Is running a script considered "using" InDesign

The only way I know how to run a script is to open InDesign and run the script from the scripts panel (or in CS3 run it on start-up). But this by definition is "using" InDesign because it is running on your desktop whether you are pushing the buttons or not.

Thanks Joel, but you still haven't answered the question as to whether running a script is considered using InDesign.

I know I can't use InDesign on two different computers at once. The question is if I can run a script that takes an hour and work on my laptop in the meantime with the same license. The book analogy doesn't quite work here being that there's know such thing as "waiting for a book to copplete a process".

If you are asking about separate computers, according to the license agreement, you are entitled to install ("activate") the software on up to two machines, provided that the software is not used on both machines at the same time.

In other words, you can install InDesign on two computers NOT in the same location (i.e., on the same network) as long as you use InDesign on only ONE of those computers at a time. This is akin to the "like a book" analogy software manufacturers use: you can't have one physical book in two places being read by two different people at the same time.

This is to help out professionals who may have a work desktop and home laptop but don't want to/can't afford to buy separate licenses for each machine.

As far as running one InDesign on two different machines at the same time, it violates the letter of the license agreement. In fact, to keep users honest, some Adobe software applications monitor usage and can detect multiple concurrent use of a single license, and in fact, can (and often will) temporarily disable one or both of those sessions.

I meant the script running on my desktop while I use InDesign on my laptop.

But that's interesting, I never knew you could physically start a new process and run InDesign on the same machine?

Edit: Or maybe you in fact meant using it on my laptop is just running another process???

Hi Fred,

You are the license holder, and you're just using InDesign. As long as you're sitting there, the EULA doesn't care about how many concurrent processes you start.

Thanks,

Ole

Ole,

I think you might have misunderstood my question. I meant if it is in any way breaking the EULA.

Hi Fred,

Nope! Just don't mess with anything the script cares about, and you'll be fine.

Thanks,

Ole