Running InDesign in background

Question

So I wrote an automerge script for InDesign CS5.5 with ExtendScript and javascript. It works fine opening the document and merging records then save and close... Is there a way to have this run in the background instead as like a background task?

Answer 1

I usually do it like this:
main ();
function main () {
    try {
        if ( parseInt ( app.version ) > 6 ) {
            var
                _scriptRedraw = app.scriptPreferences.enableRedraw,
                _userInteraction = app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel;
            app.scriptPreferences.enableRedraw = false;
            app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.NEVER_INTERACT;
            if ( app.documents.length ) {
                var
                    _dP = app.documents[0].preflightOptions.preflightOff;
                app.documents[0].preflightOptions.preflightOff = true;
                app.doScript ( doStuff, undefined, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "My Function" );
                app.activeDocument.preflightOptions.preflightOff = _dP;
            } else {
                /* NO DOCUMENTS OPENED */
        } else {
            /* WRONG APP VERSION */
    } catch ( _ ) {
        /* DISPLAY SCRIPT ERRORS */
    } finally {
        app.scriptPreferences.enableRedraw = _scriptRedraw;
        app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = _userInteraction;
function doStuff () {
    /*DO YOUR STUFF*/
Hope that helps.
Marijan (tomaxxi)
http://tomaxxi.com