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[...] or if you have VB6 installed and make a Reference to the TLB file.
Or you can execute script from any VBA capable software - like Word / Excel, etc.
Now trying to write glue code to execute doScript for InDesign from Electron or Tauri. Since the goal is to open a route, it is actually ok to write the values directly. Execution is already achieved.
I just wanted to find a smart way to do it like the experts know how to do. It might be to use ComObjType, ComObjValue, etc.
By @sttk3
But even with a free version of my tool - you can do way more with less hassle...
@Robert at ID-Tasker, I tagged you here because I thought this might be your area of expertise. I am disappointed to see you advertising your own product, while at the same time seeming to ignore the specificity of @sttk3's question.
- Mark
By @m1b
All functionality I've mentioned is available for FREE - and will do more than @sttk3 needs - so I'm not sure why are you attacking me?
And I haven't ignored the question - I've confirmed that numeric values can be used.
2. Can you develop in your tool? ie. can someone use your tool to make something for their client?
It's extremely flexible - you can pretty much do whatever you want.
If you refer to adding extra, custom UI - I was thinking about that and it won't be a problem at all.
But if you refer to the fact that AHK is open source - no, you can't have acces to the source.
But as you can save Task(s) as a text file - you can do pretty much anything - and you can just send a txt file to your client, so, in a way - yes, you can develop for the client.
I was thinking about somehow encoding contents of the Task file - so there woudn't be outside market for Tasks - but then I changed my mind - if someone will be able to find clients to write Tasks for them - I still get my cut.
AHK can only do what you can see and click in the InDesign - I'm giving user access to all properties of all text / graphic objects - you'll never have access to this kind of information in AHK.
The beauty of my tool is - everything there runs on Tasks.
You have full access to all keys on the keyboard - so you can execute any Task at any moment just by keyboard shortcut - and I don't have to build extra shortcuts manager - you just need to add "[A-SC]" at the end of the name of the text file - e.g. "Rotate[A-SC].txt" - "A"= key "a", "S"=Shift, "C"=Control - there is also "A" for Alt.
You can even stack Tasks and use the same shortcut - but thanks to conditional rules - you can execute only specific Task under specific conditions - selection, location, size, etc.
You can even execute Tasks directly from InDesign - as I'm monitoring keyboard globally.
So in a way - I could create my own version of AHK - and control even applications without native VB support - if I want.
You have list of objects, texts, tables, hyperlinks, styles, etc.
You can sort and filter by any property.
So when you need to work only on specific objects - you can find them quickly and easily.
You don't have to go one-by-one like in the Find&Change - you have them on the list - doubleclick and you are there and you can process it or not.
And you can mix different search results - so you can find paragraphs that have two or more specific words - from different search queries.
And all this - and waaaay more - is available completely free.
and I hope you consider a little bit how best to market your product in future.
As the core of the functionality of may tool is free - I'm not sure what is wrong in mentioning it?
InDesign is free for only 14 days...
Yes, there is a paid functionality - but the free stuff is rather extremely usefull on its own...
And you don't have to pay when you are not using it or pay extra to be able to not use it all the time.
It's not like my tool is free for limited time - if someone doesn't want to pay for the full version - they will just have to do some extra clicking - I'm not even forcing anyone for their credit card number to use it for free.
And I'll never know who is using it how and when - there is no communication between my tool and my server.
You can install it on a laptop and go where there is no internet - still free to use.
I always only mention free part of my tool.
You are allowed to mention a paid product, even your own, so long as it is absolutely applicable. In this case it clearly isn't, and I am quite surprised that you do not see this.
Your answer to my question number 2 is "No" although you avoid saying so explicitly, and instead spent many more words advertising your product further.
If you think your product may be applicable, then start with presenting a clear workflow or use case, eg. using my tool you will be able to <solve your specific problem> by doing <step 1, step 2, etc>. Then you will know if the free or paid version is required. In sttk3's case here, we have no idea what they are actually working on, and advertising *any* product—without understanding how it would likely be applied in context—comes across as in poor taste.
By @m1b
My assumption was that as sttk3 wants to automate some operation(s) in InDesign - is working on Windows and AHK is only available for Windows - so whatever it would be, whatever the script would have to do - using AHK is rather cumbersome - that's why I've suggested my tool.
Yes, we don't know exactly what sttk3 wants to do - but I can blindly say that whatever it would be - my tool will do this better.
Maybe I'll have to add some extra rule(s) - I'm more than happy to do that and won't charge extra for that - but it still will be much more convenient than simulating using AHK.
Yes, we don't know exactly what sttk3 wants to do - but I can blindly say that whatever it would be - my tool will do this better.
I'm of course in no way referring to the level of the sttk3's knowledge about VBA or JS - but to the way AHK works.
But desktop version can't be used in that way - as a Web service...
By @Robert at ID-Tasker
Just checked EULA - and can't find this part:
Can anyone confirm if it has been permanently removed and no longer apply??
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