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c4kaci
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December 8, 2022
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Read and change InDesign "Color settings" preferences from plugin C++ (SDK)

  • December 8, 2022
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Hi, 

 

Is it possible read and change InDesign Color preferences from C++ plugin?
I would like to handle profil settings.

 

Best regards

Karoly

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Correct answer rob day

Hi Karoly, Not sure if this helps with the SDK, but with JavaScript you set the application and document color management settings like this:

 

//sets the application Color Settings:
app.colorSettings.properties = {cmykPolicy:ColorSettingsPolicy.COMBINATION_OF_PRESERVE_AND_SAFE_CMYK, 
    mismatchAskWhenOpening:false, 
    mismatchAskWhenPasting:false, 
    missingAskWhenOpening:false, 
    rgbPolicy:ColorSettingsPolicy.PRESERVE_EMBEDDED_PROFILES, 
    workingSpaceCMYK:"Coated GRACoL 2013", 
    workingSpaceRGB:"Adobe RGB (1998)"}

//sets the active document’s color management:
app.activeDocument.properties = {rgbProfile: "Adobe RGB (1998)", 
    rgbPolicy: ColorSettingsPolicy.PRESERVE_EMBEDDED_PROFILES, 
    cmykProfile:"Coated GRACoL 2013", 
    cmykPolicy:ColorSettingsPolicy.COMBINATION_OF_PRESERVE_AND_SAFE_CMYK}

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LaubenderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 16, 2023

Hi all,

like to add that one should look into this script by Roland Dreger:

Color Script 1.0.8

https://www.rolanddreger.net/de/1/farbmanagement-in-adobe-indesign/#

 

The GUI should be in English with a non-German InDesign…

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

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    c4kaciAuthor
    Known Participant
    January 16, 2023

    I will check it.
    Thank you Uwe!

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    c4kaciAuthor
    Known Participant
    January 24, 2023

    Than you for all response!

    Best Regards
    Karoly

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    Dirk Becker
    Legend
    December 8, 2022

    For documents, there is kSetDocProfilePolicyCmdBoss. I did not find an interface for IID_ISETDOCPROFILEPOLICYCMDDATA though, so a script request might actually be a good idea.

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      c4kaciAuthor
      Known Participant
      December 9, 2022

      I will check it a little later (in January) because I take trip.
      Thank you Dirk and Rob!

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        Dirk Becker
        Legend
        December 8, 2022

        Use kColorPresetsSettingsSetCmdBoss / IID_ICOLORPRESETSSETTINGSDATA for the app workspace.

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        How would you do the document changes shown by Rob in the UI? Is that document setup >> intent?

          rob day
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          rob dayCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          December 8, 2022

          How would you do the document changes shown by Rob in the UI?

           

          Hi Dirk, There isn’t a way to directly set a document’s color management policies in the UI the way you can with javascript. To change an existing doc’s policies via the UI you have to close the document, open Color Settings, check Ask When Opening, open the document and follow the change prompts—it’s a pain, I use a script to do it.

           

          I would think the SDK would also have a way to directly set the document’s policies—the equivalent of

           

          app.activeDocument.rgbPolicy = ColorSettingsPolicy.PRESERVE_EMBEDDED_PROFILES

           

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            Dirk Becker
            Legend
            December 8, 2022

            To figure these things out I run the debug build of InDesign, including a home-grown plug-in that produces tons of debug output and just perform the action in the UI. I must admit I just was too lazy to get VSCode going, create a jsx file and run your script. Also from an IDUG session years ago I faintly remember there was a way to get to this setting, could maybe have been per image. I also think the overall message was to use Bridge to change the setting across the Suite.

              rob day
              Community Expert
              rob dayCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
              Community Expert
              December 8, 2022

              Hi Karoly, Not sure if this helps with the SDK, but with JavaScript you set the application and document color management settings like this:

               

              //sets the application Color Settings:
app.colorSettings.properties = {cmykPolicy:ColorSettingsPolicy.COMBINATION_OF_PRESERVE_AND_SAFE_CMYK, 
    mismatchAskWhenOpening:false, 
    mismatchAskWhenPasting:false, 
    missingAskWhenOpening:false, 
    rgbPolicy:ColorSettingsPolicy.PRESERVE_EMBEDDED_PROFILES, 
    workingSpaceCMYK:"Coated GRACoL 2013", 
    workingSpaceRGB:"Adobe RGB (1998)"}

//sets the active document’s color management:
app.activeDocument.properties = {rgbProfile: "Adobe RGB (1998)", 
    rgbPolicy: ColorSettingsPolicy.PRESERVE_EMBEDDED_PROFILES, 
    cmykProfile:"Coated GRACoL 2013", 
    cmykPolicy:ColorSettingsPolicy.COMBINATION_OF_PRESERVE_AND_SAFE_CMYK}
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                c4kaciAuthor
                Known Participant
                December 8, 2022

                Hi Rob,

                Thank you for your quick answer.
                If I can't find a specific SDK solution, I'll try to call it from the C++ plugin.

                 

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