Action is not enabled

[JumpinJehosephat]

I'm trying to invoke the menu action in InDesign CS5. I get the error "Action is not enabled."

An item is selected in the app. The menu works if I do it manually. How do I enable this menu action?

Do I need to resort to scripting Apple Events?

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[AS Scripter]

Can you provide the code that doesn't work, and/or the exact name of the Menu Item?

[JumpinJehosephat · Accepted solution]

I actually figured out my main problem was that I was running the code inside the 'tell document' block. It has to be addressed directly to the application.

The final AppleScript code was:

	set clearEffects to menu item "Clear Effects" of submenu "Effects" of submenu "Object" of menu 1
	select clearEffects

I also figured out this should be in a try block, since if there are no effects applied to the selection, it throws an error. But it works great.

[Marc Autret]

What menu action?

Is your menuAction.enabled true?

@+

Marc