Hi @reliable_developer6014,
That's great! You can download the QRCode.js script file from my GitHub repo and try it out using the code below, which is basically your code, plus my QRCode implementation. You need to put the below script *and* QRCode.js in the same folder (in Indesign's scripts panel folder).
One thing though:I was dismayed at how slow it runs when it's called from the event handler—much slower than a direct call. So if you have many of these calls to do it might be tedious. There is definitely some optimization to be done, so if you wanted to try any modifications please go for it. Maybe writing a raw svg and placing that, rather than actually drawing it in Indesign? It is much faster in Illustrator.
Anyway, let me know what you think.
- Mark
//@targetengine "session"
//@include 'QRCode.js'
/**
* @file start-update-qrcodes.js
*
* Example implementation of QRCode.js to workaround a bug where
* Indesign's native QRCode creation function crash when called
* from an event handler.
*
* @author m1b (modified from sample code by reliable_developer6014)
* @version 2024-12-16
* @discussion https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/function-createplaintextqrcode-crashes-adobe-indesign-without-any-reason-provided/m-p/15036628
*/
(function () {
if ('undefined' === typeof QRCode)
return alert("QRCode.js failed to load. Ensure it is in the same folder as this script.");
var myEventListener = app.eventListeners.item("mAfSave");
if (myEventListener.isValid) {
myEventListener.remove();
return alert('QR Code updater OFF.')
}
myEventListener = app.addEventListener("afterSave", updateQR);
myEventListener.name = "mAfSave";
alert('QR Code updater ON.');
function updateQR() {
if (!app.documents.length)
return;
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var label = 'QRCode',
counter = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < doc.pages.length; i++) {
var page = doc.pages[i];
var qrCodeFrame = getPageItemByLabel(page, label);
if (qrCodeFrame != undefined && qrCodeFrame.isValid) {
// draw a QRCode, replacing the existing
var newQRCode = new QRCode({
text: 'test' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 10), // I've added a random number just for the demo!
doc: doc,
container: qrCodeFrame.parent,
position: [qrCodeFrame.geometricBounds[1], qrCodeFrame.geometricBounds[0]], // [left, top], measured in points
width: qrCodeFrame.geometricBounds[3] - qrCodeFrame.geometricBounds[1], // measured in points
margin: 4, // outer border, measured in "squares"
joinSquares: true,
// correctLevel: QRErrorCorrectLevel.M, // this matches Indesign's native level
// typeNumber: 2, // don't change this unless you know what you're doing
// darkColor: makeColor([0, 0, 0]), // custom dark color
// lightColor: makeColor([255, 255, 255]), // customer light color
});
if (newQRCode) {
newQRCode.label = label;
qrCodeFrame.remove();
counter++;
}
}
}
alert('Updated ' + counter + ' QR Codes.');
};
function getPageItemByLabel(page, label) {
for (var i = 0; i < page.pageItems.length; i++) {
if (page.pageItems[i].label === label) {
return page.pageItems[i];
}
}
};
})();
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