Hi Uwe, Thanks for pointing this out. Although I have never used this method in my life, it sounds like intended behavior to me: change this and all other instances of the link. It makes sense to me. — Kasyan ... View more

On my side, while running your original version, both on Mac (2024, 2025) & Windows (2024), I get the following error: The problem is you can't modify a doc while the modal dialog is open. Here's my version: #target indesign makeDialog(); function makeDialog() { var dlg = new Window("dialog", "Generate QR CSV for SmartStream"); dlg.orientation = "column"; dlg.alignChildren = "left"; dlg.add("statictext", undefined, "From:"); var fromInput = dlg.add("edittext", undefined, "1"); fromInput.characters = 10; dlg.add("statictext", undefined, "To:"); var toInput = dlg.add("edittext", undefined, "1000"); toInput.characters = 10; dlg.add("statictext", undefined, "Leading Zeros:"); var zeroInput = dlg.add("edittext", undefined, "4"); zeroInput.characters = 10; dlg.add("statictext", undefined, "Prefix (e.g., https://www.xymo.co/p/078873-05|050725|):"); var prefixInput = dlg.add("edittext", undefined, ""); prefixInput.characters = 40; dlg.add("statictext", undefined, "Prefix Font Size (pt):"); var fontSizeDropdown = dlg.add("dropdownlist", undefined, [ "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13" ]); fontSizeDropdown.selection = 6; // Default: 10pt dlg.add("statictext", undefined, "CSV File Name (no extension):"); var fileNameInput = dlg.add("edittext", undefined, "qr_codes"); fileNameInput.characters = 30; var generateBtn = dlg.add("button", undefined, "Create .CSV", { name: "ok" }); generateBtn.onClick = function () { // the vars in this handler are global to make them available in the main function from = parseInt(fromInput.text, 10); to = parseInt(toInput.text, 10); zeroPad = parseInt(zeroInput.text, 10); rawPrefix = String(prefixInput.text); prefix = rawPrefix; // for CSV cleanedPrefix = rawPrefix.replace(/^https:\/\/www\.xymo\.co\/p\//, ""); // for document fontSize = parseInt(fontSizeDropdown.selection.text, 10); fileName = String(fileNameInput.text).replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ''); dlg.close(1); }; dlg.center(); var showDialog = dlg.show(); if (showDialog == 1) { main(); } } function main() { try { if ( isNaN(from) || isNaN(to) || isNaN(zeroPad) || isNaN(fontSize) || from > to || fileName === "" ) { alert("Invalid input. Please verify all fields."); return; } // Build CSV var csvLines = []; csvLines.push("QTY,QR Text Line,|,#QRcodes"); var qty = 1; for (var i = from; i <= to; i++) { var num = i.toString(); while (num.length < zeroPad) num = "0" + num; var fullCode = prefix + num; csvLines.push(qty + "," + fullCode + ",|," + fullCode + "|"); qty++; } // File setup var safeName = fileName.toLowerCase(); var fullFileName = safeName.indexOf(".csv") === safeName.length - 4 ? fileName : fileName + ".csv"; var desktopFolder = Folder.desktop; var filePath = desktopFolder.fsName + "/" + fullFileName; var file = new File(filePath); // Save CSV if (file.open("w")) { file.encoding = "UTF-8"; file.write(csvLines.join("\n")); file.close(); } else { alert("Failed to write file:\n" + file.fsName); return; } // Add cleaned prefix to document var doc = app.activeDocument; var page = doc.pages[0]; var marginPrefs = doc.marginPreferences; var bounds = page.bounds; var top = bounds[0] + marginPrefs.top; var left = bounds[1] + marginPrefs.left; var prefixFrame = page.textFrames.add(); prefixFrame.geometricBounds = [top, left, top + 30, left + 300]; prefixFrame.contents = cleanedPrefix; var text = prefixFrame.parentStory.texts[0]; text.appliedFont = "Arial"; text.fontStyle = "Regular"; text.pointSize = fontSize; // Try to open CSV with SmartStream try { file.execute(); } catch (e) { alert("CSV saved, but could not auto-open in SmartStream.\nFile path:\n" + file.fsName); dlg.close(); return; } alert("CSV created, SmartStream launched, and cleaned prefix added to document."); } catch (e) { alert("Script error: " + e.message + " - line " + e.line); } }       ... View more

It is possible to do by a script. Here is a simple example where a part/product number corresponds to a price. ... View more

>> Can you share the script with me? The script is published on my site: the link is in my previous post. ... View more

Here's another script for merging docs. I used the following settings and got this result (attached). After running the script, I had to set manually the 1st page numbering to 1. Also, I noticed that in the file 003-Chapter III. Price classification.indd, the rectangles on master pages were blue, but became yellow in the merged doc. I think this happened because the master pages have the same name but different definitions.   ... View more

Make sure to save metadata after entering them: in InDesign — save doc in Bridge — hit the Apply button at bottom-right of the panel In Bridge, you can search files located on DropBox as usual. ... View more

How about using metadata for this? It's available both in Bridge and InDesign   ... View more

The InDesignSecrets Guide to Special Characters in Adobe InDesign ... View more

Hi Boris, Here I posted scripts written (especially, according to their requirements) for the L'Express de Toronto newspaper. All repetitive processes — almost everything you can do manually in InDesign — can be automated. — Kas ... View more

It still works for me as it was back in CS3 times. Make sure to save images in the grayscale mode without a transparent background. Place it in InDesign, select the direct selection tool (white arrow), select the image (the contents — not the frame), and choose a color.     ... View more

@Robert at ID-Tasker, I have no idea about what OP's workflow is/going to be, and how the part numbers were originally inserted into text frames. From the screenshot, I see that each text frame contains a number so my guess it was done manually: copy — paste. In this case, IMO it makes no difference either paste it into a frame or label. Assuming it's a catalog updated on a regular basis, I'd rather make a template with labeled frames — manually but only once — and run the script to fill in/update prices. ... View more

This can be done by scripting. Here I wrote a somewhat similar script that is based on my Get data directly from Excel function. (BTW, I recently updated the function for MAC so it works with the POSIX path format). It's possible to do as you want: say, find the part # from column A and replace it with the price  from column B. But, in my opinion, a more elegant sulution would be to make a doc/template with labeled text framed whose labels correspond to part numbers.     ... View more

Try this script. ... View more

Hi s@xorNOJ , Here I made a script for you that makes hyperlinks reading data from Excel. Hope it helps! — Kas ... View more

Check out these scripts: Save with backup Save versions ... View more

Hi @c.pfaffenbichler, Yes, it works, I know. But there's a typo in the reference: — Kasyan ... View more

Here's how to get the clipboard contents. ... View more

I wrote a script for batch processing. ... View more

Check out this script. ... View more

I don't understand your English quite well, but as far as I can see, you may be interested in this script. ... View more

... and the outcome is the same with indd x2 ... I tested it on my notebook — windows 10, InDesign 19.5 (too old for 20) — and it works properly. Try the previous version 4.8. Does the problem occur with it? Do you get an error message in the Batch processor 5.0.txt? If an error occurs, it is created on the desktop even when the logging is off. Try to turn logging on. It lists file names. Do they have doubled extensions? Could you send me a file for testing? Maybe something is wrong with the files. In my experience, it sometimes happens when a 3rd party plug-in is used. Try to export a file to IDML and back to INDD and test the script against it. Do you have ESTK / VS Code installed?     ... View more

Here I updated my script. Now, it's a single script that should be installed in the start-up folder. It should work in non-English versions (locales) of InDesign. I tested it in version 2024/5 on Mac & Windows and it works for me. ... View more

I ran 'single script' and checked 'Save documents on closing', now the new documents with '.indd' on the filenames (I have already got the same as file extension). And the original files are staying the same (previous versions). Is it a way to save over the orginal files by not adding '.indd'? I will use the Backups checkbox option for keeping the original documents, so changing the filenames will ad another step for me to rename. This shouldn't and doesn't happen on my side. Could you take a screenshot of the settings you used? What is your InDesign version? Which platform: Mac/Windows? Are you working locally or on the network? If the latter, are you able to save it manually? Also, if I want to make the metadata author name to 'Company name', how do I tweak the existing code you wrote above? There are a few product lines' documents and they will have different company names on the 'author' metadata, I will need to alter the 'author' for each product and save them under different jsx files. From your original post, looking at your example, I guessed that you want to get the author from the file name: everything from the beginning to the 1st underscore. Here I prepared a new script with an arguments file (author.txt). See the screenshot to get the idea, and read the script description for details.             ... View more

This can be done with the Batch resave PageMaker files script. If converted files lack fonts, you can replace them with this script. Your example file only uses Arial, so I had to make a few manual tweaks to fit the text. The image is embedded, so there is no problem with it. ... View more

Here's a new version (5.0) of my batch processor script (on DropBox). I had no time to post it on my site yet. It supports UXP scripts and IDML files. Let me know if you're able to download it now. ... View more

Hi MishoStoev,   The latest version of the script and 'step-by-step' sample files are posted on my site: see the link above. To create a shape (text frame) just choose a font, type 25, and convert it to outlines. Finally, edit the shape: set the text inset, move nodes with the white arrow, etc. It should work with Cyrillic: make sure to save the list of names as plain text (Unicode) e.g. in Notepad/TextEdit. To get the best possible result, you will have to experiment with settings in InDesign, such as font size and leading, and probably fine-tune it manually after running the script. I can't help you with this because I'm busy with my daily work.   Hope it helps! — Kasyan ... View more