Your example is a bit out of context, e.g. I it first fooled me to think there is an ListStyles enum. Anyway, the UXP implementers also found the problem and solved it with an "equals()" member. Refer to point 3 here comparing PathType enumerators: https://developer.adobe.com/indesign/1688653963277/guides/migrating-to-UXPScript/index.html   ... View more

As you ask "reliably" I think the answer is no, I've seen nothing persistent. You could watch that it is created, but that is not reliable for existing docs. When I relink an image, the static caption remains unchanged, so I'd say static means static here.   ... View more

You may remember one recent change that is not relevant here though.   Until InDesign version 21 the AppleScript integration used very old, low level APIs - remember AppleScript supports predates ExtendScript which only was added in version 3. This antique code was recently rewritten to use a newer Apple API. One detail removed was the ability of AppleScript scripts to terminate and stay resident - the equivalent of ExtendScript target engines. That way AppleScript in-script methods could directly work as event handlers for InDesign's own events - "after open" and so forth. This feature was anyway broken from the beginning, it worked only for scripts directly executed by InDesign rather than those incoming via AppleEvent. Sensing from the number of related posts, nobody used that feature anyway, and it can get reworked to use script files instead of in-script methods. ... View more

Just had a first look at it, so no definite answer: It is a regular text frame, displaying a regular story. The magic is in the contents – the live caption is implemented as text variable. So you'd look at the owned item strand and find a kCalculatedTextVariableBoss, likely the trigger for the functionality is the constant in its IStringData "Live Metadata Caption: Name". Don't know how that connects to the actual compute, maybe a service. The other thing that stands out is the character attributes strand, there is a kTextAttrPageNumberTypeBoss attribute in the overrides (the name telling about the original use of text variables) which specifies a "data position" of kDataPosition_TextVariable = 3. ... View more

@Manan Joshi See PluginVersion resource, the kSDKDefHostMajorVersionNumber, kSDKDefHostMinorVersionNumber pair.   ... View more

Please repost in the separate Japanese InDesign forum. The following link should take you there. https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0/ct-p/ct-indesign-jp   ... View more

Glyph IDs are font specific and only used when no other combination of character code and text attributes produces them. E.g. when you insert the glyph via glyphs panel, InDesign will try its best to insert a real character set various attributes or toggle umpteen opentype settings for it (the mouse-over tip for that glyph will tell). Only if that fails, it produces a real glyph.   Back to the problem. The easiest way in UI is to use an otherwise unused character and find-change-glyphs it when you have entered all of them. I first thought (as in: burnt an hour) entering the gid/cid using a script should also be possible along Peter's attempt, but then remembered the old script from the original InDesign team themselves that creates all glyphs for a range by using an import - was it tagged text? When I needed it, I wrote an experimental plugin that produces random glyphs for the current font (for testing that font) but that won't help here.   Scripted find change glyph along my UI suggestion should be a more modern way. Left as exercise for any takers. ... View more

Will the still missing contents from the previous system get recovered? The losses from webex won't, but jive also had some sections on xmp and other less frequent topics ... While you speak about contents, will the URLs be preserved so that external bookmarks still work? At least redirects? ... View more

Are you sure you got a font key at all? I already had problems using AIFont::FontKeyFromFont … This likely is caused by the new feature that renders text with missing fonts using the subset embedded in the PDF side of the file, rather than the traditional pink. Somewhere in prefs there might be a toggle to choose the old behaviour. I have not yet even tried to find it, plus figure out whether it works and via what SDK call, currently using something far more convoluted and waiting for a real fix. A better place to raise such issues is the SDK section in prerelease, and the associated bugbase. ... View more

Fully agree – such implementations (not just observer) at their default IID should get added only to your own boss classes. Otherwise you risk collisions with other plugins, or later versions from Adobe, that attempt the same trick. You'd AutoAttach/Detach them from any code that comes along, mostly all those notifications. I'd also avoid to interfere with existing UI, e.g. close a dialog just opened by the user. From an idle task, ugh. There are other mechanisms for that, several mentioned here. ... View more

When you really intend to suppress or replace the dialog, it might be sufficient to remove the action using an action filter. On the other hand, that's also a drastic step towards users so think twice.   @Manan Joshi also mentioned the SuppressedUI plugin template, it might also do what you want. I never liked the idea so I don't know its details, e.g. if you borrow some code from there would you be able to coexist with other plugins that do the same? ... View more

So you're still looking at shortcuts and related UI. This summer I also spent some (too much) time on them, as an exercise in UXP, initially copied the existing dialog to validate my script methods. Below is the intermediate result with a few additions. One time sink was to convert between UXP key events and virtual keys, also capture all of them. Better done in C++, UXP is far from complete. I filed several related improvement suggestions.   On the other hand have a look at Bridge or Premiere and see their reworked KBSC Editor, I guess that at some point in time this will also trickle down to InDesign rendering outside efforts obsolete, so I shifted back my focus to other projects.     ... View more

When you prefer observers, attach to kAppBoss kWindowAddedMessage IID_IWINDOWLIST. The void* is a kMovableModalWindowBoss, next level is kKBSCEditorDlgBoss . On the way out that's kRemoveWindowMessage   ... View more

It usually opens when the action is invoked … There is some weird way so action components can watch other actions, even without overriding them. Read the headers on those special fields and constants in action definition resources. Scripted action events should work the same way, or they may be easier if you work both sides. ... View more

To join the InDesign Developer Prerelease program, start at prerelease.adobe.com . Approval is a manual process but it should not take much longer than a working day. The debug builds will then show as separate downloads in CC.app . ... View more

Generally good troubleshooting practices, but this early morning many Japanese channels (forums, social media) were flooded with similar messages. Apparently something cloud based (activation?) was having troubles.   A suggested solution was to close all CC applications, unplug the internet (LAN or WLAN) and start them up again, only then reactivate your LAN. Tough day ahead if this gets thru to Europe … ... View more

Could be a Windows update rather than 21.0 A few hours ago, next door in the Japanese InDesign Forum a Windows update was mentioned causing Times New Roman troubles …   https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0-discussions/windows%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E5%BE%8C%E3%81%AE%E6%8C%99%E5%8B%95%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A4%E3%81%84%E3%81%A6/m-p/15591300?profile.language=ja#M13585     Windows11 24H2, InDesign2025(20.5) Yesterday a Windows update came and after adapting it, the following phenomenon occurred.   ・I am told that I can't find Times New Roman. (All files used.) It does not change with font list recreation or initialization of preferences) ・It now takes about 10 seconds to open even a one-page file with only text   There was no such phenomenon before the update, and I suspect the impact of Windows updates because I have not updated InDesign. I would like to know what others think.   Translated response: So, when I uninstalled the Windows update (KB5068861), I found Times New Roman Also KB5068861 there was a difference in the version of Times New before and after (Version 7.05 and 7.10)   ... View more

C++ can call scripts, or directly invoke script requests. It is just unneccessary overhead, e.g. a day or two to get it going for the first time. ... View more

Sorry for the unspecific response, I was away from my working machine.   The command is kKBSCSetCurrentSetCmdBoss, the missing interface is IID_IKBSCSETCURRENTSETCMDDATA. This does not help with anything though because of missing header for the CmdData as I remembered. As far I have looked there is also no notification.   "Displaying the shortcut dialog once solves …" - that's typical, InDesign setter methods are often very raw and only manipulate direct data. Calling them directly misses required database updates and also any dependencies. Such functionality mostly goes thru commands, or facade and util methods.   For the scripting side, here another screenshot: The entry in general preferences just repeats the property name, likely it is the applied shortcut set.   ... View more

If I remember that correctly, you need a command where the CmdData is missing in the SDK. There is a way via scripting, though. ... View more

I wonder whether they touched the Group related code to get Flex going … Is there some action like Un-flex? If so, would / should that also preserve layers? Is there a "Convert flex to group"? I know I should look myself … ... View more

Some panels with lists or trees allow a selection of multiple items. Some panel associated menu actions will consider such a panel selection, or within a contextual click the hit item, and work on that. They require that the panel is open and that there is such a selection. You can't simulate the effect via a scripted invoke(). Fallbacks might work on every item or give up. I do not know whether this is the case for your menu actions, but your "doesn't always seem" sounds like that.   Alternatively you (or your AI) could try the myObjectStyle.move(LocationOptions.…,parentOrSibling) method, it should work without the panel. ... View more