JavaScript to save all documents (tabs) in window to one location

[MedBooster]

JavaScript to save all documents (tabs) in window to one location (folder/file path)

Would anyone be up for the challenge?

You see, as previously mentioned (in other threads), sometimes "save all" works for "unsaved" opened documents, other times it doesn't, so this would really save some time.

Hmm... maybe a save as dialogue could appear for the 1st document, and then the rest could just automatically be saved to the same file path (folder) as the first?

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello, MedBooster

I expect that starting a "save as" action for all open documents could be possible, but I am not so sure that inheriting the selected location as the target folder would be. I wish you luck in your search with this. As per usual, I cannot help with writing new JS.

Kind regards,

[MedBooster]

Master Mathew, any advice? Maybe you would consider making such a script for PDF-XCE?


I'm getting annoyed with such errors when batch saving multiple PDF-documents for the first time... I end up having to save each file manually

Half of the time I am able to just chose save all and I will be asked for each and I just have to press Enter a few times, that's easier, but a JavaScript could possibly work around this, right?

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↑error from using save all with documents not saved yet (doesn't happen all the time, maybe 20% of the time

[Vasyl - PDF-XChange]

You see, as previously mentioned (in other threads), sometimes "save all" works for "unsaved" opened documents, other times it doesn't, so this would really save some time.

Do you mean this feature:

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?

Does this one sometimes not work? If yes - can you explain how to reproduce the problem(s)?

[Vasyl - PDF-XChange]

It appears you are using an older version, as the current version shows which program locked the file and caused the AccessDenied error...

[Mathew]

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Hmm... maybe a save as dialogue could appear for the 1st document, and then the rest could just automatically be saved to the same file path (folder) as the first?

Sorry I never got around to this until now - not sure if PXCE has already added something for this, but here's a script that, as suggested, will present a Save As dialog, and then save all the open documents to the same folder that you select to save to...

[Edit 4/29/2026] I combined the function of this tool with the showActiveDocuments tool -- I think that works better because one can select the documents to save to the same folder.

Adds a menu item "Save All to Folder" under File > Save As (ribbon UI) and File > Save To (Classic UI)

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[Edit v1.1] I added a dialog at the end confirming how many files were saved, and if there were any errors:

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Extract the zip file and save to the JavaScripts folder: viewtopic.php?p=196006#p196006

saveAllToFolder v1.1.zip

It's also translatable as of v1.1. Here are the translation strings:

Code: Select all

# Translation file (requires 1ang v1.0 or later)
# Domain for this translation file is "saveAllDocuments"
# Filename must be "translationData.saveAllDocuments.json" and saved in the JavaScripts folder

# It is not necessary for all strings to be included in every language,
#   but don't put an empty string "" for the translation, because that's what will be shown!
# This must be formatted as a JSON file except that:
#   lines starting with # and empty lines are stripped out before processing

# "Language" is three letter code as output from app.language
# "Original Text" is case sensitive!
#   Notice that the last item in a list does not allow a comma after it.
# Format:
#  "Language 1": {
#    "Original Text": "Translated Text in Language 1",
#    "Original Text 2": ["Translated Text 2 singular", "Translated Text 2 plural"]
#   },
#  "Language 2": {
#    "Original Text": "Translated Text in Language 2"
#   }

{
 "": {
     "Save All to Folder…": "",
     "New Document%1.pdf": "",
     "Saved %1 files with %2 errors.": "",
     "\nThere were errors saving the following files (see console output):\n%1\nDo you want to retry?": "",
     "New Document": "",
     "Save All to Folder": ""
 }
}

[Sean - PDF-XChange]

Hi Mathew,

That's great! Thanks so much for your help, as always.

Kind regards,

[MedBooster]

Thank yoU! The other tool is great as well

[Sean - PDF-XChange]