There is another example here, see post 4: Olav Kvern, "Need script for printing Postscript files (ID CS2)" #4, 19 Nov 2007 4:45 pm ... View more

Hi Richard, You can do it by setting the pageRange property of the printPreferences object to the name of each page in turn: var myPrintPrefs = myDoc.printPreferences; for(var myCounter = 0; myCounter < myDoc.pages.length; myCounter++){ var myPageName = myDoc.pages.item(myCounter).name; var cornumber = pagenum(myPageName); var myFilePath = myFolder + "/" + "Q_"+ myIssueNumber + "_" + cornumber + ".ps"; var myFile = new File(myFilePath); myPrintPrefs.pageRange = myPageName; myPrintPrefs.printFile = myFile; myDoc.print(false); } Kasyan ... View more

Hi Marco, Here is an example: //-------------------------- #targetengine "kasyan" var myScript1 = new File(app.filePath + "/Scripts/Scripts Panel/Preflight CS3 v3.2.jsx"); var myScriptAction1 = app.scriptMenuActions.add("Preflight Document"); var myEventListener1 = myScriptAction1.eventListeners.add("onInvoke", myScript1, false); var myScript2 = new File(app.filePath + "/Scripts/Scripts Panel/Rename Sections v3.1.jsx"); var myScriptAction2 = app.scriptMenuActions.add("Rename Sections"); var myEventListener2 = myScriptAction2.eventListeners.add("onInvoke", myScript2, false); var myScript3 = new File(app.filePath + "/Scripts/Scripts Panel/Check 100 3 SE.scpt"); var myScriptAction3 = app.scriptMenuActions.add("Check Resolutuon of Images"); var myEventListener3 = myScriptAction3.eventListeners.add("onInvoke", myScript3, false); var myScript4 = new File(app.filePath + "/Scripts/Scripts Panel/Resize Images v16.1.scpt"); var myScriptAction4 = app.scriptMenuActions.add("Resize Images"); var myEventListener4 = myScriptAction4.eventListeners.add("onInvoke", myScript4, false); try{ var myScriptMenu = app.menus.item("$ID/Main").submenus.item("Scripts"); myScriptMenu.title; } catch (myError){ var myScriptMenu = app.menus.item("$ID/Main").submenus.add("Scripts"); } var myScriptMenuItem1 = myScriptMenu.menuItems.add(myScriptAction1); var myScriptMenuItem3 = myScriptMenu.menuItems.add(myScriptAction3); var myMenuSeparator1 = myScriptMenu.menuSeparators.add(); var myScriptMenuItem2 = myScriptMenu.menuItems.add(myScriptAction2); var myScriptMenuItem4 = myScriptMenu.menuItems.add(myScriptAction4); //-------------------------------------------- Kasyan ... View more

Goldbridge, I don't have time to check it, but f2, I think, should be a file path or a file object - not a folder object: fileObj.copy (target) target - A string with the URI path to the target location, or a File object that references the target location. Copies this objects referenced file to the specified target location. Resolves any aliases to find the source file. If a file exists at the target location, it is overwritten. So it should be: var myText = "save this"; f1=new File("~/Desktop/images/1.txt"); f1.open("w"); f1.write(myText); f1.close(); // I assume that aaa folder already exists f2=new Folder("~/Desktop/images/aaa"); f1.copy("~/Desktop/Images/aaa/1.txt"); Kasyan ... View more

Hi Goldbridge, myFolder = new Folder ("~/Desktop/Images"); if (myFolder.exists == false){ myFolder.create(); } Kasyan ... View more

Hi james, Why don't you use import/export XML methods? myDocument.xmlElements.item(0).importXML(File("/c/MyXML_file.xml")); myDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.xml, File("/c/MyXML_file.xml")); You can set encoding of a text file in the property of the same name: var myText = "some text"; myFile = new File("~/Desktop/test.txt"); myFile.encoding = "UTF16" myFile.open("w"); myFile.write(myText); myFile.close(); Kasyan ... View more

Sean, Give me your e-mail and I'll send you a remake of the LabelGraphics script(with Client's name field). Kasyan askoldich@yahoo.com ... View more

Sean, I don't have enough time to write the whole script right now, but here is my idea of how it can be done: //------------------------------------------------------- // Places all pictures from the selected folder onto the first // page of the active document, adds captions, groups pics & captions // and distributes them vertically var myDocument = app.activeDocument; var myGroups = new Array; var myFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Please select path to files"); if (myFolder!=null) { var myFiles = myFolder.getFiles(); } else { alert("No folder selected"); } for (var j = myFiles.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) { var myPic = myDocument.pages[0].place(myFiles , [0, 0], undefined, false, false); var myPicBounds = myPic[0].parent.geometricBounds; var myName = myPic[0].itemLink.name; var myCaption = myDocument.pages[0].textFrames.add(); myCaption.geometricBounds = [ myPicBounds[2], myPicBounds[1], myPicBounds[2]+10, myPicBounds[3] ] myCaption.contents = myName; myCaption.paragraphs.everyItem().applyParagraphStyle(myDocument.paragraphStyles.item("[Basic Paragraph]"), true); var myGroup = app.activeWindow.activeSpread.groups.add([myPic[0].parent, myCaption]); myGroups.push(myGroup); } myDocument.distribute(myGroups, DistributeOptions.VERTICAL_SPACE, AlignDistributeBounds.PAGE_BOUNDS, false); //------------------------------------------------------- It's far from perfect – I made it in about 5 minutes – but it can be a starting point for your script. Kasyan ... View more

Hi Sean, It seems to me that Bridge has such a script. Have a look at Tools > InDesign > Create InDesign Contact sheet menu. Kasyan ... View more

>Adobe InDesign CS3 got an error: Expected: ; I tested my code again and made sure that it works. I suspect that the problem is caused by invalid path to the javascript file. >You have to pass a file reference not the filepath as a string. From ID scripting reference: Method - do script Parameter script alias or string do script alias sScriptPath language javascript do script sScriptPath language javascript These both lines work, I tested. Kasyan ... View more

Hi Burr, tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3" set sScriptPath to "Macintosh HD:Applications:Adobe InDesign CS3:Scripts:Scripts Panel:YourJavaScript.jsx" do script alias sScriptPath language javascript end tell Kasyan ... View more

Hi Chris, User interaction level is property of script preferences object in CS3, so it should be: set user interaction level of script preferences to never interact set user interaction level of script preferences to interact with all ------------------------------------------------------------------- tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3" activate --retreive list of printer presets set myLabelWidth to 100 set myDialog to make dialog with properties {name:"Print Presets"} tell myDialog tell (make dialog column) tell (make border panel) tell (make dialog column) tell (make dialog row) tell (make dialog column) make static text with properties {static label:"Choose Preset:", min width:myLabelWidth} end tell tell (make dialog column) set myLabelsButtons to make radiobutton group tell myLabelsButtons set PresetList to name of every printer preset of application "Adobe InDesign CS3" repeat with myButton in PresetList make radiobutton control with properties {static label:myButton, checked state:false} end repeat end tell end tell end tell end tell end tell end tell end tell set myResult to show myDialog if myResult = true then set x to selected button of myLabelsButtons set myButtton to x + 1 set myPreset to item myButtton of PresetList end if destroy myDialog end tell tell application "Finder" activate set thefolder to choose folder with prompt "Select a Folder with InDesign Files to be Printed" as text set thePath to thefolder as text set the selected_items to every item of folder thefolder if the selected_items is {} then beep display dialog "Please select a folder with InDesign files before running this script." buttons {"Cancel"} default button 1 end if repeat with aFile in selected_items --this gets just the ID files if class of aFile is document file and creator type of aFile is "InDn" then tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3" activate with timeout of 600 seconds set user interaction level of script preferences to never interact open aFile tell document 1 tell print preferences set active printer preset to myPreset set page range to all pages end tell print without print dialog close saving no end tell end timeout --might need this delay --delay 10 set user interaction level of script preferences to interact with all end tell end if end repeat end tell -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kasyan ... View more

Hi Prasant, 1) Add a text frame to the active page 2) Escape quotes in the string \" var myDocument = app.activeDocument; // Ruler origin should be set to Page myDocument.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.PAGE_ORIGIN; var myTextFrame = app.activeWindow.activePage.textFrames.add(); myTextFrame.geometricBounds = ["11.2in", "8in","10.99in","0.5in"]; myTextFrame.contents = "This is a \"sample\" text."; Kasyan ... View more

Hi goldbridge, Peter Kahrel wrote such a script: http://www.kahrel.plus.com/indesign/batch_convert_cs3.html http://www.kahrel.plus.com/indesign/batch_convert_cs2.html Kasyan ... View more

>And where is the CS3 Reference Guide, we used to have a CS2 one? http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/products/indesign/scripting/pdfs/InDesignCS3_ScriptingGuide_JS.pdf >What's the variable that addresses the user area? A path name can start with a tilde (~) to indicate the user's home directory. It corresponds to the platform’s HOME environment variable. (page 43 of JavaScript Tools Guide) http://www.adobe.com/devnet/bridge/pdfs/javascript_tools_guide_cs3.pdf e.g. var myFile = File ("~/Application Data/Adobe/InDesign/Version 5.0/Scripts/Scripts Panel/ExportEachPageAsJPEG.jsx"); >What's the difference between app.addEventListener(...) AND app.eventListeners.add(...)? I am not sure, but they seem to be just two ways to do the same thing. I haven't delved deeply into how event listeners work — just took an example from the Scripting Guide and remade it to my needs. Kasyan ... View more

Hi Alex, Here is an example: //------------------------------- #targetengine "session" myScriptPath = app.filePath + "/Scripts/Scripts Panel/ExportEachPageAsJPEG.jsx"; var myFile = new File (myScriptPath); if (myFile.exists) { var myEventListener = app.addEventListener( "afterSave", myFile, false ); } else { alert("File\"" + myFile.fsName + "\" has not been installed."); } //------------------------------- Kasyan ... View more

Hi Vance, First of all, you can download updated example scripts for CS3 from here: http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/products/indesign/scripting/downloads/indesign_cs3_guide_scripts.zip In the folder AppleScript\documents you can find 4 scripts that export to PDF. You also can find these scripts and their detailed description in the chapter “Exporting a Document as PDF”, starting on the page 36, of the InDesign CS3 scripting guide: http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/products/indesign/scripting/pdfs/InDesignCS3_ScriptingGuide_AS.pdf If you want, I can send you examples that I e-mailed to Andrew, but I’ll be able to do it since Wednesday. Kasyan ... View more

Hi Casey, Yes, you can: /Volumes/MyShareName/MyFolderName/MyFileName.EPS Kasyan ... View more

......words[0].fillColor = app.activeDocument.colors.item("Cyan"); ... View more

Hi Keith, myDoc.activeLayer = myDoc.layers.item("Layer 1"); Kasyan ... View more

Hi Mike, Actually, it’s not a menu, but submenu you can’t get rid of. Solution #1 – Delete preferences: launch InDesign and press Cmd + Opt + Shift + Control (on Mac) or Control + Alt + Shift (on PC) and when you see — “Delete InDesign preference files?” — choose Yes. Solution #2 (less drastic) – I prefer to kill submenus in JavaScript Console. Let’s assume that I added "Script" submenu to the Main menu and want to get rid of it. All I have to do is just type the following line and press Enter/Return. app.menus.item("$ID/Main").submenus.item("Script").remove(); Kasyan ... View more

var oldDocName = app.activeDocument.name; // Create a new document with the correct page size, etc. var newDocument = app.documents.add(); newDocument.documentPreferences.pageWidth = 7.625; newDocument.documentPreferences.pageHeight = 10; // Load masters from old document newDocument.loadMasters(app.documents.item(oldDocName).fullName); ... View more

Hi dantedanti, You will be able to do it by using event listener, if you update to CS3. Kasyan ... View more

Hi Roy, I dont know if its possible to monitor a folder in JS, but I did it using timer object in Visual Basic. It is quite easy: you can set an interval property in milliseconds for the timer to trigger a function that does what you want. Kasyan ... View more

Hi AB, I have written a couple of scripts that do something similar; I used them for e-mailing articles from our magazine to TV companies. The first script takes all InDesign files from a folder, exports them using the Smallest File Size preset to another folder, naming the files according to the page range of the document (first page last page) e.g. 45-49.pdf, or 55.pdf (for a single page document), Cover.pdf (if page name contains cover). Then the script moves InDesign files to Completed folder. The second script sends these pdf files via Mail application to the specified addresses one by one. These scripts can be combined into one, of course, but I prefer to check pdf files before sending. If you are interested to use them as a starting point, I can post them or e-mail them to you. Kasyan ... View more

Hi plain*clothes, This works in CS3 - in a blank 5 pages document: -------------------------------------- tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3" set myDoc to active document tell myDoc set thisPage to page 3 set thisSection to make new section with properties¬ {page start:thisPage, page number start:2, name:"Prefix",¬ page number style:arabic, continue numbering:false,¬ marker:"Kas", include section prefix:false} end tell end tell -------------------------------------- Check the variables that you use inside the tell myDoc block. Kasyan ... View more

Hi Loic, I think it’s quite possible. You can do this using BridgeTalk message object (don’t confuse it with Bridge application). You can get detailed information about it in the “Interapplication Communication with Scripts” chapter in JavaScript_Tools_Guide_CS3.pdf. In illustrator you can unlock all layers and objects, remember parameters of the document you need: page height, page width and so on, then select all objects, copy. The in InDesign create a document using the same height, width and so on, then paste, save and close document. But it will work, if illustrator documents consist of quite simple objects, otherwise the objects will be pasted as one PDF object into InDesign. I made a few scripts using inter application communication e.g. InDesign and Photoshop, but I’ve never made scripts for Illustrator, because don’t use it often. Debugging of such scripts in JS is a little difficult – in AS and VB it’s done much easier. If you are interested, you can read a good book with a lot of examples – Adobe illustrator scripting by Ethan Wilde – but it doesn’t cover JS – only AS and VB. Kasyan ... View more

It proved to be so simple. :-) Thank you, Paul. Kasyan ... View more

Hi Avi, Here is an example: var myFolder = new Folder ("~/Desktop/My New Folder"); if (myFolder.exists == false){ myFolder.create(); } else { alert("Folder \"My New Folder\" already exists."); } Kasyan ... View more

Hi jongware, You are reading my thoughts I was going to post the same code. Kasyan ... View more