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Michael,
> but I still can't get my head around the InDesign DOM
That's how I feel about the PhotoShop DOM. You'd think that if you're familiar how one works you should be able to come to grips with another, but that's not my experience. PS is still a struggle.
But anyway, the problem you describe is known. You'd think that setting facing pages to false would do the trick:
myDocument.documentPreferences.facingPages = false;
but it doesn't. I've seen an elaborate fix a while ago in a Swiss forum but I
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Stephan,
sorry to say, but your suggestion is not working for me (InDesign CS4 6.0.4 German Version on Mac OS X 10.5.8).
Instead of generating a single page document above code uses part of the previous used document preference file.
What I am doing wrong?
See also the screen shots:
1_PreviousUsedSettings.png
2_PreviousDocFromTheSettings.png
3_NewDocFromCode.png
//NewDoc_SinglePages_SingleMasterSpreadPage.jsx
//31.01.2010
//DOES NOT WORK AS EXPECTED:
//1.No single page in MasterSpread[0]
//2.No single page file
//3.Therefore: marginPreferences, columnCount and columnGutter only for left pages as expected
//AS EXPECTED:
//1.Number of pages generated as stated in previous used documentPreferences setting
//Suggestion by Peter Kahrel:
//http://www.hilfdirselbst.ch/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=432223#432223
//Triggered by Stephan:
//http://forums.adobe.com/message/2556914#2556914
// record current state
var state = app.documentPreferences.facingPages == true;
app.documentPreferences.facingPages = false;
//Function call for an A4 sized document:
myDoc = addDocSinglePageWidthHeight(210,297);
// restore state
app.documentPreferences.facingPages = state;
//Function by: Michael L. Haile
//http://forums.adobe.com/message/2556113#2556113
//~ function addDocument ( w, h ){
//Edited by Uwe Laubender:
//function name
//MeasurementUnits=Millimeters
function addDocSinglePageWidthHeight ( w, h ){
var myDocument = app.documents.add();
myDocument.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS;
myDocument.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS;
myDocument.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.pageOrigin;
myDocument.documentPreferences.pageWidth = w;
myDocument.documentPreferences.pageHeight = h;
// want only one page 'spread' and set the margins
var myMasterSpread = myDocument.masterSpreads.item(0);
var myMarginPreferences = myMasterSpread.pages.item(0).marginPreferences;
myMarginPreferences.left = 0;
myMarginPreferences.top = 0;
myMarginPreferences.right = 0;
myMarginPreferences.bottom = 0;
myMarginPreferences.columnCount = 1;
myMarginPreferences.columnGutter = 0;
myDocument.pages[0].appliedMaster = myMasterSpread;
return myDocument;
};
The following code does what I want:
app.documents.add(true, app.documentPresets[0]);
app.activeDocument.documentPreferences.pageWidth="100mm";
app.activeDocument.documentPreferences.pageHeight="200mm";
It generates a single sided document with a single page master spread, 100 x 200 mm.
Uwe
Thank you, Peter.
But:
//Code2:
// record current state
var state = app.documentPreferences.facingPages == true;
app.documentPreferences.facingPages = false;
myDoc = app.documents.add ();
// restore state
app.documentPreferences.facingPages = state;
// now continue with myDoc
myDoc.documentPreferences.pageWidth = "150mm";
myDoc.documentPreferences.pageHeight = "300mm";
yields nothing new:
4_NewDocFromCode2.png
If I put in another line for facingPages set to false:
//Code 3:
// record current state
var state = app.documentPreferences.facingPages == true;
app.documentPreferences.facingPages = false;
myDoc = app.documents.add ();
// restore state
app.documentPreferences.facingPages = state;
// now continue with myDoc
myDoc.documentPreferences.facingPages = false;
myDoc.documentPreferences.pageWidth = "150mm";
myDoc.documentPreferences.pageHeight = "300mm";
I'll get the following doc:
5_NewDocFromCode3.png
which is not the thing I want, because masterSpreads.item(0) still consists of two pages…
So it seems that
app.documentPreferences.facingPages = false;
in front of
myDoc = app.documents.add ();
does nothing at all.
I use a German version of InDesign CS4 6.0.4 on a German Mac OS X 10.5.8. Maybe that's the point.
Uwe
Hi Steven,
I checked the default document preferences in UI (no document is open). "Facing pages" is off. See screen shot:
6_DefaultDocPreferences_NoOtherDocOpen.png
With "app.documentPreferences.facingPages = true;" I can change that to "Facing pages: on".
"app.documentPreferences.facingPages = false;" will bring it back to "Facing pages: off".
However, when I do "app.document.add()" or do it's equivalent in UI, InDesign takes the last used document preset to construct a new document.
If the last used document preset happens to be one with option "Facing pages: on", the new doc will logically obtain all properties not included in the script. Therefore an "app.document.add()" only will yield in a document with all properties defined according to the last used document preset.
To change this you can either:
use a different document preset like the default preset "app.document.add(true, app.documentPresets[0])" which happens to be a single pages document by default with a master spread definition of one single page
or try to give all the needed properties and remove master page number two :
var myDoc = app.documents.add();
with(myDoc.documentPreferences){
facingPages = false;
pageWidth = "150mm";
pageHeight = "250mm";
pagesPerDocument = 5;
// ...
};
with(myDoc.viewPreferences){
rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.PAGE_ORIGIN;
horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS;
verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS;
// ...
};
with(myDoc.masterSpreads.item(0).pages.item(0).marginPreferences){
top = "0mm";
left = "0mm";
right = "20mm";
bottom = "0mm";
columnCount = 1;
// ...
};
//I know there might be a "myDoc.masterSpreads.item(1)", but it will never be applied to the doc pages
//Therefore I can delete it. Cautiously I will put that in an if statement:
if(myDoc.masterSpreads.item(0).pages.length>1){
myDoc.masterSpreads.item(0).pages.item(1).remove();
};
With that approach in the beginning my master spread will always contain two pages. I cannot see the possibility to define my master spread to one page only in advance.
Now I tried to implement your suggestion with "app.documentPreferences.facingPages = false;" in front of the code, but it does not influence the construction of the master spread.
One word about "app.documentPresets[0]": I found that it's default after a fresh install of InDesign is "Facing pages: off". However you can edit this later to "Facing pages: on", so my bet is to stay with the solution working only with "app.document.add()", add all necessary properties and remove the needless master page when building single sided documents.
Uwe
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