Script information out of a particular layer from Indesign

Question

I am trying to create a simple script which will point to an Indesign CS3 document and extract the information from a particular layer..... I am having a tough time. I know you can script pretty much anything :-)

Answer 1

You have to open a document to be able to script it. I would first start with an open document and if this works open documents of a particular folder for example.
Try something like this:
var myFormat = ExportFormat.textType;
var myExtension = ".txt";
var myFolder="~/Documents/Spot";
var mydoc=app.activeDocument;
var mylayer=mydoc.layers.itemByName("Spot");
for(i = 0; i < app.activeDocument.stories.length; i++)
myStory = app.activeDocument.stories.item(i);
var tc=myStory.textContainers[0];
if (tc.itemLayer==mylayer)
myID = myStory.id;
myFileName = "StoryID" + myID + myExtension;
myFilePath = myFolder + "/" + myFileName;
myFile = new File(myFilePath);
myStory.exportFile(myFormat, myFile);
This will save your stories into text files. If this is what you want.
Ralf