AppleScript 'do script' no longer works with InDesign CC 2020?

[PrintHouse]

Dear Community,

I'm trying to launch Javascript/ExtendScript from AppleScript in recent InDesign using "do script" command. Is that still possible? I'm getting errors as if the command is no longer valid

tell application "Adobe InDesign 2020"
    activate
    set jsx_script to "Macintosh HD:Users:xxx:project:script.jsx"
    set val_1 to "Foo"
    set val_1 to "Bar"
    set my_values to {val_1, val_2}
    do script jsx_script language javascript with arguments my_values
end tell

This generates a syntax error at the `do script` line: "Expected end of line, etc. but found “script”."

Any ideas?

[rob day]

You haven’t defined val_2—val_1 is set to "Foo" and "Bar". The error is being generated from something in the JS you are calling.

This works for me:

tell application "Adobe InDesign 2020"
	activate
	set jsx_script to "...Desktop:HelloWorld.jsx"
	set a to "Foo"
	set b to "Bar"
	set my_values to {a, b}
	do script jsx_script language javascript with arguments my_values
end tell

The HelloWorld JS:

var a1 = arguments[0];
var a2 = arguments[1];

alert(a1 + "  " + a2);

[PrintHouse]

Hi Rob,

Thanks. val_2 was just an omission on my part while pasting the code here. The problem I'm having is AppleScript console throws an error when I want to use "do script" command. Only when I comment it out then I can save the script. May I know the macOS version and InDesign version you're trying it on?

[rob day]

InDesign 2020 and High Sierra

[rob day]

Does this compile?

tell application "Adobe InDesign 2020"
	do script "alert(\"Hi\");" language javascript
end tell

[PrintHouse]

Sadly, no. Must be macOS Catalina, then?

[rob day]

Probably. There does seem to be a lot of AS problems with Catalina. I’m seeing some apps abandon their AS support—the latest version of Fetch is no longer scriptable.

[PrintHouse]

Happy to report the above works after upgrading to macOS 10.15.4!

So the issue was definitely Catalina 10.15.3 – not sure about earlier.

Phew!

[akiva_atwood]

I'm having the same issue with 10.15.7

[Jotto.Design]

I am as well.