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Oviya___
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August 20, 2009
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How to create Indesign document using IDML in vb.net without using indesign application....

  • August 20, 2009
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Hi,

      Im new to indesign IDML... I have to create indesign document without using indesign application...

      I seen the structure of idml and how the xml files are linked there(designmap.xml)....

     But dont know how to implement that without indesign application...

     If anyone known means help me....

     Thanks in advance...

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iwhp
Participating Frequently
September 30, 2009

So, can someone provide a sample of how to open an idml file, change some stuff and write it back. It seems that the .NET developers do not get the support compared to the Java developers. They at least get some tools and samples. Why does the .NET community not get this support from Adobe?

Jongware
Community Expert
JongwareCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 1, 2009

Java is cross-platform, .NET is Windows only. You might as well ask why Adobe doesn't support RealBasic, because there are lots of users of that as well.

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iwhp
Participating Frequently
October 1, 2009

THankx! Good point. But know with Silverlight we (.NET Developers) are going into cross-plattform, at least in some way. I am wundering if that could trigger a rethinking in Adobes strategy. I hope so... RealBasic? Have you used it in main-stream? Is it as good as .NET? Just wundering to what you compare .NET, since I see that .NET is more advanced than Java and has a better strategy... That is just my view....

Thankx and cheers Harry

Adobe-InDesign_CS4
Adobe-InDesign_CS4
Inspiring
August 20, 2009

Hi Oviy,

    I read your msg,

(*) Without InDesign its possible to create the IDML

Limitation

   We Need one InDesign File [like template] for example I'm having the Template with some Text Frames [xxx.indt] and I exported as [xxx.idml].

Requirement to generate the IDML

(*) InDesign SDK

(*) Java

Hint:

   Pls check the Story_xxx.xml's and you get some Idea to generate the new IDML.

Pls. No need to change any other Folder & its xmls.

Thanks & Regards

T.R.Harihara Sudhan

Harbs.
Harbs.
Legend
August 20, 2009

You don't need either the SDK or Java to create an IDML file. An IDML

file is just a zip of the folder structure with an IDML extension.

Harbs

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subha_oviya
Known Participant
August 24, 2009

Hi,

    Yes having folder contains various xml files in each folder.  If we want to add one story(textframe) means have to creat one story file (story_xxx.xml) and have to give link in designmap.xml in manually.... Each xml element having many attributes....How its all possible without idesign?

   How to implement idml file without indesign?

   Could you explain me?

Harbs.
Harbs.
Legend
August 20, 2009

What are you trying to do? If you are trying to create an IDML file

from scratch, just copy the format of an existing one. If you want to

create an indd file, that's impossible without InDesign.

Harbs

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