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Narayan Sultania
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October 7, 2019
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Active document null

  • October 7, 2019
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Hi,

 

I had created Flex extension for InDesign CS6. Recently I installed the extension on Mac machine with OS 10.13.6. The extension panel opens fine but some of the functionality is not working as expected. On investigation I found that InDesign.app.activeDocument is null even though there is an active/open document in InDesign. Why InDesign.app.activeDocument is null?

 

Thanks,
Narayan

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    rob day
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    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 7, 2019

    Have you tried app.documents[0], rather than app.activeDocument?

     

    BTW, I assume you know Flex/Flash/Actionscript extensions are no longer supported with InDesign CC? Does Flex/Actionscript really want InDesign.app.activeDocument? With JS it would be simply app.activeDocument

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    Narayan SultaniaAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    November 26, 2019

    Hi Rob,

     

    Thanks for the reply.

     

    The issue occurs on a particular Mac machine with OS 10.13.6. I am still investigating for the root cause. It is an old Flex extension for CS6.

     

    Thanks,

    Narayan

    brian_p_dts
    Community Expert
    brian_p_dtsCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 7, 2019

    I'm not familiar with Flex, but it's likely that the extension has some kind of Event Listener that is triggering before a document is opened. That would be my best guess.

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