set fonts and styles based on xml parent's attribute
Hi, I am trying to write an Indesign javascript that can set the font and style based on the import XML parent's attribute, <products><product> <language...
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ScriptUI auto-hide layout and styling
Hello,I'm having troubles with a script (actually I'm running it in Photoshop, but I'm posting here because this place is densely packaged of ScriptUI experts ). // Test script var winRes = "dialog { \...
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 ArticleCreate PDF Export Preset via Applescript
I have created an InDesign Applescript to export InDesign files with a specific preset name. However, since this is used across a large team, I need to make sure I have something in place if they don't...
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Exporting each articles button names to an Excel Spread Sheet or other form
Is there a way to export a list of all the button names in each article to an Excel spread sheet or some other form? If someone knows of a script that does this that would work to. The button names are...
View ArticleNeed selection textframe width
Hi All, simple Request: If Selected textframe is "100mm" (alert pass) Otherwise selected textframe is !=100mm (alert fail) Code is below:app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits =...
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move element
Scripters, I want to move my child element <tag4> before its parent element <tag3>. From this To this: Please suggest the js code. Thanks,Thomas
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What causes FindChangebyList to not work from CS5 to CS3?
I've done a dozen of these now. And my txt file looks good. I don't get an error either. But the jsx simply does nothing. No error, nothing. I even ran an older jsx file that works against the new...
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Remove specific elements
Hi everybody , I'm trying a little script in Javascript for InDesign. Before exporting my final PDF from InDesign, i want delete all TextFrame empty and Graphic item with link to a specific image (...
View Articleapply paragraphStyles Inbetween paragraphStyles
Hi Forum, this is the script im trying to change paragraphStyles[BodyText_Indent] of paragraphsbetween "bullet" style and "bullet_2" style. only one instance is happenningafter"bullet" style and...
View ArticleNew CS4 features
At Dave's suggestion, I'm starting a thread for discussing new scripting features is CS4. I'd divide new features into three categories: 1) improvements/additions to the InDesign DOM, 2) improvements...
View ArticleRelease all anchored objects at once
Dear All, I want to release an all anchored objects from my file. All anchors are created inside the table. I am using InDesign CS4. I have a file for 4 pages which is containing more than 150 images...
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add definition
Hi, I have to add keywords definition in one InDesign doc (target document) from other InDesign Doc (source document). Can it possible throught JS. Please help. Target Indesign contents are: Source...
View Article"find any word starting with uppercase" grep?
I know this should be easy. All I m finding is "find all uppercase word"—not usefull to me in this case.What I really need is to find two or more words starting with uppercase in a row—a way of...
View ArticleImporting 2-column word doc in InDesign
I have been looking into the plausibility of importing a MS word document, wherein the document is of single page with headers, footers, and a 2-column text.The import should work in a way that the...
View ArticleAppleScript to check all pages within one Indesign (CS6) document have same...
I have bunch of InDesign (CS6) documents containing different page sizes (some are designed for a particular device and some are designed for multiple devices using alternate layouts). I need to assure...
View Articlefind and remove text frames with same geometricBounds
Hi Scripter ...new question starting from here: var mySelection = app.activeDocument.selection[0].geometricBounds;//alert (mySelection); everywhere in the document i need to find and remove text frames...
View ArticleGREP find/change problem
Hi, am trying to execute InDesign's default find/change AppleScript script to fix many formatting issues in a large document. One of them is occurences of a two-digit dollar figure followed by a comma...
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 Articleneed help with a GREP statement
I'm trying to select just the x舌ぽう (舌鋒x) ぜっぽう (sharp) tongueじょう舌 (饒x舌) じょうぜつ garrulity, loquacity Its always in parentheses. So I want to LookBehind for a left parenthesis then zero or more characters,...
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