How to get started with the Scripting API

[davec-b]

I've seen a number of "where did you ever find that" posts in the forums, and wonder if there is a roadmap to the definition of methods like exportFile(a,x).  I'm sure it's documented somewhere, and I'll happily read a whole book, if I could only find the book!

Anyone know if there's a roadmap, or an API manual that includes exportFile?  I have the javascript tools guide and a number of other downloads that sounded like they might be the right API, but no luck thus far!

--dave

[John Hawkinson]

You want the Adobe InDesign CS5 Scripting Guide .The last two sections of chapter 3 cover exporting.

[davec-b]

Thanks, that's where I got started, and found just enough to whet my appetite (;-))

--dave

[Kasyan Servetsky]

The best roadmap is here. On this page you can find a couple of books on InDesign scripting.

Kas

[davec-b]

Well, I didn't find a roadsmap, but I did find the equivalent of javadoc, staring with

http://cssdk.host.adobe.com/sdk/1.0/docs/WebHelp/references/csawlib/com/adobe/indesign/ExportFormat.html

--dave

[_Jongware_-9BC6tI]

Hmmm -- what programming language are you using? Your example, for example, is for Flash/Actionscript (?).

"The best" (according to Kasyan, in any case ) is geared to Javascript, and that's a good thing because Javascript is supported directly by InDesign. And it slightly depends on the software you are using to view it with, but with both Robin Lu's iChm (for Mac) and the standard Windows Help viewer (for, euh, Windows) I can do a free search on "export" and find this:

Enumeration	ExportFormat
	Export format options.
Value	Name Description Value ExportFormat.EPS_TYPE Exports to EPS format. 1952400720 = 't_EP' ExportFormat.INCOPY_DOCUMENT Exports to InCopy document (INCX) format. 1702126456 = 'etcx' ExportFormat.INCOPY_MARKUP Exports to InCopy markup (ICML) format. 1768123756 = 'icml' ExportFormat.INDESIGN_INTERCHANGE Exports to InDesign CS3 interchange (INX) format. 1229871136 = 'INX ' ExportFormat.INDESIGN_MARKUP Exports to InDesign markup (IDML) format. 1768189292 = 'idml' ExportFormat.INDESIGN_SNIPPET Exports to InDesign snippet (IDMS) format. 1936617588 = 'snpt' ExportFormat.JPG Exports to JPEG format. 1246775072 = 'JPG ' ExportFormat.PACKAGED_XFL Exports to packaged XFL format. 1702389356 = 'exfl' ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE Exports to PDF format. 1952403524 = 't_PD' ExportFormat.PNG_FORMAT Exports to PNG format. 1699761735 = 'ePNG' ExportFormat.RTF Exports to rich text format (RTF). 1381254688 = 'RTF ' ExportFormat.SWF Exports to SWF format. 1702066022 = 'eswf' ExportFormat.TAGGED_TEXT Exports to a tagged text file with a TXT extension. 1416066168 = 'Tgtx' ExportFormat.TEXT_TYPE Exports to text (TXT) format. 1952412773 = 't_te' ExportFormat.XML Exports the document's tagged content to XML. 1481460768 = 'XML '

Usage

In function void Button.exportFile (format: {ExportFormat | String} , to: File[, showingOptions: bool=false][, using: PDFExportPreset][, versionComments: string][, forceSave: bool=false])

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