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AaronArnott
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March 22, 2011
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Launching InDesign script from web browser.

  • March 22, 2011
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I have a website, a word document, and an indesign script for said word document, i want it so that when the user clicks on a button the script is run which imports the word document into InDesign.

At the moment the only way i can think of doing this is to have both the document and script itself copied to the local machine, wiht the script being placed in indesign's startup folder. then launching indesign and after completion deleteing the script so that it doesn't execute every time indesign is opened afterwards. Is there an easier way to do this? I need the process to be nearly invisible to the end user.

Thanks.

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John Hawkinson
John Hawkinson
Inspiring
March 22, 2011

You are not going to have much success with this.

The security architecture of web browsers is designed to prevent websites from running programs on local machines. With special exceptions for cases like PDF files.

Perhaps you should consider another architecture. Opening Word documents in InDesign is already an abnormal workflow.

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AaronArnottAuthor
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March 23, 2011

Let me clarify this a bit, i already have a method of getting the documents and script onto the local machine and of launching InDesign from a web browser, i'm wondering if a script can be passed in to the launch command as an argument or if i need to put it in the specific startup folder then have it deleted when done.

John Hawkinson
John Hawkinson
Inspiring
March 23, 2011

Mac or Windows?

And for that matter: CS5?

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