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Is it possible to access the menu function 'smart punctuation' under the type menu in extendscript. I'd like to automate the process of changing intelligent quote marks in illustrator. Its been a while since I visited the whole forum structure seem to have changed

Hi all,Weird issue...   I've built an ExternalObject library for Windows and Mac to be loaded from InDesign ExtendScript.   It's using the curl library to do some https access from a remote server.Anyway, works great on MY machine in Windows and Mac.  I can't get it to load on other machines in Mac.    Even with ExternalObject.log = true, all it says is "ExtObj: load error!".I've tried several versions of ID, all the way back to ID 6, and CC2015.  (Works on all of the above on my PC).My PC is Windows 10 32bit running on a VM on my Mac.   Other machines I've tried this on have been a Windows 10 PC (64 bit), and on another Mac VM Windows 10 32 bit.My first suspicion is that there is a missing DLL dependency.  I've used dumpbin to review the dependent DLL's and they all seem to be present.  I wrote a stub program that loads the DLL library and calls a function and that functions on all platforms - so it's able to load the DL

I'm trying to create fields that are filled in sequence from an existing list of items that are selected by checkboxes.  I need an item to fill the first field in the colum, unless it already contains data, if so, I need it to use the next field, and so on.  I have a list of nearly 100 items that could potentially be selected. I had limited success using an action builder in LiveCycle Designer and am able to duplicate data from the list into a form, but not to fill fields in sequence.  If I select items 1, 8, and 15 from the list, or any other combination of items, I need it to fill in fields 1, 2, 3, etc. on my form.  Hoping someone can help me with a JavaScript that would work for this.  I'm thinking that the fields would need to adjust if an item is unselected as well.  I am currently using checkboxes to trigger the items in the list.

Hi all,I'm a new user and I must confess to not having programmed in Javascriot before.I need to insert many mp3 files in PDF and I'd like to avoid insert manually them one after the other.Does someone know if there is in Acrobat SDK an available object and its method I can call from a javascript (or other language)? Can you send me its signature? (And, if I'm not asking too much help, also a simple example script?)Thanks in advanceMarco 

Hi there,Please can someone point me in the right direction.I've put together some JS that reads a list of pdfs from a text form field.For each file in the list a master pdf is opened, pages replaced and then the pdf is saved to a folder.Paths to the files are set up with - var pathToThis = this.path.replace(this.documentFileName,""); which gives me the base location.The code works fine in the JavaScript Debugger however when I take the code and add it to a button mouse up trigger it fails.I've also tried putting the JS into a document level script but still it fails.Is there some other way I can execute the JS outside of the Debugger? I was thinking of creating a custom menu item but I'm not sure if that would work.Please can someone help?Thanks in advance.

This is my first attempt at creating a dialog box using the "resource specification" method. Basically, I want the script to stop if the user clicks Cancel or continue if the user clicks OK. My function that handles the "OK to continue" always returns 0. Here is the code; any insights would be greatly appreciated.  #target framemaker main(); function main () { var vStartDir = ChooseFile("Select the folder containing the book you want to clone:", "", "", Constants.FV_ChooseOpenDir); var vOutputDir = ChooseFile("Select (or create) the destination folder for the new book:", "", "", Constants.FV_ChooseOpenDir); var okToOverwrite = fileOverwriteWarning(); // this always evaluates to 0 alert(okToOverwrite); if (okToOverwrite == 0) { // STOP execution return; } // Otherwise, continue execution (script never gets this far) alert("okToOverwrite = " + okToOverwrite + ". Continuing..."); // etc. } function fileOverwriteWarning() {

I have a long running application and the second line of the following code snipit started trowing exceptions with version Acrobat DC 2000920063li_rc = lole_form.ConnectToNewObject("AFormAut.App")lole_fields = lole_form.Fieldsand the error reported is Name not found accessing external object property fields at line 7 in function oleconnectI checked the latest SDK documentation and saw no changesThanks in advance,

I'm looking to write scripts for Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop.  I've written these before but it's been about a year since I last did any coding for CC products.  I've noticed that there is no longer an extend script toolkit included with Created Cloud. And the download button for Adobes ExtendScript webpage does not work.  The only place I was able to get a copy of ExtendScript was from the Adobe Archives. I haven't tested it out yet, but I assume the archived software will get the job done for now.  Moving forward how are we supposed to create scripts for Adobe Applications?

I have a custom calculation script that I want to load into two dozen fields on a single page. Adding it to each field one at a time is a colossal pain, especially since I'm still developing the script and need to do it often.Is there a less painful way to handle this? Does Acrobat have an option to add a script to many fields simultaneously? Or a way to put the script in one central "place" (in Acrobat, or the doc, or even externally) and have the fields pull the script from that place? -------------------------------- UPDATE: I ended up using TinyTask to record a screen macro for inserting scripts. That way, I could insert a script by clicking a field and press my hotkey. That allowed me to add 38 scripts in under 5 minutes. Not the solution I was going for, but it's much better and faster than doing it 100% manually.

hi every onei create a game with as3,it has a lot of questions of multi choose,so i have a lot of buttuns that i hide them all at the beginning of the game ex ( a10.visible=false;b10.visible=false;...... etc )the proplem is :when i start to create the eleven question with hte same code of hiding it doesn't work.why?my code for the first question is:import flash.display.MovieClip;import flash.events.MouseEvent;btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,clickhandler);function clickhandler(event:MouseEvent):void {var num1 =Math.round((Math.random()*5) + 1);rno.text = String(num1);}var q1:MovieClip = q1q1.visible=false;a1.visible=false;b1.visible=false;c1.visible=false;d1.visible=false;var q7:MovieClip = q7q7.visible=false;a7.visible=false;b7.visible=false;c7.visible=false;d7.visible=falsevar q2:MovieClip = q2q2.visible=false;a2.visible=false;b2.visible=false;c2.visible=false;d2.visible=false;var q3:MovieClip = q3q3.visible=false;a3.visible=false;b3.visible=false;c3.visible=false;d3.visibl

I've seen examples that use:function main(argv){...} but when I run a jsx file with this main function and arguments passed from applescript nothing happens

When I go to help -> Object Model Viewer, it is grayed out. How can I get access to this?

Does anybody know where I can download the Illustrator CS5 SDK? The link on Adobe website is broken.

For example you write script with some UI and some user input.You want to test if everything works right.You can test script manually, but it is time consuming especially when your GUI is complicated and you have multiply cases to check. Below is simple example: #target photoshop $.level = 1; // Debugging level, Level: 0 - No Break, 1 - Break, 2 - Immediate Break var mainWindow = new Window("dialog", "Test buttons"); var buttonFoo = mainWindow.add("button", undefined, "foo"); var buttonBar = mainWindow.add("button", undefined, "bar"); buttonFoo.onClick = function(){ alert("Fooo!"); } buttonBar.onClick = function(){ alert("Baar!"); } mainWindow.show();  Here is gif in which I show what I want to do automatically: Requirements:I want to run test by one click.The test need to be platform independent and it should run on all photoshop versions above 13.0 (CS6).(If is it possible) The test should be independent from user's PS layout.(If is it p

Hi, Actionscript3 / Flash version 32.0.330When I'm using stageVideo for a local cam the video shown is blinking, repeating the same frames for ever.rather, with a NetStream, everything is ok. Any clue? var sv:Vector.<StageVideo> = stage.stageVideos;stageVideo = sv[slotNumber];if(stageVideo){    stageVideo.addEventListener(StageVideoEvent.RENDER_STATE,onRenderStateChanged);    gpuSlotArray[name] = slotNumber;    if(isPublish == true){         stageVideo.attachCamera(cam);    }else{        stageVideo.attachNetStream(ns);    } Thanks!

Hi! New poster and relatively new dev here, so bear with me... I've been tasked with adding comparison functionality to one of my office's custom apps. The requirements call for the ability to do basically exactly what the "Compare Files" tool in Acrobat Pro (this guy: ) already does quite robustly: visually compare two different PDF versions side-by-side while highlighting any differences. All of the colleagues in my office already have licenses for Acrobat Pro, so it seems silly to reinvent this wheel. However, I would like to make their QOL a little better by allowing them to select two PDF's from *our* app, then push a button (or some such) that opens Acrobat and tosses the selected files directly into this comparison tool.I explored the Acrobat DC SDK Documentation, and while there was lots of talk of controlling Acrobat from an external application, I didn't find anything that referred to this particular capability (though I totally could have missed it by searchin

Hi,I need to convert over one miljon web pages to PDF. I have a WSH VBS script that uses Adobe PDF printer by sending ^p {ENTER}.This does work but is a little bit un-reliable, and I can only run one instance of the script per computer.Also the computer has to be un-locked and I can not run the script on remote server. So now I need to print or save the web pages without using sendkeys.Can this be done? /Peter

Brand new .pdf creator/ JavaScript code writer here. I am building an invoice document and have already set up certain fields to auto calculate a total cost. I have it set up so that when values in columns H and J are entered, the product is shown in column K (below right). However, what I need to do is allow for manual entry in all three columns if the 'yes' radio button is checked under the heading of Block (below left). All fields are in the same document, but I do not know how to write the if / then statement so that it reads the Block field values and acts upon them (if that makes any sense). I appreciate any and all help.Thanks so much,Amy 

I've been experimenting with the ExternalObject feature because I want to integrate a c++ library with my After Effects script. I started with the SampleLib found in the path:C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit CC\SDK\Samples\cpp\build\samplelibI used VS 2019 to build the solution and got a dll file out of that. Then when I try to load it with:var lib = new ExternalObject("lib:SampleLib.dll"); What I get is:I/O errorI'm not sure what to do at this point. The documentation does not even mention this as a possible error. I've looked everywhere on the internet but I can't seem to find anyone with a similar issue. It seems to work fine for everyone. Any help would be appreciated!

Hi Folks, I'm struggling to find a JS equivalence to Remote SharedObject, NetGroup and StageVideo classes. any clue?Thanks

I got Chrome update for version 80 and realized CEP plugin's remote debugging is broken.I verified that Chrome ver 79 is still working after reinstalled old version.The project is old code base on CEP7. I wonder if this is happening on CEP7 only or happening on CEP8 or CEP9.Also it would be fixed on later Chrome version or CEP7 is outdated from standard.      

We are running a script to analyze and verify all of our PDFs. It runs a different group each day. We get access denied on some files. 02/10/2020\\XXX\xxx\yyy\other\070488\Appendix_10.pdfAccess to the path '\\XXX\xxx\yyy\other\070488\Appendix_10.pdf' is denied.4/9/2009 8:31:09 AM6/8/2007 1:56:18 PM6/8/2007 1:56:18 PM02/10/2020\\XXX\xxx\yyy\other\070488\Appendix_09.pdfAccess to the path '\\XXX\xxx\yyy\other\070488\Appendix_09.pdf' is denied.4/9/2009 8:31:09 AM6/8/2007 1:56:18 PM6/8/2007 1:56:18 PM Trying to figure out what might be causing this. These files tend to be a small group that was often sent from a particular agency or processed by a particular person. Trying to figure out what to look at to determine the probable cause. All of the files have the same permissions, both the ones that work and the ones that do not.

I am working on an extension for Adobe Bridge with CEPv9 Once my extension is loaded, I can select text in the panel manually with the mouse and right-click to copy. then proceed to paste outside of Bridge into other programs via normal OS copy/paste functions. However, I cant seem to get the same .innerHTML text in the Panel to copy using a javascript function Following the basic example on w3schools  my javascript:  var cText = document.getElementById("fileNameTable").innerHTML; alert("cText = " + cText); cText.select(); cText.setSelectionRange(0, 99999); cText.copy(); //example says document.execCommand("copy");  The alert shows the text without issues, so i dont have a problem pulling the data. Big picture, there is an html button that calls a function, said function would copy html text of specific element to the clipboard, user can then paste into another program. I am a hobbyist to javascript so not sure where t

i know this is probably something simple i am missing. I am just trying to grab which text frames are selected so i can then (do something) to those selected. here is what i am working with:var myDoc = app.activeDocument; var textFrame = myDoc.textFrames.selection[0]; for(var i = 0; i < textFrame.length; i++) { var frameCount = textFrame[i]; } alert("text frame amount:" + frameCount);anyone have any ideas?

I'm working on a Photoshop plug-in for Windows, to be published on exchange.adobe.com. It looks like I can't provide an installer when my plug-in is shipped.  So how can I make sure that a certain Visual Studio Redistributable will be there?  Can I rely on Photoshop to install one or more redists?  I was reading that the Visual Studio 2015 64 redist is needed by Photoshop - would that be the one I should target to use to?