Open multiple .indd files

Question

Hello,
usually when I have to ask for opening a single .indd file I use something like this:
fileToOpen = File.openDialog("Open a document");
myDocument = app.open(File(fileToOpen.fullName));
But what if I have to open multiple files at once (eg. selecting them from the Desktop)?
I read from the Indesign object model that the "open" function of the "application" object can accept an array of files.. am I right?
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

@lglmrc – the openDialog() method comes with another argument for opening multiple files. That argument is set to "false" by default.
Setting it to "true" is the key here:
var FilesToOpen = File.openDialog("Open one or more documents", true);
for(var n=0;n<FilesToOpen.length;n++){
    app.open(FilesToOpen[n]);
Alternatively there is the openDlg() method, that also comes with the second argument.
See also:
http://jongware.mit.edu/idcs6js/pc_File.html#openDialog
File openDialog (prompt: string[, filter: any=null][, multiSelect: bool=false])
Opens a dialog so the user can select one or more files to open.
Opens the built-in platform-specific file-browsing dialog in which a user can select an existing file or multiple files, and creates new File objects to represent the selected files.
• If the user clicks OK, returns a File object for the selected file, or an array of objects if multiple files are selected.
• If the user cancels, returns null.
Uwe