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November 23, 2017
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How to target HTML5 extension for highest version of Adobe product

  • November 23, 2017
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Hi,

I am developing HTML5 extension for Adobe InDesign, InCopy and Photoshop and I want to target highest version of these products. I read in documentation that when I mention only lowest version in manifest.xml, it automatically becomes compatible to highest version. For example, currently the highest version of InDesign is 13.0.1 and if my manifest says:

       <HostList>

            <Host Name="IDSN" Version="[8.0]" />

            ...

        </HostList>

it means lowest supported version is 8.0 and highest is whatever highest version is out for InDesign. Is my understanding correct?

But, when I try to install this extension in InDesign 13.0.1 using Adobe's command line tools, I get error code -411, which according to the link: Find solutions for Extension Manager error codes is error due to extension being incompatible with installed Adobe application. When I change the version to specify a range like:

       <HostList>

            <Host Name="IDSN" Version="[8.0,13.0.1]" />

            ...

        </HostList>

it installs in InDesign 13.0.1 just fine using same Adobe command line tools. Now, I do not want to roll out a new extension every time there is an update in any Adobe product we intend to support. There has to be a way to specify that we want to target the highest version of products we support.

Any help on the matter is highly appreciated.

Swati.

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Correct answer Ten A

Here is a correct syntax .

<Host Name=“IDSN” Version=“8.0” />

remove brackets your previous code.

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Ten A
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Ten ACommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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November 23, 2017

Here is a correct syntax .

<Host Name=“IDSN” Version=“8.0” />

remove brackets your previous code.

Swati999Author
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November 28, 2017

That fixed my problem.

Thanks much, mate!