Maintain cross-reference link when updating text frame contents
I've written a javascript that will parse though every page in my document and update the content in my page titles. It updates the number scheme in the form x.y.z [title] when I've deleted pages and...
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R6025 pure virtual function call
Hello,Got error "R6025 pure virtual function call". Thats an error send by InCopy after quitting application.Sorry for writing on this forum but on InCopy Forum is 2 month freeze from the last post...
View Article[CS4/5][JS] Script causes InDesign to crash
Hello, I'm having a bit of an issue with some InDesign scripting i'm working on, and wonder if anyone else has had the same issue. I have a script that uses app.dialog to prompt for user information....
View ArticlePlace all pages in pdf into indesign
I want to place all pages in a pdf file into indesign, I mean need to load all pages in a pdf in single place method and place every pages individually on iterating through pages in indesign. Note:...
View ArticleExtendScript Oddity with File/Folder on Mac OS X
Here's a really odd one, happens on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 with InDesign CS5.5. Enter the following little InDesign Script in ExtendScript Toolkit, and run it targeting InDesign CS5.5: // Create a path...
View Articlelist images for a visible layers only
Hi, I need images name for the layers visible is "true "only. i.e., document contains 10 images, but the conditions is (layers visible = true) then document images is 7. Trying Code: var myDoc =...
View ArticleIndesign autosave
I believe there's some autosaving and backup feature in Indesign, where to turn off this option or rather set to a longer time..My Indesign will get slow at some time interval. Heeeeellllp..
View ArticleHow to move some xml element and its content to a new frame
Hi All, How to move some xml element and its content to a new frame.
View ArticleCannot handle the request because a modal dialog or alert is active
hi alli try to use indesign product sdk CS5 using com object to open and edit document with asp.netthis error appear to me in this part of my code InDesign.Application indApp =...
View ArticleJS script to continue parallel column layout to new pages
It seems lndesign doesn't automatically continue a layout to subsequent page pairs when your typing in one column wraps to the next page. I was told I could script this, and since I have done JS...
View ArticleInDesign 7.0 breaks Visual Basic reference
I've previously posted this to the Indesign SDK & Scripting forums, but haven't gotten a reply.I thought I'd try again, rephrasing it a bit.When I installed Creative Suite 4, InDesign 6.0 installed...
View ArticleHow to communicate with Acrobat from InDesign
Yesterday Loic asked me for an example of a script that would send the pdf file by mail.Today I made it and decided to post it here on the forum — may be this will be interesting to somebody.It exports...
View ArticleExtracting single pages out of InDesign documents
Is it possible to extract or export single pages from an InDesign document?So far I've done it this way: I remove all the other pages, save to a new document and reopen the original document.Here's my...
View ArticleWith CS2, some things have changed
I have not located a place where changes in scripting between CS and CS2 are reported, so I thought I'd start a topic here with some of the things I know about.This is about changes to the object model...
View ArticleScript for InDesign CS6 - create multiple, prenamed layers
I created a script for Illustrator CS6, in ExtendScript Toolkit, that will create multiple, prenamed layers...see below... //Apply to myDoc the active documentvar layerName = LayerOrderType;var myDoc =...
View ArticleHow to make a handwriting font look like real handwriting in InDesign CS5
This is a script I've written (AppleScript) that addresses the problem most handwriting fonts have — they look like fonts, mostly because they're settled so regularly along the baseline and their...
View ArticleReference between indd and idml
Hi, I have a question regarding to idml export. If I have an indd document, and export it to idml, is there any reference between those 2 documents? So if I export to idml and unzip it I have for...
View ArticleRead the content of a file (via socket)
Hi, I need to read the content of a file (.txt, or better, .jpg) and to write it again in another file. I have this code (in Javascript): conn = new Socket; conn.encoding = "BINARY";...
View ArticleHow will the Adobe Cloud feature affect my scripts?
Hi everyone, I have been writing JavaScripts for InDesign for 9 years and I have accumulated about 80,000 lines of finished code which fully automates the creation of very complex and time consuming...
View ArticleDetermine page item type from xmlelement
I have a page item (text frame or text on path) that has been tagged (say tag named pp).I need to determine if it is a text frame or text path using the xmlelement.Can anyone guide how to do this? I...
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