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I am looking for a trainer to deliver training in Indesign Scripting for automation. Any references would be helpful.

Hey there!Try to move some of my scripts to the CEP but the simplest things won't work. Why is that not working anymore? var activeComp = app.project.activeItem; var workLayer = activeComp.selectedLayers[0]; workLayer.name="Hans"; Thanks for help!Michael

I want to add some functions to ExtendScript that will be available to other scripts. I can add them to my particular application's startup folder, but I am wondering about functions that will be available for any application. For example, I want to add some custom functions for merging File objects. Thank you.

I have a simple noise-like gradient with lot of stops. I need a script that will sample each column of my document to get the color and add a stop to a gradient with that color. The end result would be a gradient fill pattern that matched the gradient in my image. Ultimately, I want to use this new gradient to do a gradient map on a separate image. This seems like it would be pretty easy to do, but I am having a hard time understanding JS in Photoshop...even with scriptListener installed.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  

Brackets has been absolutely invaluable as a teaching tool to get design students an introduction to HTML and CSS. It has been reasonably lightweight, unburdened by trying to be an environment for developing everything and just focused on what was useful for authoring web pages. I have been able to use Brackets to teach my often code-phobic students because of this.The live preview that highlights the portion of the page affected by the line of markup or rule is utterly indispensable for teaching HTML and CSS.In the age of COVID, many of us had to move to fully online courses and so we created our screenshots and video lectures using Brackets so our students could follow along. I am crushed by the EOL announcement for Brackets. No other editor provides the live preview. I can't force my students to pay for a software title when they already have to deal with an Adobe subscription. The free options are either way too bulky or way too barebones. Brackets has been a lovely balan

Is anyone knows a doc or else about actionscript to typescript syntax conversion?

Hello,I just to be pointed in the right direction.Bit of context, I am coding a simple plugin for a 3D app in python. The plugin also gathers image DPIs for scale. The issue, I am having, is that I can gather metadata from all formats EXCEPT jpegs specifically saved with Photoshop. I need to batch re-save the images in another app to have access to information I need. I can see the correct info with FILE INFO in Photoshop but not with external python module.Does anyone know the right module I need to get all the metadata?Thanks

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Hi I hope that you're well, I'm new to CEP in Indesign (and in general) I am slightly confused to where i put the latter part of my script. I have put this into the bottom of my index.html file, but I'm not sure if this is the right place. At the moment creating an instance of CSInterface is working and I get the message it has been logged (I have done this for debugging purposes) and when the button is clicked I get the messgae it worked, however, the openDocument() function doesn't run. And when I write it through the console I get the error app not defined. I have a feeling that I need to put the last part of the script into a .jsx file but I am not sure where to put it or how to reference it.  Any help would be much appreciated!Cheers <script type="text/javascript"> /* 1) Create an instance of CSInterface. */ var csInterface = new CSInterface(); console.log(csInterface) console.log("cs interface has been logged!") /* 2) Make a reference to your HTML butto

At the end of the script execution, I need to open the created folder in Bridge.Opens the selected folder, file:app.document.chooseMenuItem('Open');Opens a folder in the system explorer:Folder(myPath).execute();Opens a folder in a new Bridge window:app.browseTo(myPath);How can I open the folder/path in Bridge in the same window using javascript?  

I am trying to download images from a URL link to a folder path with a Cyrillic name using Adobe Bridge scripting. Example: var localImgPath = 'C:/Users/serge/Desktop/Привіт світ/new-img.png'; var imageUrl = 'https://www.wikipedia.org/portal/wikipedia.org/assets/img/Wikipedia-logo-v2.png'; app.system('curl -o "' + localImgPath + '" "' + imageUrl + '" pause'); Error:But if the path to the saved file is entirely in Latin, the file is successfully saved. And if I write a cmd line with a Cyrillic path, it also works. curl -o "C:/Users/serge/Desktop/Привіт світ/new-img.png" "https://www.wikipedia.org/portal/wikipedia.org/assets/img/Wikipedia-logo-v2.png" Adobe Bridge passes incorrect path. How can this be fixed?I am trying to embed it in a large script. 

Hi,I've come across an issue with Extendscript Debugger :All was working fine like 4 month ago with ED, and today as i was going back to coding on a work in progress, i was unable to launch a script from VS code :my launch.json seems ok, .debug too, i'm targeting the good App...And all i get is Debugger running with no effect, without executing any line of my code. Until i finally stop the debug session clicking the stop button. It manages to launch the App if closed, it's a good start... But that's all...I'm working under Mojave,on indesign extensions.Debugger is V 1.1.2vs code is V 1.45.1Got any idea ?i couldn't find any information about this problem.Sounds like a debugger configuration problem but all was working fine 3 month ago...(Before anyone asks : i've reduced code to a simple alert for testing purpose and it didn't trigger...)Thanks.Adrien

I have a variable that I’ve targeted by means of using for loops and if statements.And, I happen to know it’s a sequence.But, from what I know of ExtendScript (and it’s not that much), I’m under the impression I’d need the sequenceID of the sequence this variable is holding in order to open it or clone it - or whatever. The thing is, I’m trying to work in a way that I’m just altering sequences based on the fact that they live in a particular bin. So, accessing sequences the traditional way of “app.project.sequences” doesn’t seem sensible to me. Looking at what I have, is there a way to open a sequence without the ID?Or, better yet, is there a way for me to conveniently access the sequence ID? Below is the code I’ve been working with thus far:  for (i = 0; i < app.project.rootItem.children.numItems; i++) { if (app.project.rootItem.children[i].name == "SEQUENCES") { var theBin = app.project.rootItem.children[i]; } } for (j = 0; j < theB

Hi!I have a workflow I'd love to implement using Creative Cloud APIs, but I'm unsure if it's possible and am having trouble figuring out an answer after searching through the different APIs on adobe.io or the documentation on the I/O Developer Console. Here's what I would like to build: when a button is pressed, files on a local directory are uploaded to Adobe Creative Cloud storage, and an invitation to collaborate/share those files is automatically sent to another user in the organization. I like that I can send invitations through Creative Cloud that, when accepted, can automatically sync files to another user's local storage - however, being able to automate parts of that process would save my organization a lot of time. I read about the possibility of using webhooks to register when an asset is uploaded to Creative Cloud, but the feature seems to be deprecated. I'm not able to find information about whether the feature has been replaced or is at all still functional, and am n

 I recently moved to a new workstation and cannot Target an Adobe Application using VSCode and Extendscript Debugger. The workstaton previously had CS 6 installed on it, but now we use CC. I'm using Ilustrator 2019. I can target Illustrator 2019:Illustrator 2019 shows up in the bar along the bottomBut, then when I run the DeBugger it says CS 6 isn't running and I can't run CC2019?Using MacOS 10.12.6 VSCode 1.50.1 ExtendscriptDebugger 1.1.2

Hi all,When I am developing various web forms, I just realized it would be quite handy to have a browser plug-in that could auto fill / populate various web forms that I am working on. Mostly I am working on Mac using either Safari or Firefox or chrome. I see there are a number of add-ons that might work. In my case, it would be great to have some kind of an add-on / browser plug-in that could fill in the various fields for a particular URL. It would be great to be able to store multiple uRLs always different Fields and data. Question: is there some kind of a developers add-on that could handle this kind of form auto fill? Thanks in advance,Dave

Hey there, I am working on some ideas for a script. I have the dropdown have a set of choices. once clicked it takes them to the second dropdown that is autopopulated for the first dropdown. this works great, its when i hit the add button. this add button builds the same layout just in a new row. the first new dropdown works, but i believe the problem comes from my second one. where it is trying to pull an element from one function to another function. HTML: <table class="table-container"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <select class="custom-select" id="mediaSel" name="mediaSel" onchange="dropDownSelect()"></select> </td> <td> <select class="custom-select" id="mediaSel2" name="mediaSel2"></select> </td> <td class="buttonRow"> <div id="addRow" class="addButton" onclick="addSelection()"><span class="plus"></span></div> &

I decided to use php includes for my static html website. The footer.php includes the javascript, but I don't need certain scripts to load unneccesarily on different pages, obviously. It's been awhile but, what are my options to avoid this? Thanks

So I'm currently working on adding support for both Photoshop and Illustrator and in doing so my codebase started to get a bit messy. So I started refactoring it down to multiple files to make it cleaner and maintainable.  So I've learned that I need to use $.evalFile('path/to/.jsx/'). So far so good. And this seems to work as exptected in Photoshop.However I can't seem to access app.activeDocument in Illustrator in the separate .jsx file.  Does anyone have any good advice for setting up a good stucture with multiple jsx files that works across adobe applications? Any good source for reading about this?  Would love to learn more about how this works and what the "best practices" are for bigger code bases.  Thanks,Mike

Hi,i'm writing a CEP panel for indesign, and as i couldn't manage to JSON.parse my data string, i erased my code to test JSON with these 2 short lines in my index.js file :var jsonTest=JSON.parse("{'test':'ok'}");alert(jsonTest.test);Could someone tell me why this doesn't give me any result ?script is running (i tested with an alert() before the variable declaration) butalert(jsonTest.test) isn't triggered.(JSON is written in "variable color"... It migth be a clue as it should be green like any other global object... when i write it, it is green for a sec before it turns blue... Conflict somewhere ?) Thanks fo reading.

Hi,  Trying to get familiar with javaScript coding for Photoshop. Reading the documents a lot. However, quick question. Is there any good tutorial on how to create / draw a new simple rectangle to the document? In Illustrator I find it very easy, but only examples I find for Photoshop is to manually draw out a path with coordinates for each point. Maybe this is the way to go? Want to see if there's any easier way to go with a simple shape like a rectangle.  Thanks,Mike

Howdy!I receive large pdf files (2500-3500 pages) consisting of repair orders of varying legnth(1-8 pages). At the bottom of each repair order (RO's) is a field that uses the words, "Total Amount Due" or "Please Pay This Amount." (RO's come from 4 diff companies and each is slightly different). I need to find only the RO's that have a dollar amount. It will read $0.00 for or be blank if no customer cash was collected. Hence, I need to find any RO with an amount >=$0.01. I have no JavaScript skill at all. Looking for direction.   

I am working on a mantinance work order form. I have a drop down list of part numbers. I have a field next to the drop down list lets call it (field A). What I would like is that if the drop down list is showing a part number the field A would display the word "Replaced". But if the drop down is blank field A would stay blank. Is there a way to do this with out writing a script with every part number in it for field A?

Hi,  I'm currently developing extensions for Photoshop and Illustrator with CEP. For some reason I can't get the browser debugger to work. I've followed the steps in the documents, changed the reggistry to enable debugging, made sure the manifest is correct as well as the .debug file. I've placed my extension at "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\my-extension" for development.  So going to localhost:8088 on my browser (Chrome and new Edge) when I run Photoshop and the extension does nothing.  Am I missing any steps?

Changing font styles on the fly has always been a PIA in Adobe programs. Because of the support for multiple font styles (a good thing), you can't just CTRL+b for bold, for example, and there isn't currently (to my knowledge) any other keyboard shortcut for changing font style. I'd like to set up scripts to switch font style. But I'd rather not have a separate script for every common style name--that would eat up way too many keyboard shortcuts. Is there any way via script to select the next/previous style--without using style names? That way, I could have one Previous Style and one Next Style script, and use those to quickly iterate between styles. For example, I might run Previous Style twice in a row to switch from Medium to Regular (Medium > Italic > Regular). I personally use Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, and I'd be interested in scrips for any of them.