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Kasyan Servetsky
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Kasyan Servetsky
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Jul 06, 2023
01:37 AM
You can try my new Load masterspreads script. If used from the batch processor, make sure to work on copies, or turn on the backup original InDesign files check box.
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May 25, 2023
03:49 AM
1 Upvote
Check out this script: it creates a list of missing fonts in the pop-up and a text file on the desktop: var scriptName = "List missing fonts in the current doc",
doc;
PreCheck();
//===================================== FUNCTIONS ======================================
function Main() {
try {
var arr = [],
fonts = doc.fonts.everyItem().getElements();
for (var i = 0; i < fonts.length; i++) {
if (fonts[i].status != FontStatus.INSTALLED) {
arr.push(fonts[i].name.replace("\t", " "));
}
}
var text = arr.join("\r");
WriteToFile(text);
alert("Found " + arr.length + " missing fonts:\r\r" + text, scriptName, false);
}
catch(err) {
alert("Something went wrong: " + err.message + ", line: " + err.line, scriptName, true);
}
}
function WriteToFile(text) {
var file = new File("~/Desktop/" + scriptName + ".txt");
file.encoding = "UTF-8";
file.open("w");
file.write(text);
file.close();
}
function PreCheck() {
if (app.documents.length == 0) ErrorExit("Please open a document and try again.", true);
doc = app.documents[0];
Main();
}
function ErrorExit(error, icon) {
alert(error, scriptName, icon);
exit();
}
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May 23, 2023
11:53 PM
Check out these scripts: Rename and relink to add prefix to existing links Add prefix to links Batch Rename and Relink Relink images I guess that's quite close to what you need.
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May 22, 2023
11:59 AM
1 Upvote
Because I was already aware of [most] of the cited resources, I should have qualified my question by requesting referrals to recent (say, within the preceding ~18 months, or so) resources which provide a more contemporary on-ramp to coding in InDesign. I bought Adobe UXP plugins development with React JS by Davide Barranca. It's about Photoshop, but the same approach would work for InDesign when UXP becomes fully available in the upcoming version. The book (version 1.0.1) was published on Jan 7, 2022. And it was updated (and the demo projects ) a few days ago on May 14, 2023. So far, that's the best resource I could find on the new technology.
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May 08, 2023
11:19 PM
I have no idea what xlsx.extendscript.js is, but you can use this function to get data from Excel to InDesign.
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Apr 30, 2023
11:16 AM
My experience: when I was writing a ‘Data Merge’ script, I found out that it’s impossible to turn on/off the preview button and switch records by the script as you can do in the Data Merge panel. This makes scripting Data Merge almost impossible. As a workaround, in this script I had to export pdf for one language from the Document object instead of the doc.dataMergeProperties object.
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Apr 28, 2023
09:58 AM
1 Upvote
As far as I know, currently in InDesign, (unlike in Photoshop) you can make only UXP scripts. But you can't build user interfaces so far, which is expected in the next version.
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Apr 28, 2023
09:25 AM
I wrote the Batch processor script for this. Here are some examples that can be used with it: PDF and IDML export. There's no JPEG export so far, but that's easy to do. You may run a few simple scripts in one go against, say, all open docs.
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Apr 01, 2023
11:56 PM
2 Upvotes
Instead of the InDesign's built-in Dialog class which, in my opinion, has quite limited posibilities, I recommend you to build your dialog box using Window in ScriptUI. It has the center method.
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Mar 29, 2023
08:56 AM
1 Upvote
I wrote a script for this task: Batch processor. Here are examples of scripts that can be run from it. Note a couple of scripts in the AppleScript section. They can give you an idea of how to extract info from InDesign files and put it into another app: e.g. an Excel spreadsheet. Can I control InDesign from an outside script? Many years ago I wrote a stand-alone app in AppleScript in Xcode. It was before ScriptUI became available in JS so the only option for me was to draw the dialog box in Xcode. I guess (but can’t check at the moment) that you can compile such an app in the Script Editor or Script Debugger if you want, for some reason, to control InDesign from outside instead of running a script from the Scripts panel,
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Mar 21, 2023
12:05 AM
1 Upvote
My couple of cents: Labels are a way to tell a script which exact objects to process. For example, the user may create a template and label (manually in the panel) the graphic frame as ‘image’ and the text frame underneath it as ‘caption’. The script may create documents from the template and insert images and captions reading data, say, from an Excel file. These labels are visible to and editable by the user. But only one label can be used per object. Alternatively, we can use insert/extractLabel methods to insert/extract to one object as many labels as we want using key-value pairs, but these are invisible to the user. — Kas
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Mar 17, 2023
03:11 AM
1 Upvote
Check out my Warn about documents open on DropBox script. See also Prevent InDesign to open a document multiple times by Max Schmidt.
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Feb 28, 2023
12:18 AM
2 Upvotes
I reworked the script a little and posted it here on my site. Now it marks — via insertLabel() — ‘processed’ text frames so if a frame has 2+ hyperlinks it won’t throw an error. Enclosed adding a new source into a try-catch block to avoid “The object you have chosen is already in use by another hyperlink.” errors.
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Feb 27, 2023
11:01 PM
1 Upvote
Hi Mark, I updated the code.
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Feb 27, 2023
01:49 AM
It's difficult for me to see what goes wrong without having a doc that causes the error. I would try the following: 1) Change the line to: if (typeof hyperlink.source.sourceText == "undefined") continue; 2) Enclose the line into a try-catch block so that if an error occurs, it skips the problematic hyperlink and goes on to the next one: try {
if (hyperlink.source.sourceText == undefined) continue;
}
catch(err) {
continue;
}
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Feb 24, 2023
11:34 PM
I tested it against a very simple file shown on the screenshot. Did you try m1b's reccomendation?
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Feb 24, 2023
07:38 AM
This is not a start up script! Move it from the "Startup Scripts" to the "Scripts Panel" folder.
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Feb 24, 2023
07:00 AM
There's a mistake in the code. Here's a fixed version. I tried to make it more easy to understand. if (app.documents.length > 0) main();
function main() {
var hyperlink, sourceText, textFrame, storedName, newSource, newHyperlink,
doc = app.activeDocument,
hyperlinks = doc.hyperlinks.everyItem().getElements();
for (var i = 0; i < hyperlinks.length; i++) {
hyperlink =hyperlinks[i];
if (!hyperlink.source.hasOwnProperty("sourceText") || hyperlink.source.sourceText == undefined) continue;
sourceText = hyperlink.source.sourceText;
textFrame = sourceText.parentTextFrames[0];
storedName = hyperlink.name;
newSource = doc.hyperlinkPageItemSources.add(textFrame);
newHyperlink = doc.hyperlinks.add(newSource, hyperlink.destination);
hyperlink.remove();
// clear the "Hyperlink" char style
if (sourceText.appliedCharacterStyle.name == "Hyperlink") {
sourceText.appliedCharacterStyle = doc.characterStyles.item("[None]");
sourceText.clearOverrides();
}
newHyperlink.name = storedName;
}
} Before After
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Feb 20, 2023
04:10 AM
1 Upvote
As far as I know, no. The UXP Developer tool's debugger is the only option at the moment.
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Feb 08, 2023
10:20 PM
Hi Mark, I haven't completed it yet since I have to work on two projects in parallel. — Kas
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Feb 08, 2023
07:38 AM
Hi Peter, Yes, I know the difference and handle it in my script like so: var desktop = (app.name == "Adobe InDesign");
if (desktop) {
inddDoc.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, pdfFile, false, pdfPreset); // format, to, showingOptions, using
}
else {
inddDoc.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, pdfFile, pdfPreset, false); // format, to, using, withGrids
} I wonder what withGrids does? If I had IDS, I'd export a PDF with this parameter on and off to see the difference. — Kas
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Feb 08, 2023
03:38 AM
Hi forum, I’m writing a script for InDesign Server without having it installed. To be more exact, I want it to work in both versions server and desktop. In the end, it should export a PDF file. I noticed that, unlike the desktop, the server version has the withGrids parameter — If true, exports the grids. (Optional) (default: false) — which is not very informative to me. I guess it’s equivalent to the ‘visible guides and baseline grids’ check box in the ‘export pdf’ dialog box. Can anybody confirm/disprove/explain to me what it does? — Kas
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Feb 07, 2023
10:39 PM
Hi there! The script is above in this thread: marked as the correct answer. It should be installed as a start-up script. It is run automatically every time (after) you save a document. — Kas
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Feb 03, 2023
06:21 AM
Thank you, Marc!
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Feb 03, 2023
12:43 AM
Hi Marc, Thank you very much for your reply! I'm looking forward to see your code. My e-mail: askoldich [at] yahoo [dot] com Regards, Kasyan
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Jan 30, 2023
09:21 AM
Hi Loic, Thanks for your tip! I was about to move in this direction. In my previous post, I wrote: “… rework the shape — make a chain of rectangular text frames instead of one irregular shape…”. Now after your explanation, I see it clearer. I will try to make individual text frames, as you suggested, and number them by labels so the script would know from which frame to start and where to go next. (The names will be repeated — twice, or more — if not enough children in the class to fill the whole year number). The script is going to create an InDesign document from a template, fill the shape text frames with names, and finally export a PDF file to be printed. So, preparing such a template manually once a year won’t be hard. Alphabetical order doesn’t matter at all: names can be shuffled if necessary. — Kasyan
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Jan 30, 2023
04:23 AM
Thanks for the quick replies, Rene and Mark! Different point sizes for the names are not an option: it is required that the size should be the same for all names. I agree it doesn’t look good, but hyphenation is not allowed as well and the script should somehow put all this text into the shape. I will try to play with variable-width fonts. Great idea! As for me, it looks better with Acumin Variable Concept than with Arial. Also, it seems if I change adjustment to center and rework the shape — make a chain of rectangular text frames instead of one irregular shape — it would look visually more pleasing. I will look into one-dimensional bin-packing algorithms but this might be beyond my level: I’m not a programmer by background. At first glance, it looks scary to me.
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Jan 29, 2023
11:06 AM
Dear forum, I am attempting to write a script for a company that prints hoodies for school leavers. Currently, they just paste the list of names into the number box and then adjust the text manually moving things around, adjusting font size, line spacing, kerning, manually adding in spaces or line breaks until it looks ok, but it is quite difficult and time-consuming, and annoying! The trickiest part is filling an irregular shape (a text frame) with names. At the moment, they can be in three variants: First name only First name and initial First name and surname In fact, I think, there will be needed two algorithms: one for 1 and 2 and another for 3. The requirements are just to fit the children’s names in the outline of the “23” (for this year) and look neat and correct. All names need to be the same size as each other (no names bigger than others). Initial/surname would need to not be split from the first name by a line break. The shape should be filled with 1 or 2 times the name of each child (1 or 2 times depending on if we need to fill up more space when there aren’t many children, for instance). The text frame is converted from text with the ‘create outlines’ command and adjusted manually. Now they want “23”, “24”, but in the future, they might need any word, like “Ski Trip” or “PE”. My customers have looked on InDesign forums and other design forums and googled everything but they couldn’t find any software that will do this automatically for them with good results, or a way to easily do this in InDesign. They could find wordcloud type software but often that makes lots of repetition and also makes some words bigger than others, which they don’t want as they don’t want one child to appear more ‘important’ than others, they all need to be the same size. I am experimenting with this trying to find the right approach. Here on my site, I’m writing my thoughts aloud posting code snippets. (They’re constantly changing so I want to update them on the fly). I’ve got a feeling that I’m reinventing the wheel and similar algorithms have been already developed, so any pointers would be greatly appreciated. I googled for this info, but couldn’t find what I need.
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Jan 19, 2023
06:49 AM
2 Upvotes
See the example here (function for Windows): And finally, run the VB Script:
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Jan 09, 2023
12:10 AM
1 Upvote
I assume the dates are located directly in text frames: I haven't tested it against text frames nested inside groups, anchored text frames, etc. Here's my quick & dirty modification: //DESCRIPTION: Convert date format - finds 09/05/1936 and replace it with 09 May 1936
#target indesign;
/*
by Oleh Melnyk at 5 April 2017
requested at https://forums.adobe.com/message/9436296#9436296
Edited By :- Manan Joshi
Edited the date format to dd/mm/yyyy or d/m/yyyy
*/
//> START OF doUndoWraper
if (parseFloat(app.version) < 6) // "app.version < 6" if it's running under an earlier version than CS4, as earlier versions don't support "Undo" in scripts
doUndoWrapper();
else
app.doScript(doUndoWrapper, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Change Date Format");
//< END OF doUndoWraper
function doUndoWrapper(){
function toUnique(a, b, c) { //array,placeholder,placeholder
b = a.length;
while (c = --b)
while (c--) a[b] !== a[c] || a.splice(c, 1);
return a // not needed ;)
}
function convertDateFormat(date) {
var t = date.split("/");
date = t[1] + "/" + t[0] + "/" + t[2];
var objDate = new Date(date);
var monthName = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];
var dayName = ["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"];
var day = objDate.getDate();
var suffix = "th";
if (day % 10 === 1 && day !== 11) {
suffix = "st";
} else if (day % 10 === 2 && day !== 12) {
suffix = "nd";
} else if (day % 10 === 3 && day !== 13) {
suffix = "rd";
}
return dayName[objDate.getDay()] + " " + day + suffix + " " + monthName[objDate.getMonth()] + " " + objDate.getFullYear();
}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; // clear settings
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedLayersForFind = false; // search in Locked Layers
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedStoriesForFind = false; // search in Locked Stories
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeHiddenLayers = false; // search in HiddenLayers
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = false; // search in Master Pages
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeFootnotes = true; // search in Footnotes
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\d{1,2}\/\\d{1,2}\/\\d{4}";
var textFrames = app.activeDocument.textFrames.everyItem().getElements(),
whereToSearch, foundPrep, foundElements, foundUnique, option;
for(var f = 0; f < textFrames.length; f++){
if (textFrames[f].label == "weekday_dates"){
whereToSearch = app.activeDocument.textFrames[f];
foundPrep = whereToSearch.findGrep();
foundElements = [];
for(var x = 0; x < foundPrep.length; x++){
foundElements.push(foundPrep[x].contents);
}
foundUnique = toUnique(foundElements);
for(var i = 0; i < foundUnique.length; i++){
option = foundUnique[i];
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = option;
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = convertDateFormat(option);
whereToSearch.changeGrep();
}
}
}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; // clear find what and change to field
} Before: two out of three text frames have the labels After
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