName & ".indd")
		close it
	end tell
end tell

Yvan KOENIG running Sierra 10.12.2 in French (VALLAURIS, France) lundi 2 janvier 2017 14:51:00