Open documents within a folder without specifying filenames

Hi there,
I need to batch apply some script to all documents within a specified folder. Can I open each document one by one without specifying the filename?
So, instead of:
var myDocument = app.open(File(Folder.desktop + "/OpenDocument.indd"));
Something like:
var myDocument = app.open(File(Folder.desktop + "/" + documents[0]));
Obviously that doesn't work, but hopefully it illustrates what I am trying to achieve.
Thanks in advance,
rmsteel

Folder.getFiles will return a list of all files in that folder as an array

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Re: I need an applescript that opens documents in excel from a specified folder and saves them as .xlsx from their current .xlsbApr 3, 2014 11:19 AM (in response to mule13470)
In that huge folder I only need the .xlsb files opened and saved to .xlsx not the others, in case that wasn't clear above.

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