Indesign Javascript for server and Desktop

[Indec]

Dear All,

Please suggest me how can make same Javascript run server as well on Desktop 

- Any Plugin?

- Any Idea?

Both will have same javascript code server and Desktop,

if there is some posibility please tell me,

Thanking you,

Abhishek

[Manan Joshi]

Hello Abhishek,

The JS is designed to work for both the desktop as well as the server version of InDesign you don't need to do anything special to make it compatible with both except making sure that your code does not refer object/properties that are available just for one version. For ex. to get a reference to the current document you can use the following two pieces of code

app.activeDocument
app.documents[0]

However, only the second statement would work on both server and desktop while the first will work on desktop only. Such things are few and far between which you can easily resolve by executing your script and see if it errors out on any DOM call, if it does refer to the documentation and you will get the solution

-Manan

[BarlaeDC · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Just to add my 2 cents to above, if you have a think about the feature you are implementing or want to use in your code, if it has a User Interface element, then it (probably) wont work in Server.

This is a general rule of thumb that has served me well over the years, most things that can be done via the UI can be done in another manner via scripting.

Malcolm

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

Hi Abhishek,

on this page of the late Theunis de Jong ( Jongware ) you still can find a DOM description of old InDesign Server CS6 ( version 8 ) that could be a starting point: http://www.jongware.com/idjshelp.html

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

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