Name InDesign Document at the point of Creation

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#1

Hello All,

I have a simple Applescript task that I am trying to figure out and I’ve had no luck.

My goal is to have InDesign create a new document and give the document a name.

This does not work:


tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
	activate
	set newDocument to make document with properties {name:"INSERT NAME HERE"}
end tell

Any information would be greatly appreciated,
CarbonQuark

#2

CarbonQuark-
From what I can tell, the document’s name is a read only property and cannot be altered with Applescript during creation of the new document. I think your best best is to have the script immediately save the new document and tell it the new name at that point.

I couldn’t test this, since my InDesign is attached to a database system, but this may do what you are asking for:

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
	activate
	set FilePath to (path to desktop folder) & "New Name Here" & ".INDD" as string
	set newDocument to make document
	save document 1 to FilePath
end tell

slimjim