Hi,           myXmp.deleteProperty(XMPConst.NS_XMP_MM,"History[1]"); does not work on my machines. Instead of while you could use if as it should be done only once. That's why I used deleteArrayItem() in my code above as [1] is the first item in the xmp-array. If it works on your machine¿(I'm really not shure on this !), then at least remember you've got to repeat with history[1] to history . Did you try my code? ... View more

Hi, my example code expects a image to be selected ... not a graphic frame. If you spend a bit of your time inspecting it, you'll see that you've got everything to solve your issue either using alpha channel or photoshop path. Give it a try! P.S. One tipp: Guess you can forget about the alphachannel as the images have got a photoshop path, which is more accurate -> results would be better. ... View more

Hi, this should delete the whole history, give it a try: //active Document var currDoc = app.activeDocument; //path to ... var fullName = currDoc.fullName; //close it to delete history metadata currDoc.close(SaveOptions.YES); //clean up history ... voidHistory(fullName); //reopen app.open(fullName);     // function voidHistory(fileObject){ if(loadXMPLibrary()){         var myFile = fileObject;         xmpFile = new XMPFile(myFile.fsName, XMPConst.NS_XMP_MM, XMPConst.OPEN_FOR_UPDATE);         var myXmp = xmpFile.getXMP();                 var count = myXmp.countArrayItems(XMPConst.NS_XMP_MM, "History") +1;         //here part to delete every arrayitem of history         while(count--){             if(count == 0){break;}             myXmp.deleteArrayItem(XMPConst.NS_XMP_MM, "History", count)             }           myXmp.serializeToArray();    //bring new metadata to file      if (xmpFile.canPutXMP(myXmp)) {          xmpFile.putXMP(myXmp);            }         xmpFile.closeFile(XMPConst.CLOSE_UPDATE_SAFELY); unloadXMPLibrary();    } }     function loadXMPLibrary(){         if ( !ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript ){             try{ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject('lib:AdobeXMPScript');}             catch (e){alert('Unable to load the AdobeXMPScript library!'); return false;}         }         return true;     } function unloadXMPLibrary(){         if( ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript ){             try{ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript.unload(); ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = undefined;}             catch (e){alert('Unable to unload the AdobeXMPScript library!');}         }     } Never done it before, but works here ... Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Hi , MacOsx BuiltIn-Player is 'afPlay'. So there is no need for thirdPartApp do shell script "afplay " & quoted form of POSIX path of ("Here:a:macpath!") Nice Day ... View more

Hi, modification date remains to the finder -> a file / alias can have a modification date. The ID-doc has a property modified, but it just returns a boolean. ... View more

Hi, exportFile expects a file as target not a string: mDoc.exportFile(ExportFormat.INDESIGN_MARKUP, File(myFilename)); ... View more

Hi, at least you've got to specify the width of the textframe, so that it can be handled: for example: var myDocument = app.activeDocument; var myTextframe = myDocument.textFrames.add({geometricBounds:[0,0,100,100]}); var linkNames = (myDocument.links.everyItem().name).join(', ');   myTextframe.contents = linkNames; myTextframe.fit(FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT) Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Hi, it's not quite clear what your workflow should look like. So here are just the two examples of how to handle a Photoshoppath (currently on) and alphachannel (currently off). Assume a image selected: var currSel = app.selection[0]; (currSel instanceof Image) ? processPath(currSel) : alert('Selection is not a picture.'); //(currSel instanceof Image) ? processAlpha(currSel) : alert('Selection is not a picture.'); //Process a photoshoppath function processPath(aImageRef) {     pathNames = aImageRef.clippingPath.photoshopPathNames;     pl = pathNames.length;     while(pl--)     {       if  (pathNames[pl] == 'Path 1')       {           aImageRef.clippingPath.appliedPathName = 'Path 1';           alert('Applied Photoshoppath Path 1');           exit();           }         }             }         //process a alphachannel     function processAlpha(aImageRef) {     //there may be zero to ++ alphachannels, just choosed the first here var alphaChannelName =  aImageRef.clippingPath.alphaChannelPathNames[0]; (alphaChannelName != undefined) ? setAlphaChannel(aImageRef, alphaChannelName) : alert('No Alphachannel avaiable.'); exit();         }         //apply settings for alphaChannel     function setAlphaChannel(aImageRef, alphaChannelName)     {        with (aImageRef.clippingPath)        { appliedPathName = alphaChannelName; includeInsideEdges = true; threshold     = 30; //number (range: 0 - 255) tolerance    = 3 ; //number (range: 0 - 10) restrictToFrame = true; invertPath = false; insetFrame = '5 pt'; } alert('Applied Alphachannel: ' + alphaChannelName); exit(); }         Happy scripting Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Hi, it should be simply: aImageReference.clippingPath.appliedPathName = 'Path 1'; "include inside edges" and tolerance/threshold values -> Valid only when clipping type is alpha channel or detect edges. ... View more

Hi, with admission of Jump_over (hope so 😉 ) and jusat to play around,  a on idle event (or any other ...) could simulate the functionality of the textvariable. Launched from startUp Scripts-Folder  it'll now prompt for set or refresh the textframes ... Delete it from StartUp-Scripts-Folder and restart ID to stopp the script working #targetengine "session" main(); function main() { var checkPageSize = app.idleTasks.add({name:"checkPageSize", sleep:50000}); checkPageSize.addEventListener(IdleEvent.ON_IDLE, onIdleCheckPageSize, false); } function onIdleCheckPageSize(myIdleEvent){ if(app.documents.length == 0){exit();}; if(!confirm('Add Textframes with Pagesize?')){exit();} myDoc = app.activeDocument; myPages = myDoc.pages.everyItem().getElements(); mhV = myDoc.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits; mvV = myDoc.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits; myDoc.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = myDoc.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS; for (var k = 0; k < myPages.length; k++) {     resString = mySize(myPages );     resFrame = myFrame(myPages );     resFrame.contents = resString;     } myDoc.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = mhV; myDoc.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = mvV; } function mySize (page) {     var Pbound = page.bounds;     var pH = Pbound[2] - Pbound[0];     var pW= Pbound[3] - Pbound[1];     var res = "H:\t" + (Math.round(pH*100)/100).toString() + " mm\nW:\t" + (Math.round(pW*100)/100).toString() + " mm";     return res;     } function myFrame (page) {     var myAllPageItems = page.allPageItems;     l = myAllPageItems.length;     check = true;     while(l--) {         if(myAllPageItems .extractLabel('tfLabel') === 'pageSize'){             return myAllPageItems ; check = false;}         }             if(check){     var mF = page.textFrames.add();     var arrSize = [62,30];     mF.resize(         CoordinateSpaces.INNER_COORDINATES,         AnchorPoint.TOP_LEFT_ANCHOR,         ResizeMethods.REPLACING_CURRENT_DIMENSIONS_WITH,         arrSize         );     mF.texts[0].properties = {pointSize: 10, justification: Justification.LEFT_ALIGN};     mF.texts[0].tabStops.add({alignment: TabStopAlignment.RIGHT_ALIGN, position: 20});     mF.insertLabel('tfLabel', 'pageSize')     return mF;     }     } Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Hi, you could work with a eventListener which fills predefined (labeled) textFrames with the pageSize. For example "afterSave" or 'onIdle' ... Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Me again 😉 couldn't test with InCopy but I hope those lines will create a note if some text is selected. contents of the note = the selected text. create a shortcut to the script. #target InCopy try{ currSel = app.selection[0]; currContent = currSel.texts[0].contents; newNote = currSel.parentStory.notes.add(LocationOptions.BEFORE, currSel.insertionPoints[0]); newNote.texts[0].contents = currContent; }catch (e){ alert(e)        } changed the first script slightly. Note it's still just a example of how it could work: var currDoc = app.activeDocument, allStories = currDoc.stories, l = allStories.length; //checking for at least one existing index ... if(!currDoc.indexes[0].isValid){         currDoc.indexes.add();     } while(l--){ currStory = allStories ; allNotes = currStory.notes; n = allNotes.length; while(n--){ currNote = allNotes ; noteContents = currNote.texts[0].contents //create the source currSource = currStory.characters.itemByRange(currNote.insertionPoints[0].index, currNote.insertionPoints[0].index + noteContents.length); currTopic = currDoc.indexes[0].topics.add(noteContents); //this is by default PageReferenceType.CURRENT_PAGE ... changes optionally currTopic.pageReferences.add(currSource) currDoc.indexes[0].update(); currNote.remove();     }     } Hope it'll be of some help Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Hi, well let's say your notes contents includes the word that follows the note (which should get a topic in the index) you could act like this example: var currDoc = app.activeDocument, allStories = currDoc.stories, l = allStories.length; //adding a index cause I don't have one ;-) currDoc.indexes.add(); while(l--){ currStory = allStories ; allNotes = currStory.notes; n = allNotes.length; while(n--){ currNote = allNotes ; //get InsertionPoint of the note iP = currNote.insertionPoints[0]; //get the topic = note contents nC = currNote.texts[0].contents; //add topic to index currTopic = currDoc.indexes[0].topics.add(nC); //add pageReference to source which is iP currTopic.pageReferences.add(iP)     }     } ... View more

thx you may also compare horizontalOffset and / or insertionPoints[0] ... + any other property which is relevant. Happy scripting Hans ... View more

Hi, var myTextSel = app.selection[0], columnContentOfSel = myTextSel.textColumns[0].texts[0].contents, myParentTextFrames = myTextSel.parentTextFrames; for(var i = 0; i < myParentTextFrames.length; i++){     myColumn = 1;     var currTf = myParentTextFrames;     for(var c = 0; c < currTf.textColumns.length; c++)     { if(columnContentOfSel == currTf.textColumns . texts[0].contents) {     alert('column: ' + myColumn);     exit();     }               myColumn = myColumn + 1         }         } let's start from any textselection. This'll give you the startcolumn of it. There may be better solutions ... View more

Hi, this is what to can get from a link and its metadata ... ... View more

Hi, excluding: Our plan is, we are going to do this task in separate machine by giving access to the other users. you could use idleTasks in Indesign > 5.0 to run sheduled Tasks from within ID. It's well explained in the scripting guide! launchd could be used on Mac Os to perform sheduled tasks from operating system. as far as I remember there is a WMI-class Win23_ScheduledJoB for VB-Script.http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa394399%28v=vs.85%29.aspx third party software for example  Mac: Hazel Win:  Directory Monitor (Give google a chance ) Happy scripting Hans ... View more

Hi, All others must link to a given page number. it expects a whole reference. For example: myHyperlinkPage.destinationPage = app.activeDocument.pages.item(0) ... View more

gutie91 wrote: Forgive as you could run this code on mac? not to save it thanks Sorry, but I don't understand this sentence ???? It's a extendscript and could be run from ESTK ... ... View more

start here: exports page items to created subfolder. jpg-naming: sourcepage + itemcount #target InDesign //set properties for export to your needs with(app.jpegExportPreferences){     antiAlias = true; embedColorProfile = false; exportResolution = 300; jpegColorSpace = JpegColorSpaceEnum.RGB; //JpegColorSpaceEnum.CMYK, JpegColorSpaceEnum.GRAY     r/w    One of RGB, CMYK or Gray jpegQuality = JPEGOptionsQuality.HIGH; //JPEGOptionsQuality.LOW, JPEGOptionsQuality.MEDIUM, JPEGOptionsQuality.HIGH, JPEGOptionsQuality.MAXIMUM     r/w    The compression quality. jpegRenderingStyle = JPEGOptionsFormat.BASELINE_ENCODING; // JPEGOptionsFormat.PROGRESSIVE_ENCODING     r/w    The rendering style. simulateOverprint = true; } //doc has to be saved once var theDoc = app.activeDocument; var docName = theDoc.name; var docShortName = docName.replace(/.indd/, '') var docPath = '' + theDoc.fullName; var docContainerPath = docPath.replace(docName, '') var destPath = docContainerPath + '/' + docShortName + '_jpgExport/' if(Folder(destPath).create() != true){alert('Could not create targetfolder.'); exit();} var pageItems = theDoc.pageItems.everyItem().getElements(); l = pageItems.length; counter = 0; for(var i = 0; i < l; i++){     counter = counter + 1;     var singlePageItem = pageItems;     currParentPage = singlePageItem.parentPage; if(currParentPage == null){parentPageNumber = 'pasteboard'}else{parentPageNumber = singlePageItem.parentPage.name; } newFile =new File(destPath + 'page_' +  parentPageNumber + '_' + 'item_' + counter + '.jpg'); if(singlePageItem.exportFile(ExportFormat.JPG,  newFile) === false){alert(newFile + ' could not write jpg-File.')}          } ... View more

Hi, really EVERY page item of a document? What about groups, anchored objects ... Please provide some further instruction Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Hi, have a look at your variable var myBookContents =app.books[0].bookContents.everyItem().getElements() You'll see it's a array. so var currBookContent = myBookContents[0] will give infos to a item bookContent. currBookContent.fullName will return a fileobject to the corresponding document. Check if the document is already open, if not open it,  ... do stuff Hope it'll help ... Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Thought  about it. The whole formatting for a productdescription can be done with one paragraphstyle including some nested grepstyles. A tagged text line will be as simple as: <ANSI-WIN> <-Encoding <vsn:7.5> <-Version <pstyle:Description>9.<0x2005>123456 Name, with several features<0x2002><0x20AC><0x200A>99,- Let's expect a row in the excelfile like: Number     ArticleNumber     Name     description     Price So exporting the excelfile to *.csv, adding taggs needed to create  tagged text files from each row by scripting Now those tagged text files can be imported -> option: linked This may be done scripted by following some rules ... Hope this'll help ... View more

Hi, tell application "System Events" to tell process "Adobe InDesign CS5.5" to set visible to false still works for me. P.S. Remember Harbs popst: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4994774#4994774 ... View more

You've got to tell system events to set visible of process InDesign to false, not the finder ... ... View more

It's been a example of how to load styles. If your goal is to replace a bunch of p- and cStyles with some others you've got to write a list ... replace style x with styles y In our workflow the stylestructure is almost the same for products with the same contents, so we can replace the formatting by loading new styles using the option 'GlobalClashResolutionStrategy.LOAD_ALL_WITH_OVERWRITE' ... View more

Hi Gert, as you return the index Jump_Over is, of course, right! ... View more