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‎Feb 26, 2013
09:38 AM
@-hans-: Is your example a working applescript line or a javascript line? "do shell script"
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‎Feb 26, 2013
12:00 AM
So you basically do this: #include "../extendables.jsx" And that will allow you to include a function library. From there you can build a jquery library for js/id.
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‎Feb 25, 2013
10:52 PM
Hi someone or everyone, Upon comming in contact with jquery I instantly became aware of the secret behind it's popularity. It 'shortened' bits of code, functions and other, into easily managed text that makes sense almost at first glance. Is this a thing that can be done with indesign?
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‎Feb 19, 2013
07:34 AM
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Never mind! This worked: app.activeDocument.hyperlinks.itemByName("Hyperlink 1").source.sourcePageItem.remove()
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‎Feb 19, 2013
07:23 AM
Thanks Jongware! Once again to the rescue. Now I'm attempting to 'climb' up the object model, to reference the source of the hyperlink. It is a group (of a rectangle and a polygon) and has a name "BACK". I tried to extrapolate from the above, but my assumptions where incorrect: app.activeDocument.hyperlinks.itemByName("Hyperlink 1").source.hyperlinkPageItemSource.remove(); ...doesnt remove the group. If you, or anyone else who has the time, could help me here I would greatly appreciate it.
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‎Feb 19, 2013
06:05 AM
Hi people! I bet this is simple, but I can't work it out.. and documentation is scarce. I want to change the PageDestination of a certain hyperlink via javascript. Lets go with this: app.activeDocument.hyperlinks.itemByName("Hyperlänk 8").destinationPage = 1 (or something else) ...the above doesn't work. What should I use instead of ".destinationPage"? Thanks
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‎Oct 31, 2012
03:01 AM
[surfing in] This was a great frustration for me aswell. But just as someone in this thread predicted – Yes, the file naming conventions work (as announced) in PS CS6!
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‎Jul 07, 2012
01:29 AM
@ Luke11 "In the instance you describe above, can't you just go links > relink to folder... ?" Yes, (well not if the images have a new extension), that would be enough. But I realise I remembered the case wrong! My suggestion was to move the images to just one folder – but there were duplicates, who would then erase each other. Instead we chose to keep the folder structure, but these folders had migrated to a different server, so we still had that problem, and a script was necessary. I had to use 'Name Changer' for Mac to take care of the duplicate issues, and then run a script with a batch function. About the other thing, developing scripts whith no other purpose than just one project. It's a balance you have to maintain: Will the time spent with the script save time so that deadlines are met, budgets etc. If it doesn't, it's a waste of time and resources unless you are also in the process of learning scripting, and there is a mutual aggreement with all parties that it is a priority for you to become more skilled with scripts.
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‎Jul 05, 2012
04:38 PM
When being asked to relink an entire ≈ 1000 page catalogue (indd-docs are 100-200 pcs), with thousands of pictures, which have all been moved into one folder (originally 10 folders) and have all been converted into .tif, or .jpg, from being a bunch of different formats – is when you need a script. Some people see that as a working opportunity not to be missed, relinking all those pics by hand. But can the company afford that, when all other dealings with the catalogue are equally time consuming? It might be a matter of meeting a deadline as well as being within budget and/or making good use of resources and talents.
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‎Jul 05, 2012
02:28 PM
Hi Uwe, Thanks for contemplating around this. The plugin is called "Mag +" and to my knowledge it works by itself, not through the DPS, with just the functions supplied by a 'basic' InDesign application + the plugin itself. Yes, adding things to a group seems difficult from my very limited experience. Dave Saunders has a script, http://jsid.blogspot.se/2005/08/script-of-day-add-item-to-group.html, where he uses "Group.graphicLines.add" to add a line to a group. But that is creating an object by script, and not adding whatever is selected to it. Will read the post and return.
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‎Jul 05, 2012
01:41 PM
This is hopefully not a simple question – because then the answer would probably be 'no'/'nothing else'. What can be done with a selection? Is it posible to sort out the different contents within a selection, declare variables around them or give them names, and then continue from there? I have one specific idea here. I want to select two things – one is a group, and the other is a non-grouped object, and then include that object in the original group. No – not the same as selecting them and simply grouping them, that could be done by hand. I want to include an object in a previously set group without creating another one. It has to do with a plugin used for creating apps for mobile devices. Creating another group out of the group + item makes all previous settings assigned to the original group dissapear. Not sure if the plugin will accept this method, but it's worth a try.
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‎Jul 05, 2012
01:30 PM
I'd like to just drop a line to say thanks for the support. And it deserves to be said, for anyone surfing in, that the obvious is true: No, a script wont stop working even tho you have 'the right code'. It had to to with not knowing about the overset problem. The second problem "all stories moving up to a certain geobound" was just a result of panic and not putting ; after all lines. (Doesn't show in the post.)
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‎Jun 20, 2012
02:51 PM
I mean all textframes literally changed to meet the bounds presented in that line, although the conditions where not met in the individual stories asociated with them. ! It's a start..
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‎Jun 20, 2012
01:51 PM
Running the loop now puts ALL stories.parentTextFrames to the geometric bounds in the offending line. With no change to the code. Have I missunderstood something about parenthesis, closing loops, or the use of &&?
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‎Jun 20, 2012
01:47 PM
The frames get overset from some lines I have above the other ones. " var myPar = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.item("Some Style"); myPar.fillColor = ("Black"); myPar.pointSize = 40; myPar.justification = 1818584692 " Increasing the point size will have them overset. In what way does that inhibit the loop from finding the storie and then change the parentTextFrame? And what can I do about it.
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‎Jun 20, 2012
01:08 PM
Thanks for taking your time Harbs. Sorry to say, once I escape the ungroup-line, it still won't run. Says line " if (stories.appliedParagraphStyle == STYLE && stories.paragraphs[0].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage.name == 1) stories.paragraphs[0].parentTextFrames[0].geometricBounds = ([38.8, 15, 48.249, 130]);" ..is wrong and that 'null is not an object'.
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‎Jun 20, 2012
12:30 PM
Hi Ariel, Thanks! But no, afraid that's not it. Chain is green and not broken. It seems to happen when I run the loop more than once. But what could be offending about the code being executed again? The last part of the code is a bunch of ifs. Should I wrap it upp in 'else break' or something?
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‎Jun 20, 2012
09:41 AM
Hello, again I've just wasted some hours trying to get a script to execute. It threw an error saying that the 'object wasn't valid' I decided to give up, wen't home, and later at home started up again to see if I could sort it out. It executed well on the first run. Same computer. No changes to the script. ESTK was set to InDesign 5, I checked it a million times. What could cause this to happen? Caches overflowing? "Blocks" between InDesign and ESTK? The script isn't callng for any URIs or such. Here's the bit I was having trouble with: app.activeDocument.groups.everyItem().ungroup(); app.activeDocument.layers.everyItem().locked = false; app.activeDocument.pageItems.everyItem().locked = false; MoveTextFrame(); function MoveTextFrame() { var doc = app.activeDocument; var stories = doc.stories; var STYLE = doc.paragraphStyles.item("Some Style"); for (var i = stories.length-1; i >= 0; i--) { if (stories.appliedParagraphStyle == STYLE && stories.paragraphs[0].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage.name == 1) stories.paragraphs[0].parentTextFrames[0].geometricBounds = ([38.8, 15, 48.249, 130]); if (stories.appliedParagraphStyle == STYLE && stories.paragraphs[0].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage.name == 2) stories.paragraphs[0].parentTextFrames[0].geometricBounds = ([9.2, 15, 18.6, 130]); if (stories.appliedParagraphStyle == STYLE && stories.paragraphs[0].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage.name == 3 && app.activeDocument.documentPreferences.facingPages == true) stories.paragraphs[0].parentTextFrames[0].geometricBounds = ([9.2,225, 18.6, 340]); if (stories.appliedParagraphStyle == STYLE && stories.paragraphs[0].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage.name == 3 && app.activeDocument.documentPreferences.facingPages == false) stories.paragraphs[0].parentTextFrames[0].geometricBounds = ([9.2,15, 18.6, 130]); if (stories.appliedParagraphStyle == STYLE && stories.paragraphs[0].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage.name == 4) stories.paragraphs[0].parentTextFrames[0].move([15,9.2]); } }
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‎May 04, 2012
07:32 AM
Thanks a lot Dave! It works. Have a great friday!
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‎May 04, 2012
07:19 AM
Hello, From being helped earlier with looping through objects looking for a fill color, and then deleting found objects, I decided to try and reuse the loop for another purpose. I'd like to loop through all stories in a document, finding those who have a particular paragraph style applied to them, and then 'climb out' using .parentTextFrame[0] to move the containing text frame. Here's what I have: Main(); function Main() { var doc = app.activeDocument; var stories = doc.stories; var STYLE = doc.paragraphStyles.item("STYLE"); for (var i = stories.length-1; i >= 0; i--) { if (stories.appliedParagraphStyle == STYLE) stories.parentTextFrames[0].move([3,5]); } } The script executes but the frames don't move. Changing "if (stories.appliedParagraphStyle == STYLE) stories.parentTextFrames[0].move([3,5]);" to "if (stories.appliedParagraphStyle == STYLE) stories.remove();" deletes the story. I'm thankful for any help. Looks like this should work in theory, but obviously there is something wrong..
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‎Apr 26, 2012
07:35 AM
Didn't think it was relevant, but here you go (an instance of "textFrame.id", from InDesignCS5_ScriptingGuide_JS.pdf) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5420164/Screen%20shot%202012-04-26%20at%2016.11.00.png The id was wrong, just like you said. This line now works: app.activeDocument.textFrames.itemByID(3768).move( [0, 4] );
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‎Apr 25, 2012
07:52 AM
Hi John, and thanks Consider me an absolute noob. Yes this is JavaScript. I found fragments within another script which I thought would work, but didn't. With your correction, and some further research it now looks like this: var textblock = app.activeDocument.textFrames.itemByID(3771); textblock .move( [0, 4] ); but still doesn't move the textframe.
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‎Apr 25, 2012
07:37 AM
I'm failing to write a line that will adress a textframe by id (which is 3771) and then move it. This is how my attempt looks: app.activeDocument.textFrames.item.id(3771).move([0, 0, 7, 2]); Any help is appreciated
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‎Apr 20, 2012
06:09 AM
Thanks a lot, that should help me get started.
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‎Apr 20, 2012
03:49 AM
Hello scripters (This might be very basic, if so I still haven't managed to find it anyware.) Is there some way to reference an object based on it's characteristics, for instance it's fill color, and then manipulate it (delete it, move it)? I would be greatful for any help.
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