thanks. that's brilliant! it works ... View more

ok.. another question: how tho check if selection is any kind of text:     if (app.documents.length != 0 && app.selection.length != 0 &&       (app.selection[0].constructor.name=="Text"||app.selection[0].constructor.name=="Paragraph")) but sometimes selection is "textStyleRange", sometimes is "character" etc. is there any shortcut to check everything at once? ... View more

thanks Trevor. It worked. I know about the shortcut (i actually learned it looking through some of your and Marc's scripts). i'm trying as hard as i can not to use any such shortcuts, as my coding is already very very messy, unindented, with poorly named variables etc. and i often come to the situation when i have to modify a script after 3-4 months, and i end up rewriting it because i can't remember that the .... i was doing in it. Actually this shortcut is easy and straightforward, but.. using them is just like cigarettes... just one more.. ... View more

Don't know if it's what you want, but the Application object has a "AFTER_CLOSE" event: AFTER_CLOSE string readonly Dispatched after a Document is closed. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable. (default: afterClose) ... View more

why would you use Indesign for that? it might be possible, but still it feels like using a bazooka to kill a mosquito ... View more

solutions (any will do just fine): 1) RUN THE SCRIPT FORM THE SCRIPTS PANEL IN INDESIGN!! 2) add #target indesign as the first line in the script 3) in ESTK, next to the little green chain icon there is a doprdown list where now it sais "ExtendeScript bla bla". Change it there to Indesign ... View more

Do show! ... View more

If you manage to do that, please share it! the new splash screen is the ugliest thing i'we seen in ages!! (All the CS6 splash screens are horrible, but the indesign one takes the cake) ... View more

Thank you all. You guys are amazing! I had to use the slow way of doing it, checking every page and every paragraph (tabel, footnote etc. btw. i really wish there were a easyer way of getting EVERY text in a textframe), since the script has to check for quite a few more types of errors. Next I will try to remake the entire script as a extension using Flex (i think it's about time i start learning it). However, tervor's script will be very usefull for a few other projects. Now, few questions for peter: 1) can you tell me a bit more about what getelements() does? Adobe's documentation is very vague about it. 2) i think i remember a "go to line" script created by you, but i can't find it. i figured that since my script already creates a report of all the problems in the document, might as well give the user the option to jump directly to the problem afterword. Thank you again all! ps. does anyone else have problems with the forum login? ... View more

@Laubender: I can't change the documents (I'm doing "loseblattwerk") and some of the pages have already been set ant printed with the errors. I only have to report them. @  [Jongware], Peter Kahrel: Thank you for the interesting ideas. will have a look, the problem is the attribute "of which you are totally sure no-one used it anywhere." These documents have been through many many hands including some people that shouldn't be allowed to even touch a computer (i got in one doc 112 pages of text indented, aligned etc using the spacebar key). ... View more

I recomand taking a look at badia's exportools pro. It's an amazingly usefull tool that got me out of a similar prroblem. ... View more

ok.. i see what you mean. the index of the layer is related with the zOrder. the topmost layer has the index 0 and the bottom layer has the largest index. also, layes.add() will add a new layer above the currently active layer. to change the index you have to move the layer. see my previous post ... View more

define "last"? document.layers.add() will add a new layer at the top; ... View more

thanks. that's mostly how i did it. i was looking for a more advancd solution, so the footer will update whenever i add/remove/move etc a page. ... View more

have a look at http://indisnip.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/scrollable-alert/ ... View more

uh.. i did something like this a while ago, but i can't find the code. the problem is that the automated hypen does not apear in the text variable. so.. (assuming that AAAABBBB is stored in myVariable) myVariable.lines[0] will get the line, ending with the first part of the word,and myVariable.lines[1].. you get the ideea. unfortunatly using myVariable.lines[0].words[-1] will give you the entire word (AAAABBBB) so the trick i used was to insert a space at the end of the line like: myVariable.lines[0].insertionPoints[-1].contents=" "; then get the first and last part of the word using .lines[0].words[-1] and .lines[1].words[0] then remove the added space (.lines[0].characters[-1].remove()) ps. it's just a guide to get you started, in the actual code you will have to be a bit more careful. ... View more

nope! i use this: Array.prototype.findIndex = function (value) {           var ctr = "";           for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++)           {                     // use === to check for Matches. ie., identical (===), ;                     if (this == value)                     {                               return i;                     }           }           return ctr; }; don't know from who i got this snippet, but lots and lots of thanks ... View more

Do you have any programming experience? Do you know the basics of programming? Have you ever written any script/program/whatever in any language? Once you know the basics, how to think a program, how to structure it, learning a (new) programming language is rather trivial in most cases. If you are starting from absolute 0, I suggest you try your hand with a bit of pseudo-code, for start, to develop you logical thinking. A good book for this: http://www.amazon.com/Absolute-Beginners-Guide-Programming-Perry/dp/061391774X Now for your question: C won't help you much with Indesign. But: It's sintax is similar to javascript It's easier to learn it will give you a solid fundation for learning other programming languages however in C it's very easy to learn some very bad programming habbits (i still can't shake some of them after 20 years of so) So, in conclusion, if you re in a hurry, jump (almost) straight into javascript. But if you want a solid start, i sugest a route like: pseudocode -> pascal (or BASIC) -> C -> C++ -> ANYTHING YOU WANT (javascript, java, python, Lisp whatever). Here is some beginning help with javascript: http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp and: http://www.codecademy.com/ ... View more

ok.. my mistake. i just tried it and it doesn't work. Apparently the ony way to chage the name of the document is by saving it with (another) filename var d=app.documents.add(false); d.save("d:\mytestdoc.indd"); alert(d.name); ... View more

app.documents.add ([showingWindow: bool=true][, documentPreset: DocumentPreset][, withProperties: Object]) the main interest for you is the "withProperties" part. ... View more

Have a look at a XML based workflow. Maby this will give you a start: http://www.loicaigon.com/blog/?p=1014 ... View more

Hello! First of all: Indesign does not support footnotes in tables. There are some tricks i use, for example making a "hidden footnote reference" somwhere in the page (just assign a 0.1pt size and fillcolor of "None") but it's just a ugly hack and if you have to reformat the tables you will have to rebuild all teh footnotes. move them around etc. Second: If one of the cells in the table you are importing is larger (verticaly) than the page size the autoflow will stop. The table is imported in the story (check it out in the story editor) but indesign cannot display it. Enlage the frame until the cell fits (or make the cell smaller -decrease the text size?) and reflow the rest of the text. Third: If you are working with large tables and especialy large cells be prepared to have numerous crashes. And i mean NUMEROUS!! Every time you try to change something in the table. i am sorry to be the bearer of bad news but at the moment table and footnote support in indesign is crappy at best, and i don't think there's anyone besides the guys form Adobe that can do anything to help you. ... View more

.everyItem() returns a array of paragraphs, so ofcourse it doesn't work. Anyway the paragraph part was a simplification. The actual code i needed was: fNote.characters.itemByRange(0,fNote.contents.indexOf(separator)-1).contents=doc.footnoteOptions.prefix+String(j+1)+doc.footnoteOptions.suffix; I had to make a script to change/restart the footnote numbering on a "per frame" basis. ... View more

Thank you. that's how i did it, but i think it's kind of a very ugly hack. Also text.contents already returns a string, so no need for .toString(); ... View more