[JS CS6] modifying Peter's RunScript script
Hi, With Peter K. permission. I want to modify his script Runscript.jsx to fit my needs, which are, to be able to "see" all scripts within subfolders of the main script folder and show applescripts AND...
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 Articlecolumns.redistribute
How does one use it?? i want to "distribute evenly" all the columns in all the tables in my story. Somehow i can't get it to work:...
View ArticleMultipage importing - resize all frames to margins?
I've imported a multi-page pdf using the Multipage importer version 2.5 However, all the pages are to the page size - i need them to the margin sizes. Basically need all frames on page (there's only 1...
View ArticleANN: automatic dialog after background export (exportPop.jsx)
A week or two ago, I wrote a script to pop up a dialog box after any background export, in response to the InDesign CS5 PDF export status thread. It doesn't seem like there's been feedback. I suspect...
View ArticleHow to run a script on InDesign startup?
How to run a script on InDesign startup?Or jast after it open one document? Is there any method like Excel VBA "Auto_Open" ?
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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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JS for all styles within a TextFrame
hi, is there any JavaScript to get all the paragraph & character styles within a TextFrame?thks in advance.. cheers
View ArticleRe-link lots of images? Indesign CS3
Hi - I posted this in the indesign forum and it was suggested to look here. I've had a quick look for a solution but thought I'd post aswell."Because I've resaved a load of jpegs to psds the links are...
View Articlespecify 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...
View ArticleIDCS6 Mac Interactive Button creation with URL
I have been requested to write a series of scripts that will automate the building of interactive objects such as buttons that will then activate a web page or an email address. I looked at the object...
View ArticleCS6 master page problems with CS5.5 script
Hi. I've an extensive script created for CS5.5, that creates 16 documents, styles them, and adds them to a book file. Under CS6, it still works fine, creates all the necessary stylesheets and master...
View ArticleDeeply nested object literal woes
I'm trying to set up a deeply nested object that I can access throughout my script. It usese a mix of arrays, associative arrays, functions and more. I'm declaring at the top of the script in the...
View ArticlePrinting to PDF without having to enter the file name
Hi, I need to print (NOT EXPORT) to PDF without having to enter the file name manually.Any ideas? See http://forums.adobe.com/message/5224900#5224900#5224900 for a more details Thanks Trevor
View ArticleScriptUI for dummies
I've been putting together a text on ScriptUI, to a large extent to clear up things for myself (hence the title!). It's an introduction to ScriptUI, much of it very basic, here and there going into...
View ArticleGetting the Physical Length of a Piece of Text (in mm etc.) in Javascript
I'm trying to write a script in Indesign CS5 (Windows) that can measure the physical, 'rendered' length of two pieces of text of similar length (in mm etc.), calculate the average length of the two,...
View ArticleAccents/Special Characters
I'm looking for a grep or script that will allow me to put accents on letters. For instance, taking e and making it ē with the macron above it. Our authors indicate they want this by indicating it...
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 ArticleUpdating hyperlink using GREP adding extra back slash in the replacement text
Hi All, I am trying the following code to update the existing URLs to match with the new publication number. The presence of "4AA3-1234ENW" has to be updated with "4AA3-1234ENN" (the last character...
View ArticleSort tables rows in alphabets
Hi Forum, I have tried with applescript, by converting tables to text and then sorting alphabetically the paragraphs.and then again copy and past into the tables rows where i need. Is there any way to...
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