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Help with Combine Docs script
Hi,I am writing a script that combines a list of docs into 1 doc.The script starts with a dialog with a list of all open docs.The user chooses the files he wants to combine.The script reads the list...
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ScriptUI resizing
Hi I'm working on a simple conversion tool for indesign to html5. It begins to do the job but I have some problems with the UI. First one: when I click on the "New" button, the new "tagLine" appears...
View ArticleIndesign CS5 - Separating pages faster (script)
Original Question: "Is there a way I can separate a multi page indesign cs5 document into multiple indesign cs5 document files? (ie. a 12 page indesign file > 12 separate indesign files) I'm having...
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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 ArticleFinding Unassigned Glyphs
If we import or enter a text code (e.g. a Katakana character ) for which a font has no Glyph, then Indesign will display an x'd rectangle. Is it possible to find/scan for these with a script? Thanks !
View ArticleOpen With
I am saving a txt file and I want it to open (execute) in excel after the script creates it. I probably can't do it in JS and need to do a little doScript in VB and AS Can anyone show me how to do...
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JS/ScriptUI: placeholder madness
I created this yummy text box entry placeholder for CS4 on my Mac: but for some reason this fails to draw correctly on Windows! If the edit box is active and the cursor is in it, the text is not drawn...
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...
View ArticleHow to print PDF with H&J Highlights
Hi I need output pdf with H&J Highlights, so that we can validate the H&J without native file. Is there any options in applesctipt/javascript. Thanks in Advance
View ArticleSearch text variable and replace it with another text variable
Hi, I want to do the following with VB script.Can someone help me? I have a document with text variable A and text variable B are defined.And, text variable A is used in the document. 1.search all text...
View Articlehow to get font properties like line height, ascend, descend, ideographic top...
I would like to know if we can access font properties like line-height, ascend, descend etc. through scripting. I have been trying to get this now by applying a font to sample text as mentioned below....
View ArticleInDesign Script to wait for file to open before continue
Hello as above i have a simple script to select a file to open froma folder and tthen open it.However the code continues as the file is still openingis there a way to get the script to wait for the...
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how to get character count
Hi All, How to read the below highlighted value in script. Pl help me. Regards,RockSel
View ArticleIndesign CS5 - Separating pages faster (script)
Original Question: "Is there a way I can separate a multi page indesign cs5 document into multiple indesign cs5 document files? (ie. a 12 page indesign file > 12 separate indesign files) I'm having...
View ArticleExtendScript - Waiting Message?
I'm having a bit of an issue when trying to select my target in the ExtendScript ToolKit. When I select InDesign as the target, it launches the application but ESTK sits there with a message box saying...
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Using Regexp Regular Expressions in the ESTK find window
The following concerns the ExtendScript Toolkit (ESTK) CS6. I just tried to search in the ESTK (in a jsx file) using regular expressions, but failed. I'd like to find all places where a certain word is...
View ArticleMulti-page InDesign document to single-page InDesign documents script?
I'm looking for a script that can take a multi-page Mac InDesign CS2/CS3 document and split it into single-page InDesign documents. Any ideas or comments?
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 ArticleExport to Excel...from ID CS5
Hi there, my coworker posted something similar on the InDesign forums but I thought I would ask over in scripting as well. I've also searched tho forums and found alot of info on importing from excel...
View Article[JS] CS3 and later. Sort the Swatches alphabetically
Is there a way to sort the swatches, like I did for the paragraphStyles, characterStyles, and so on...?There is no swatches[x].move(Location_option) in CS3 nor CS4 like paragraphStyles have.Would CS5...
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