With CS5, some things have changed

This discussion is for changes to the scripting DOM which can affect legacy scripts.

Please use this discussion for discussing new scripting features in CS5.

Please keep in mind that all changes are specific to version 7 DOM. InDesign supports versioning, so you should be able to use legacy scripts in CS5 without issues. Versioning can be done in two ways:

1) Place the script in a folder named: "Version 6.0 Scripts" (or 5.0, 4.0, 3.0). The folder must be named exactly as specified.

2) Set the script version preferences at the start of your script. (i.e. app.scriptPreferences.version = 6), but it's highly recommended to reset the scripting version at the end of the script, and even to enclose the script in a try/catch/finally block to ensure that the script preferences are reset correctly.

Here's quick links to issues brought up in this thread:

1. PageItem.parent
2. PageItem.itemByName()
3. PageItem.cornerOption and PageItem.cornerRadius
   
4. Text values returned as Strings instead of Numbers
5. PointType.LINE_TYPE was changed to PointType.PLAIN
6. PasteBoardPreference.minimumSpaceAboveAndBelow was removed.

Harbs