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creating TOC from a Book file

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From: Eric_Christensen
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:07
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I am new to scripting and have so far been able to muddle my way through what I want to do, but here�s one I can�t figure out or find any examples of.

I am trying to create a table of contents from a Book file in InDesign CS3 using JavaScript.

I have been able to get the script to create a TOC style named tocStyle.

Here is how I try to generate the TOC:

myBook = File.openDialog();
myBook = String (myBook);
myTOCStyle = app.activeDocument.tocStyles.itemByName("tocStyle");
app.activeDocument.createTOC(myTOCStyle, true, myBook, [42, 123], true);

This generates a TOC, but only from the active document and not from the other documents in the Book.

thanks for any help you can provide,
Eric
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