Thank you both for replying. I knew it was a long show but figured it doesnt hurt to ask. ... View more

Can you see a reason for my text boxes defaulting with the number 8 in them? I've had this issue since the beginning and have yet to figure out why they are like that?   I figured this one out "kinda" i can change it to whatever text i want by adding "whatever" after the size but i still dont know why it put 8 var b4Edit = b4.add ("edittext", ["", "", 75, 20], "-", mG1.children.length); ... View more

Ahhhh so i was supposed to put all of that in the RadiusUI function. no wonder i was getting errors. that and i didnt now have the last function you have on here when i was tring to get it to work. Thank you so much i'm slowly learning.   ... View more

Can the above be put into this script i just did? I dabble in scripting so i am by no means anywhere near good at it. I changed my origional thinking about embedding this into the other script. i dont want to make that 1 script to complex for people to us. so what i'm going to do is make a separate script that open up with a check box. it to me seems less cluttered.   var w = new Window ("dialog"); var wN = w.add ("group") w.add ("statictext", undefined, "Die line Radius") var mG1 = w.add ("panel {orientation: 'row'}"); var mG2 = w.add ("panel {orientation: 'column'}"); add_row (mG1); w.show (); function add_row (maingroup) { var b1g, b2g, b3g, b4g; b1g = mG1.add ("group") b2g = mG1.add ("group") b3g = mG1.add ("group") b4g = mG1.add ("group") var b1 = mG1.add ("group") var b2 = mG1.add ("group") var b3 = mG1.add ("group") var b4 = mG1.add ("group") var group = mG2.add ("group"); var buttons = w.add("group") b1g.edit = b1.add ("statictext", undefined, "Top Left", "") b1.edit = b1.add ("edittext", ["", "", 75, 20], mG1.children.length); b2g.edit = b2.add ("statictext", undefined, "Bottom Left") b2.edit = b2.add ("edittext", ["", "", 75, 20], mG1.children.length); b3g.edit = b3.add ("statictext", undefined, "Top Right") b3.edit = b3.add ("edittext", ["", "", 75, 20], mG1.children.length); b4g.edit = b4.add ("statictext", undefined, "Bottom Right") b4.edit = b4.add ("edittext", ["", "", 75, 20], mG1.children.length); buttons.group = group.add("button",undefined,"OK") buttons.group = group.add("button",undefined,"Cancel") }     ... View more

wow thanks i didnt think this was actually going to be possilbe. I'll start tinkering today thanks again. There was a SCRIPT UI document floating around somewhere would you happen to know where that is? ... View more

Ok this one just keeps placing text frame (dieline) over and over after saving every time. I have a work around for it might not work for ever but for now might work. I did a few things. 1 changed doLayer(doc, dieStr); to addLayer(doc, dieStr); I also did what you recommended and put "dieLayer" in place of "layer"(now it creates the layer). then the second thing is i lock the layer right away so that it wont keep creating extra layers or text frames. // #targetengine "session" app.addEventListener( "beforeSave" , DlL ); app.addEventListener( "beforeSave" , doLl ); function doLayer(){ var _d = app.documents[0]; var _allStories = _d.stories; for(var n=_allStories.length-1;n>=0;n--){ var _storyAllTextFrames = _allStories[n].textContainers; for(var m=_storyAllTextFrames.length-1;m>=0;m--){ if(_storyAllTextFrames[m].contents === ""){ _storyAllTextFrames[m].select(); }; }; }; var _tempTextFrame = _d.textFrames.add(); _tempTextFrame.select(); _tempTextFrame.remove(); } function addLayer(doc, name){ try{ var layer = doc.layers.itemByName(name); if(layer && layer.isValid) { return layer; } else { var dieStr = doc.layers.add(); dieStr.name = name; dieStr.layerColor = [100,30,30] return dieStr; } } catch(e) { } } function DlL(doc, layer, name){ var doc = app.documents[0]; var dieStr = "Dieline"; var mynBlendingSettings = { blendMode : BlendMode.NORMAL }; var mynTransparencySettings = { blendingSettings : mynBlendingSettings } var dieLayer = addLayer(doc, dieStr); // dieLayer.name = dieStr; tfn = doc.textFrames.add(dieLayer, LocationOptions.UNKNOWN, { name: "Dieline", fillTint: 100, transparencySettings: mynTransparencySettings, fillColor : "None" , strokeColor : "Diecut" , strokeWeight : "1pt" , strokeAlignment : StrokeAlignment.CENTER_ALIGNMENT , overprintStroke : true, topLeftCornerRadius : "3.175mm", topLeftCornerOption : CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER, bottomLeftCornerRadius : "3.175mm", bottomLeftCornerOption : CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER, topRightCornerRadius : "3.175mm", topRightCornerOption : CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER, bottomRightCornerRadius : "3.175mm", bottomRightCornerOption : CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER, geometricBounds : doc.pages[0].bounds }); } function doLl(){ app.activeDocument.layers.item("Dieline").locked = true; } ... View more

I'm going to try this. However i'm also going to mark the first reply as correct since that was my origional Question. I'll get back to you once i've tried the other edit.  Thanks for your help on this! ... View more

Thanks for your reply it turned out that i had a very simple / stupid mistake. i forgot to type my closing bracket. The current code is as follows. I do have one issue. It keeps creating layers every time i hit save. Probably due to the eventlistener do you see how to stop this?   // #targetengine "session" app.addEventListener( "beforeSave" , DlL ); function doLayer(){ var _d = app.documents[0]; var _allStories = _d.stories; for(var n=_allStories.length-1;n>=0;n--){ var _storyAllTextFrames = _allStories[n].textContainers; for(var m=_storyAllTextFrames.length-1;m>=0;m--){ if(_storyAllTextFrames[m].contents === ""){ _storyAllTextFrames[m].select(); }; }; }; var _tempTextFrame = _d.textFrames.add(); _tempTextFrame.select(); _tempTextFrame.remove(); } function addLayer(doc, name){ try{ var layer = doc.layers.itemByName(name); if(layer && layer.isValid) { return layer; } else { var dieStr = doc.layers.add(); dieStr.name = name; dieStr.layerColor = [100,30,30] return dieStr; } } catch(e) { } } function DlL(doc, layer, name){ var doc = app.documents[0]; var dieStr = "Dieline"; var mynBlendingSettings = { blendMode : BlendMode.NORMAL }; var mynTransparencySettings = { blendingSettings : mynBlendingSettings } var dieLayer = doc.layers.add(); dieLayer.name = dieStr; tfn = doc.textFrames.add(layer, LocationOptions.UNKNOWN, { name: "Dieline", fillTint: 100, transparencySettings: mynTransparencySettings, fillColor : "None" , strokeColor : "Diecut" , strokeWeight : "1pt" , strokeAlignment : StrokeAlignment.CENTER_ALIGNMENT , overprintStroke : true, topLeftCornerRadius : "3.175mm", topLeftCornerOption : CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER, bottomLeftCornerRadius : "3.175mm", bottomLeftCornerOption : CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER, topRightCornerRadius : "3.175mm", topRightCornerOption : CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER, bottomRightCornerRadius : "3.175mm", bottomRightCornerOption : CornerOptions.ROUNDED_CORNER, geometricBounds : doc.pages[0].bounds }); } ... View more

i can get it to add the Layer but it will not add the text frame with the Radius on it. and on a side not it keeps adding layers. Here's what i have and maybe the scripts i'm using arent the correct ones to do it with. I have a Script UI script and on that i have a Checkbox that exicutes this script. What i'm trying to do is When i click the ok button (It creates the layer (Dieline) if its not already there, Then Creates and adds the text frame (dieline) to that layer if its not already there. to answer above also i did have eventlisteners added to the origional script. ... View more

Thank you much i'll give it a try. ... View more

if theres a better way to do it than those 2 scripts i'm up for that as well. thanks in advance. ... View more

Thank you this works too. ... View more

Thanks for your reply. This would probably work however the one i was thinking of is simpler. I did find it after hours of searching I'll attach it below so anyone could use it if needed   app.doScript("/File/Location/Script.jsx" ... View more

THank you Very much ... View more

I know there is a difference between the 2 (i've made several scripts for indesign) i just dont know what all i can do with the SDK yet. Having read the link i am obviously not ready to make a plug-in yet since I am not very well versed in C++. I'm still going to try my hand at it just because thats how i am but i'm not expecting to get what i'm wanting done quickly lol.  Thanks for your advice and help. ... View more

What about Page Transititons? Window>Pages> (click the menu "3 lines upper right"), go to Page Attributes>Transitions and choose the one you want.   You could also go to window>interactivity and select some options from there. ... View more

does (cmd + shft + v) achieve what your wanting? ... View more

Your leading was only 15 i was thinking somehow it got changed to 75, 150 etc... If you have a smaller text box and the leading (space between lines) was to high it would have pushed all the text out of the text box. Thats what i meant by spacing issue. I probably used a wrong term for that but i knew what i meant lol... ... View more

What size font are you using and whats the Leading? Might be a simple Spacing issue. As for removing all styles "if thats what you want" Aside from going into each style style menu (Window>Styles>"chose the one you want" and deleting the ones you dont want. You can get scripts that delete the styles you Dont want. ... View more

You could use a script called Batch Convert < http://www.kahrel.plus.com/indesign/batch_convert.html >. ... View more

Do you mean Eyedropper tool? If so i had this issues with 2019 where if you clicked on a RBG art on a CMYK document the color would use white. make sure the document and art are the same color space this solved my issue in. indesign 2019 ... View more

Is your Display Performance turned up? ... View more