Kasyan_Servetsky@adobeforums.com wrote: > It's indispensable tool for everybody who is serious about scripting. > I second that! -- Harbs http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

I take that back. It *is* there in the OMV. Right after "open" and after "undo"... I'm not sure how I missed it before... -- Harbs http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

Dave, How 'bout making this thread sticky? This info is a bit difficult to cull from the IDML docs... -- Harbs http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

Dirk_Becker@adobeforums.com wrote: > Thanks to Harbs for pointing out the packageUCF/unpackageUCF methods. They are missing from the ESTK object model, at least mine. > Hmm. So they are! I never tried looking in the OMV for them. Would you like to report that, or should I? -- Harbs http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

>Cyrillic characters were fully supported, as opposed to InDesigns dialogs. Script UI supports unicode characters... ... View more

Shane_Stanley@adobeforums.com wrote:<br />> C'mon, this is supposed to be a scripting forum, not the place to do things<br />> the hard way ;-)<br />> <br /><br />Yeah, but it's an *InDesign* scripting forum, so we shouldn't be <br />dragging and dropping at all... <VGB><br /><br />-- <br />Harbs<br />http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

Here's how to do it with scripting (my preferred method)... function ExpandIDML(fromIDMLFile){//Expands an IDML file into folder format if(! fromIDMLFile){return null} var fullName = fromIDMLFile.fullName; fullName = fullName.replace(/\.idml/,""); var toFolder = new Folder( fullName ); app.unpackageUCF( fromIDMLFile, toFolder ); return toFolder; } function CreateIDML(fromFolder){//Produces an IDML package from the contents of a directory: if(!fromFolder){return null} var fullName = fromFolder.fullName; var toIDMLFile = new File( fullName+".idml" ); app.packageUCF( fromFolder, toIDMLFile ); return toIDMLFile; } ... View more

Scripts are limited by modal dialogs the same way the UI is. A workaround might be closing your dialog, running the script and reopening it... -- Harbs http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

Try selecting InDesign from the drop down before starting InDesign. That's the only way I can get it to work on my installation... -- Harbs http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

> There are lots of ways already for scripts to communicate with each other, so passing arguments in this restrictive fashion isn't worth it. > Agreed. My personal favorite is using APID dataStores (which of course assumes APID is installed). It's a solution which works in all versions of InDesign back to CS, and works across different scripting engines. DataStores can accept any kind of data -- including object references. The only limitation there is you can't pass custom js objects. Using global variables in private scripting engines is another good method. With using global variables if(typeof variable == "undefined") is very useful... -- Harbs http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

> Is there a way of detecting (other than try/catch)? > if(typeof arguments == "undefined"){arguments=[3,4]} -- Harbs http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

The "$" means only at the end of the string. -- Harbs http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

I would strip out trailing white space like this: myReport = myReport.replace(/\s+$/, ''); -- Harbs http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

Hmm. I've never been to Australia so I guess you're right! I'd like to meet him. Maybe we're related... ;) Cheers mate! Harbs (the first) B) ... View more

John, Can you check on my screen name as well? I find it hard to believe that there's another Harbs out there... ;) ... View more

Peter Kahrel wrote: > The good old days, eh, Harbs? Yeah. 😉 My problem is, that I still need to support CS2, so I'm still stuck using these backwards methods on occasion. :( -- Harbs http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

You can get the same result in CS2, but it's a lot more convoluted. The basic idea is to build an array of the exact file name strings. To do this you use js RegEx to search the contents of every story. The results of this match() will give you the strings you need. You then iterate through your array and do a search() on your doc to do the replacements. I think Peter's book on scripting InDesign has examples of this method. -- Harbs http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

if(app.selection[0].parent instanceof Footnote) -- Harbs http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

Not a change I would welcome. Nor would anyone else, I'd imagine. I hope I understood correctly that the session based cookies will be short lived... ... View more

I'd vote nay on Avatars as well... I'm really not interested in seeing exactly how ugly the people I'm dealing with really are! 😉 (Not to mention that I'd never put up a picture of me...) Harbs ... View more

You'd probably be better using textStyleRanges rather than characters. -- Harbs http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

Very interesting! The same basic concept applies to text objects. A Character.characters[0].characters[0], etc. will always be the same object. It only works down the parent chain. If you work up the chain, the immediate parent will be the story. I think the fact that it works down the chain is probably a feature (i.e. if you do a search you can refer to characters[0] no matter what the search returns -- even a Character). The fact that cells work up the chain is probably a bug... -- Harbs http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

Okay. So when is a Cell its own parent? -- Harbs http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

Hmm. That's a really good riddle! The only object I could think of that fits the clue is Character. Sure enough Character is listed in the OMV under the possible parents of a Character. Under what situation that can happen? I've no idea... =-O -- Harbs http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

Sorry about that. I just added some line breaks to my quote, and it shrunk back down... ... View more

So, posts on the new forums will not expire? If so, that's a strong argument for the change! That'll almost make me forget my utter disappointment about no NNTP... ... View more

>As Jacob points out, most of the forums only contain data going back about 12 months or so. >But I have raised the point and we are going to look at bringing over everything from this current forum. That may still end up being 12 months. >Many of the oldies that are preserved were preserved for a specific reason back then (a few years ago) that not longer exists, but there hasn't been an effective way to go back to them to let them expire. But this really begs the question. Why do posts expire so quickly. Most of the stuff discussed is still relevant even years later. This is especially true on the scripting forums. I don't really buy the search argument. There should be an option to limit the search to specific time periods. That way the user can decide whether old posts are "pollution" or not. Please don't let threads expire on the new forums!!! (at least not for at least ten years or so...) ... View more

Peter Kahrel wrote: > what's the second parameter you call FindWhere with? Anything! For "Page" I leave it blank (hence the "if where == undefined"). I use it for: Spread, MasterSpread, TextFrame, Group, etc... Very, very useful animal! -- Harbs http://www.in-tools.com ... View more

Hi Peter, I've reworked that function to make it more complete. Here's my current version... var FindWhere = function (obj, where){ var kAppVersion = parseFloat(app.version); var getTextContainer = function (s){ if(kAppVersion<5){return s.textFrames[-1]}else{return s.textContainers[s.textContainers.length-1]} } var getobj = function (fm){//returns the parent text frame, or the last one of the parent story if(fm != undefined){return fm;}else{return getTextContainer(obj.parentStory);} } var getobj_ptf = function (obj){//get the parent text frame or return the original object (necessary for Notes) try{ return obj.parentTextFrames[0]}catch(e){return obj} } var getobj_cell = function (fm){//returns the parent text frame, or the last one of the parnet story -- for cells if(fm != undefined){return fm;}else{return getTextContainer(obj.insertionPoints[0].parentStory);} } var getnote_tf = function (note){//gets the note location for both footnotes and notes in all versions... if(kAppVersion<5){ if(note.hasOwnProperty("footnoteTextFrame")){var parentFrame = note.footnoteTextFrame}//no good for overset... else{var parentFrame = note.parentTextFrame} if(parentFrame){return parentFrame} else{return note.parent} } else{return note.storyOffset} } var e; if(!obj){return null} if(where == undefined){var where = Page;} if(obj.hasOwnProperty("baseline")){obj = getobj(getobj_ptf (obj))} while(obj){ switch(obj.constructor){ case where: return obj; case Story: obj = getTextContainer(obj);break; case Character: obj = getobj(getobj_ptf (obj));break; case Cell: obj = getobj_cell(getobj_ptf(obj.insertionPoints[0]));break; case Note: case Footnote: obj = getnote_tf(obj);break; case Application: return null; } if (!obj) return null; obj = obj.parent; } return null; } ... View more