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tusharde
Inspiring
August 21, 2013
Question

Can Dialogs remember last used settings?

  • August 21, 2013
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I have a script that launches a dialog. A user can pick a few dropdown and checkbox options. Is there a way to store the last used settings for the next time the dialog pops up? Do native indesign dialogs have this functionality?

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-hans-
Inspiring
August 22, 2013

Hi,

if working with a database and documents built dynamically a good old cfg-file may be the choice ...

TᴀW
TᴀW
Legend
August 21, 2013

There's no built-in scriptUI way of saving settings. But you can store

the user's setting in a document label:

myDoc.insertLabel("MySpecialScriptDropdown1", DropDown1SelectionAsString);

Ariel

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tushardeAuthor
Inspiring
August 21, 2013

Thanks Ariel. I was not aware of the insertLabel method. I will inverstigate more. Thanks for the tip. Appreciate it.

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