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palodislow
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August 5, 2014
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Indd CS6 script request

  • August 5, 2014
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How would it be the javascript code to set the transparency blend space of a document to rgb in INDD CS6?

Pablo López

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palodislowAuthor
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August 7, 2014

I figure it out like this

var myFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Select Indesign Folder"); 

var myIndsnFiles = myFolder.getFiles("*.indd"); 

 

for(k=0; k<myIndsnFiles.length; k++) 

{ 

    app.open(myIndsnFiles); 

 

    app.activeDocument.transparencyPreferences.blendingSpace = BlendingSpace.RGB; 

    app.activeDocument.save();

 

    app.activeDocument.close(); 

 

    }

    Jongware
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    JongwareCommunity Expert
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    August 17, 2014

    Very good, congratulations!

    Two very minor annotations (you did well so far):

    1. app.open returns a Document, so you can use

       myDoc = app.open(..

       myDoc.transparencyPreferences.blendingSpace = ..

       myDoc.save();

    (et cetera)

    You can open a document without showing the file, which is usually faster - but then activeDocument will not work. (See app.open for that option).

    2. No need to first do myDoc.save(), then myDoc.close(). See the options for document.close() -- you can close and save in one step.

    Jongware
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    JongwareCommunity Expert
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    August 6, 2014

    Pablo,

    Browsing through the index of Adobe InDesign CS6 (8.0) Object Model JS, I see a BlendingSpace (enum): "Transparency blending space options." These are the values that can be assigned to (looking at the bottom of that page) "TransparencyPreference.blendingSpace". Following the TransparencyPreference link, you arrive at TransparencyPreference, and there at the bottom is where it's used: "Document.transparencyPreferences"

    This suggests the full line

    app.activeDocument.transparencyPreferences.blendingSpace = BlendingSpace.RGB;

    should do it.

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      palodislowAuthor
      Participant
      August 6, 2014

      Wow, thank you very much.

      Since I don´t know anything on scripting can you tell me how would it be if I want a whole script to:

      open many indd files from a selected folder,

      change the transparency blend space to rgbon the files,

      save the files and close them?

      Best.

      Pablo López

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      TᴀW
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      August 6, 2014

      You can use Peter Kahrel's script to batch process a folderfull of files.

      Check it out here: http://indesignsecrets.com/creating-batch-pdfs.php

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