[JS][CC] Help needed with targeting pasted item
Hi. Is it possible to be able to targer a selected chunk of text, copy it, and paste it into the page and then identify the pasted frame?I can do everything up to the identification of the item. I have...
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Finding the end of line
Is It possible to find and change a character in the end of each line from a block text?I know Indesign GREP can't do this, GREP only finds the end of paragraph, not lines.I understand this is a...
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how to make own crop marks in indesign CS5
HaloMaster..Iwant tomake ascripcropmarkownusejavascrip..cropmarkstandardInDesignonly butIwant toadd acolorbaritselfusingPDFFileIhaveadded ascrip function myDisplayDialog(){ var myDialog =...
View Article[JS][CS4/CS5] Images dropping off in scripted pdf export
I've encounted a bug that I wonder if someone could try to replicate or suggest a workaround of some sort for. Some background: we often need to batch-export a number of versioned InDesign files to...
View ArticleInDesign CC - Extract Pages
Not a script guy, but think it's probably the only solution for splitting up an INDD file. I'm running CC and need to break up a few documents into single page InDesign files (not PDF). I've read most...
View ArticleUpdate Links
I'd like to update the Links in a document, the moment they become in need of updating. Ideally whilst InDesign is in the background and a [SAVE] action inside Illustrator causes this to update to be...
View ArticleJS: Convert Arabic numbers to Hebrew
Does anyone know of a function (preferably JavaSript) to convert Arabic numbers to Hebrew? Thanks, Peter
View ArticleWhat is the best way create an interactive and portable study guide?
I am creating an interactive study guide and I'm wondering which Adobe product would be the best product to use for this project. The main functionality that I'd like to incorporate is clickable...
View ArticleHow to call a variable file path in javascript
Hi, My objective is to capture a file path on mac and windows. However, this file path gets changed with various users. For example the path is: c:\user\username\AppData\Local\Temp\myfolder------>...
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...
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Character/Paragraph Style Hilight colors
In May 2010 Marc Autret posted this interesting blog: Show Local Formatting in InDesign CS4/CS5, where he shows how an undocumented feature of InDesign can be put to good use. If you set...
View ArticleESTK string bug [CS5, CS5.5]
Hi all, Consider this JavaScript: var s = String.fromCharCode(65, 66, 67, 68, 69); $.writeln("string len=" + s.length);for (var i=0; i < s.length; i++) { $.writeln("#" + i + " = " +...
View ArticleCan I use Adobe in my own website
Hi all, Since a few months I'm working on a project to create a javascript framework based on extended tool kit.My goal is to provide a lot of usables class to work with InDesign, Photoshop, Bridge ......
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chronological order number needs in index numbers to be changed as ndash
Hi allI have a task to complete the below requirement for Index part in a book. Please help me.I have sequence of numbers like this,Index1, 26, 35, 36, 37, 47Index2, 65, 78, 79, 89, 90I need to change...
View ArticleScript Export Single Pages with Custom Filename and Paragraph Style?
I have a document called 'mydocument'I have a multiple pages in the document.Each page has one "title" styled with a pargraph style sheet called title.I need to export each page as individual .jpg with...
View ArticleLinking a JS object to ScriptUI listbox item
I am writing a script that that takes elements from a document and for each element makes a custom object with its own properties and methods. This list of elements is then spat out into a ScriptsUI...
View ArticleCS5.5 (Applescript) Packaging and PDF creation script
Hello there. I have an applescript droplet which, once an InDesign file is dragged onto it, it creates: a High Quality PDF;a Press Quality PDF; a Smallest File Size PDF; anda packaged InDesign file...
View ArticleCS6 - how to get page number?
i have selected frame. I want to know page number, where it is.aSel = app.selection[0];alert (aSel.parent.name); - i get empty stringcause it' Object spread. And what to do then? (without losing of...
View ArticleHelp, please, with a beforeQuit script
The script uses a beforeQuit event handler to copy InDesign libraries from one folder to another. Some of the libraries are large and the process takes a while. I would like to display a progress bar...
View Article[AS or JS] How Can I Access/Gather Font Informations?
Hello all, is it possible to gather font information that is embedded in the font file of a specific font via scripting? E.g. Kerning pairs with values, widths, side bearings of certain characters...
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