Difficulty Running .NET Core App in Background on macOS for InDesign Extension

Question

Hello Adobe Developers community,

I’m encountering an issue with an InDesign extension that my team and I have developed. Our extension relies on a .NET Core application to handle HTTPS calls and IDML parsing. While this setup works smoothly on Windows, we’re facing challenges on macOS.

The problem arises because the script responsible for launching the .NET Core DLL waits for the command to finish, preventing it from running in the background. As a result, our extension on macOS isn’t functioning as intended.

Attempts Made:

We have tried launching the .NET Core DLL using AppleScript and the do shell script command, both with and without methods to run it in the background.

Request for Assistance:

We would greatly appreciate any insights, suggestions, or solutions from the community on how to effectively run the .NET Core app in the background on macOS to support our InDesign extension.

Additional Details:

Operating System: macOS
InDesign Version: 16.0, 17.0, 18.0
.NET Core Version: 3

Thank you in advance for your help and expertise!

NSi4.com · Accepted Answer

1.
Is it possible to change the app in charge of processing with "ignoring application responses" or BridgeTalk to another app that is not InDesign? InDesign may be able to proceed at the expense of that app.

2.
> doScript and the shell script functions successfully when executed independently
What exactly would be the result of this? Will the DLL keep running and InDesign accept other operations?

3.
Can the principal-agent relationship between jsx and .NET Core apps be reversed? That is, the main process is .NET Core app, and jsx is executed from there.

Thank you again for your continued assistance.

To close this, what I did is to compile my .Net Core DLL for osx-x64, used Platypus to create a .app for macOS with no interface, and set it to run in the background without getting the focus from the app it's calling it.

These are the links that help someone to do that:

https://www.xamboy.com/2020/05/28/net-core-application-macos-packaging-and-notarization

https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/keep-applications-from-stealing-focus-when-opening-in-os-x

So now that I have an .app I select the file as you proposed and execute it.

Thanks again.

sttk3 · Answer

In other words, if you could run do shell script without waiting for a response, would that solve the problem? It might succeed if the following points are taken care of.Clearly specify the application to tellPlace the tell block in a ignoring application responses blockignoring application responsestell application id "com.adobe.InDesign"do shell script your_shell_scriptend tellend ignoring

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