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Help! Need to change all endnote numbers to roman numerals quick and easy.

I have a document with about 150 endnotes (not footnotes) (yuck). When I brought it into indesign CS5.5 from word, it automatically changed all the numbers to regular 1-2-3-etc numbers. I was grateful...

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multiple .jsx to .jsxbin

I know in the ESTK you can export a single file to binary, but I was wondering if there was a batch export where I could select multiple files to all be encoded?

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want to output the text of an index marker at the same position of the index...

Hello. I want to output the text of index markers at the same position of the index markers, using InDesign JavaScript. There are two ways are in my mind now.1. Use Indexes Objects, looping through...

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[IDCS2 JS] Adding Page References to Topics Within A Book

Hi,I'm using CS2 JS, and I'm trying to add page references to my index topics.Here is my code:var myDoc = app.activeDocument;var myStory = myDoc.textFrames.item("IndexStory").parentStory;var index =...

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InDesign 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...

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Sort algorithm: how can I sort two arrays according to one

I have two parallel arrays, similar to this: var array1 = [4, 3, 1, 5, 2];var array2 = ["four", "three", "one", "five", "two"]; I want to sort the first array, and have the second array follow the same...

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applied styles

Hello, I have a document and there are several paragraph and character style applied in the text. I need to display  the paragraph style and character style used in all the paragraphs in the indesign...

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[JS] Menu Added via Scripting Moves

I've been able to sucessfully add items to the InDesign menu thanks in part to Marijan Tompa's (tomaxxi) blog post http://indisnip.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/create-customized-menu/ My test code (below)...

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Cannot 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 =...

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Importing word file into InDesign problems

I use the following code:myText.Place("C:\Development\memoTest Assignments\temp.docx"), the doc file will become  Objective Experience Education Statementalthough original doc file is Objective...

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Script to make hyperlinks live

Below is a script I put together (with many clues from these forums and Adobe's documentation).I would appreciate any feedback people would like to provide. The aim is to take an InDesign document that...

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I got bored, so I made this

It seems I have way too much free time (huh?) so I made this 'matrix effect' script for indesign, just for the fun of it, using some tricks from the 'Layout Invaders' script...

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Indesign CS6 export images and text

Hi there, I am looking for a way to batch export from Indesign files (with Incopy shared stories), text as RTF and formated images (cropped to the frames they are in) excluding bleed where full page is...

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specify target in URLs for buttons or hyperlink settings

I've been searching for hours on this simple question. How can you specify target="_blank" on a URL? I have an InDesign CS5 document with many hyperlinks in it. Actually they have been formatted as...

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Footnote

Hi All, Job is in single column. But Footnote flow with reference number at the bottom of every page using Document Footnote options and word doc file.   //working fine My question, is it possible in a...

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Table: convert first row to header rows

Hi all and sorry for this question.I find this script that auto convert to header the first row of a table (we know that using table style - if i set a cell style for header - InDesign do not...

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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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Indesign Java Script running error

Hi  I am new in indesign scriptingI want to create indesign Application using java script and without using ExtendScript ToolKit In this case how create app (the application object).if i use...

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Call another InDesign script with doScript in InDesign CS4 js

Hi, I need to call a separate InDesign script from an active script. Could I do it through java script, or do I need to call applescript to run the InDesign script. var myJavaScript = "myOtherScript";...

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Applescript: Working with text

My script finds blocks of text which are have the character style "CS-Descriptor": tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5"set applied character style of find text preferences to "CS-Descriptor"...

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