The real case that I'm dealing with is that I'm adjusting the size of the artboard between the formats adding padding for png and jpg and then reverting the size back to what it was before. However the size gets reverted back before the export takes place so no padding is applied. ... View more

A case for this would be if one wanted to export an artboard change the color of the artwork and re-export the artboard and then recolor the artwork like it was. How can one know when it's safe to color the artboard and recolor the artwork? ... View more

I'm just putting this link hear as a reminder to myself where to find the AIMenuCommandString.h file in the SDK, It's under File list > AIMenuCommandString.h Here's a link to an online version (2015) updated one is in the SDK Bloks/AIMenuCommandString.h at master · WestonThayer/Bloks · GitHub ... View more

Thanks guys I couldn't find the menu item. I had looked both through Ten's aiMenu and the SDKs executeMenuCommands string list and couldn't find the command for "Create a Compound Shape and intersect shape area" I look particularly at the the pathfinder items and couldn't find compound shape ones other than the make and release which didn't help. The action recording works well and I can't think why I didn't think of it. The app.executeMenuCommand() problems  link is very interesting. I am finding that it fails in the color convert about 1 in 20 times. ... View more

Thanks very useful ... View more

Hi Carlos, Worked for me so I marked as correct. Did you get 'plugin/SmartExportUI/CreateFoldersPreference' from the SDK? If not from were did you get it? Thanks Trevor ... View more

Forgot to mention that when the extension is not running in debug more you just hide the console parts. ... View more

Hi Guy, I use the following techniques. (a) Console 1) I include a console in the html with a logging function and a rewrite of the $.writeln function so it logs to the console display. See GitHub - Trevor-/console  You can in your extension include the relevant parts from that repo or just use the repo as a base to your extensions. The crucial parts you need to copy are. 1) The logging function console/com.creative-scripts.console/jsx at master · Trevor-/console · GitHub You must change the com.creative-scripts.console.__log in the lines (currently 19 and 27) . See 3) Below $.dispatch('com.creative-scripts.console.__log', [message, style, __class, elementType, consoleID].join(ARRAY_SPLIT)); and $.dispatch('com.creative-scripts.console.__log', [message, style, __class, elementType, consoleID].join(ARRAY_SPLIT)); 2) The jsx runner console/console.js at master · Trevor-/console · GitHub You can use this as a standalone see http://creative-scripts.com/jsx-js/  This is the method for loading the jsx scripts or running snippets. See the link for setting up a button to reload the extension and you can make buttons to reload the jsx scripts. 3) The console funtion console/console.js at master · Trevor-/console · GitHub You can remove the not relevant parts from it. You must change the com.creative-scripts.console.__log in the line (currently 152) . csInterface.addEventListener('com.creative-scripts.console.__log', jsxLog); The com.creative-scripts.console.__log both in this file and in the jsx file mentioned in 1) above should be be changed the same thing and something unique to the extension something like com.galroy.fab.extension.00001.console.__log would be good making sure to change for each extension. 4) You must include the Vue file console/vue.min.js at master · Trevor-/console · GitHub 5) In your HTML include the relevant files and the app div See console/index.html at master · Trevor-/console · GitHub What do you gain from the above is an console that you can interact with your extensions jsx. You can see I've typed into the extension to identify a selected part and output the result with a red background (Can use any valid css in the second parameter). One output the to the console from any of the jsx files or calls you make. (b) Alert A lot more primitive with no option to interact but worth mentioning. (c) Logging Again no option to interact but very useful. http://creative-scripts.com/logging-with-a-smile/ (d) vsCode If you have access to pre-release you can get the extended script plugin for vsCode if note you can run the code on sublime text or the estk or cstk. Granularize  i.e. break up the jsx code into testable files / functions and test them out out side of the extensions environment. If you are working with InDesign and presumably InCopy then you can actually access the extensions target engine from the debug apps. Unfortunatly you can't do that with the other Adobe apps. HTH Trevor ... View more

I just wanted to reference this site http://www.pixiesoft.com/flip/ which will convert non encoded gibberish to Hebrew. The site is in Hebrew and only worth checking out if there's a need ... View more

Are there any French characters in the URL path something like Lôic ? ... View more

The fixes that I applied were only for the 2 text formats. Rtf doesn't have any export options but shouldn't need. See Unicode Export Preference for RTF By me it works fine in Hebrew on Mac. I presume you have Hebrew as an installed language? These issues are normally much less problematic on Mac than Windows. As it works by me I can't test it out (for free and and not looking for a paid Job now) Good luck ... View more

For Hebrew and MANY other character sets you need to export to Unicode. You can do this by setting the export preferences. You can see I've done this in the "Switch" for the 2 text formats. Rtf should be working without change. //ExportAllStories.jsx //An InDesign JavaScript /*  @@@BUILDINFO@@@ "ExportAllStories.jsx" 3.0.0 15 December 2009 Adjusted by Trevor to allow for Unicode */ //Exports all stories in an InDesign document in a specified text format. // //For more on InDesign/InCopy scripting see the documentation included in the Scripting SDK //available at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/indesign/sdk.html //or visit the InDesign Scripting User to User forum at http://www.adobeforums.com // main(); function main() {     //Make certain that user interaction (display of dialogs, etc.) is turned on.     app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll;     if (app.documents.length != 0) {         if (app.activeDocument.stories.length != 0) {             myDisplayDialog();         } else {             alert("The document does not contain any text. Please open a document containing text and try again.");         }     } else {         alert("No documents are open. Please open a document and try again.");     } } function myDisplayDialog() {     with(myDialog = app.dialogs.add({ name: "ExportAllStories" })) {         //Add a dialog column.         myDialogColumn = dialogColumns.add()         with(myDialogColumn) {             with(borderPanels.add()) {                 staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "Export as:" });                 with(myExportFormatButtons = radiobuttonGroups.add()) {                     radiobuttonControls.add({ staticLabel: "Text Only", checkedState: true });                     radiobuttonControls.add({ staticLabel: "RTF" });                     radiobuttonControls.add({ staticLabel: "InDesign Tagged Text" });                 }             }         }         myReturn = myDialog.show();         if (myReturn == true) {             //Get the values from the dialog box.             myExportFormat = myExportFormatButtons.selectedButton;             myDialog.destroy;             myFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Choose a Folder");             if ((myFolder != null) && (app.activeDocument.stories.length != 0)) {                 myExportAllStories(myExportFormat, myFolder);             }         } else {             myDialog.destroy();         }     } } //myExportStories function takes care of exporting the stories. //myExportFormat is a number from 0-2, where 0 = text only, 1 = rtf, and 3 = tagged text. //myFolder is a reference to the folder in which you want to save your files. function myExportAllStories(myExportFormat, myFolder) {     var exportPreference;     for (myCounter = 0; myCounter < app.activeDocument.stories.length; myCounter++) {         myStory = app.activeDocument.stories.item(myCounter);         myID = myStory.id;         switch (myExportFormat) {             case 0:                 myFormat = ExportFormat.textType;                 myExtension = ".txt"                 exportPreference = app.textExportPreferences.properties; // Store old preference value                 app.textExportPreferences.characterSet = TextExportCharacterSet.UTF8; // Export to UNICODE                 break;             case 1:                 myFormat = ExportFormat.RTF;                 myExtension = ".rtf"                 break;             case 2:                 myFormat = ExportFormat.taggedText;                 myExtension = ".txt"                 exportPreference = app.taggedTextExportPreferences.properties; // Store old preference value                 app.taggedTextExportPreferences.characterSet = TagTextExportCharacterSet.UNICODE; // Export to UNICODE                 break;         }         myFileName = "StoryID" + myID + myExtension;         myFilePath = myFolder + "/" + myFileName;         myFile = new File(myFilePath);         myStory.exportFile(myFormat, myFile);         switch (myExportFormat) { // Reset to old preference value             case 0:                 app.textExportPreferences.properties = exportPreference;                 break;             case 2:                 app.taggedTextExportPreferences.properties = exportPreference;                 break;         }     } } ... View more

Not really adding much here but worth seeing Re: Call an ExtendScript Script from the Command Line See Point 6 there. From Windows one can use. powershell -command "$ind = new-object -comobject InDesign.Application.CC.2018; $ind.DoScript('PathToFile', 1246973031)" From Mac Terminal to run a script File (which can be more convenient) one can use osascript  -e 'tell application "Adobe InDesign CC 2019" to do script alias "PathToFile" language javascript ''' ... View more

On the one hand the custom event listeners are / were more powerful allowing to do things you can't do with onClick and the like but since the swap over from CS to CC they had there guts ripped out from them and a lot of things that one could do one could no longer do. So I would recommend using whatever works. With a slight preference to onClick and the like because it has more chance of surviving future version. Regarding CEP I disagree with Peter. It's true that CEP will be replaced but people with a CEP background will have a much easier time learning it's replacement than those who don't. Ultimately one has to judge on a case by case bases. 1) Can it be done by script? 2) Is there some reason that one would want to use CEP? ... View more

Some more links! https://medium.com/adobetech/how-to-package-distribute-and-install-your-creative-cloud-extension-8eec6da31009 Getting-Started-guides/Package Distribute Install at master · Adobe-CEP/Getting-Started-guides · GitHub GitHub - Adobe-CEP/Getting-Started-guides: Getting Started guides and samples for CEP extensions Enjoy. Take into account that the plugin might already exist in the users plugins folder from another extension. If you could post how you deal with the hybrid it could be useful. Thanks ... View more

That's why I'm asking and you're answering ... View more

Thanks. I actually did mean PS. Although I did start on InDesign and have a much better knowledge of the ID API about 90% of my Jobs are Ai. I do a lot of non-API stuff. ... View more

Thanks for the confirmation. Coming from an InDesign background I find these basic lackings in the API somewhat mindbogglingly, all I can say is that I am grateful that I basically don't take on PS jobs! The approach you wrote could well be useful. How can I select all items of a particular swatch with scripting? ... View more

Thanks for confirming. Another way would be to automatically create a swatch pad in InDesign and then copy the swatches to an Illustrator template that could contain all the swatches and then one could access the swatches from there. The disadvantages of this method are obvious. The advantages are: 1) The color would be a real Pantone color and not a generated one. This can be detected although I don't know if it makes a difference. 2) As unbelievable as it is the mere creating of swatches by script especially by spot can still cause MRAP and PARM errors. Carlos (or anybody) have you found an improvement with MRAP errors in 2019 or 2018? ... View more

Hi Loic I could be wrong but I think the problem occurs with HD screens on Windows. I know an attempt to fix it was made you'll have to try it out on 2018 and 2019 to see if it got fixed. If your are using those then the answer is no. Did you try height 150, min height 149, max height 151? Did you try <Parameter>--high-dpi-support=1</Parameter> in the <CEFCommandLine> structure? Regards Trevor ... View more

If you change your extension id in the manifest it should work without needing to delete the cache file BUT it won't work without the app restart. It is an InDesign specific bug. ... View more

Checked on Mac, it doesn't work on InDesign there either ... View more

Any changes you make to the manifest will not apply until restart. There is a cache that can effect panels. C:\Users\YOU_USER_NAME\AppData\Local\Adobe\InDesign\Version YOUR_VERSION_NUMBER\YOUR_LANGUAGE\Caches\InDesign SavedData You can delete it if you want to reset it. You should be able to set the title dynamically using csInterface.setWindowTitle('fred');  or window.__adobe_cep__.invokeSync("setWindowTitle", 'fred'); but it's not working on InDesign (BUG) at least on Windows. It did work in InDesign 2015 CEP 6.0.1 but by InDesign 2017 CEP 7 it broke. Oh well! If the issue is really important you can either write the panel on an app were it works like Illustrator or file a bug report and hope it's fixed before CEP is chucked.  ... View more

manifest.xml in the extensions CSXS folder. That said, looking at your question again it looks like you are talking about a native Adobe extension and not something you have developed yourself, the rules for that could be quite different. You should not need to set the debug mode for the native extensions. I would recommend asking the question on the general After Effects forum. After Effects . The the problem was with InDesign I would recommend resetting your preferences would be the first thing to try but I have no clue about AE. ... View more