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Event AfterSave
Fabian Morón Zirfas edited this page Jun 13, 2025
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This example shows how to add an Event Listener to the AfterSave event. You need to run the script once per InDesign session. It will save everytime the user saves the document a idml file.
#targetengine "session"
// we need a targetegine to make this work
var doc = app.activeDocument; // get the current doc
// now to the event listener
app.addEventListener('afterSave', function(theEvent) {
$.writeln('saving'); // just to see whats going on
if (!doc.saved) {
// catch those possible mistakes
alert('doc was never saved');
exit();
}
var aName = doc.name; // get the name
var newName = aName.replace("indd", "idml"); // replace the indd to idml
// crate a new File Object next to the indd
var theFile = File(File(doc.filePath).fsName + "/" + newName);
// export
doc.exportFile(ExportFormat.INDESIGN_MARKUP, theFile, false);
});
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