[ANN] InDesign CC 2014 Document Object Model Documentation

[grefel]

I've freshly rendered an alternative documentation for Adobe ExtendScript API and the InDesign Object Model.

InDesign ExtendScript API (10.0)

I don't like the representation in the Object Model Viewer provided by the Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit and hence used the HTML Version from Jongware on a daily basis. However these files are only up to InDesign CS6 and not searchable. So I started to convert them on my own. If you feel familiar with the structure and layout from Jongware files, this is not by chance, because I'm totally used to it.

Feel free to browse the documentation, download a copy for offline usage (Unfortunately the offline search function will not work in Chrome). The sources of the Transformation can be found on github. The copyright of the original Files is by Adobe Systems Incorporated.

I'm happy about Feedback and Bug reports. Keep in mind that the doucmentation sources are written by Adobe and I can only corret transformation errors!

Acknowledgements

This project ist based on the fantastic ExtendScript API HTML from [Jongware]. Without his efforts and inspiration I would not have realized it. Thank You!

[Harbs.]

Very nice!

Nice touch putting the transformations on Github.

I personally use the chm versions of Jongware's files.

[Jongware]

Looks very nice! Even the free text search is very snappy, showing results practically immediately. Well done!

Also, well done on the design! I was running out of shades-of-purple for InDesign; this green theme makes it look all fresh and new!

[HPTranspace]

Hello Jongware!

After a couple of changes for ID CC2014 as you'll note below (" -> ', and, Object Styles) to an old couple lines of your code, I got the following to work beautifully to delete all the unused Indesign styles in a document off a hot key. A real time saver!

//DeleteAllUnusedStyles

app.menus.item('Paragraph Style Panel Menu').menuItems.item('Select All Unused').associatedMenuAction.invoke();

app.menus.item('Paragraph Style Panel Menu').menuItems.item('Delete Styles…').associatedMenuAction.invoke();

app.menus.item('Character Style Panel Menu').menuItems.item('Select All Unused').associatedMenuAction.invoke();

app.menus.item('Character Style Panel Menu').menuItems.item('Delete Styles…').associatedMenuAction.invoke();

app.menus.item('Object Styles Panel Menu').menuItems.item('Select All Unused').associatedMenuAction.invoke();

app.menus.item('Object Styles Panel Menu').menuItems.item('Delete Styles…').associatedMenuAction.invoke();

The only thing stopping me from popping it into a loop to do a whole book at once (a trick I got from your excellent show-hide layers script) is that I don't know how to "Check The Box" in the ID UI that opens as it does each panel to make it "Apply To All". I'm sure it's quite simple but I've been through your handy dandy Script classes list, and ExtendScript, 'til I'm blue in the face and can't take it any more.

Can you offer me a hint where to look?

Best Regards,

HP

[ThinkingThings]

Excellent work! Thank you very much! Very helpful!!

[Alan_AEDScripts]

Thank you so much, this is great - much appreciated.