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1. Setting stroke weight to 0 by script results in 1 pt

   Given a frame (graphic or text) with stroke color set to 'None' and stroke weight set to 0, the jsx command "app.selection[0].strokeWeight = 0" sets the weight to 1pt and stroke color to the default swatch.

   Steps to reproduce:

   1. Create a new Document.
   2. Create a new Text (or Graphic) Frame.
   3. Set the stroke weight to 0 and color to 'None' if necessary
   4. Select the frame with the Selection tool.
   5. Start a script with a following one line: app.selection[0].strokeWeight=0

   Expected result: no change
   Actual result: stroke weight set to 1pt and color to the default swatch.

   Note:
   Setting stroke weight to any other value behaves as expected.

   InDesign CC2018 v13.0.1

   Given a frame (graphic or text) with stroke color set to 'None' and stroke weight set to 0, the jsx command "app.selection[0].strokeWeight = 0" sets the weight to 1pt and stroke color to the default swatch.

   Steps to reproduce:

   1. Create a new Document.
   2. Create a new Text (or Graphic) Frame.
   3. Set the stroke weight to 0 and color to 'None' if necessary
   4. Select the frame with the Selection tool.
   5. Start a script with a following one line: app.selection[0].strokeWeight=0

   Expected result: no change
   Actual result: stroke weight set to 1pt and color to the default swatch.

   Note:
   Setting stroke weight to… more

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2. Bug When Overriding Master Page Items: Unexpected Shift of Master Page Objects

   When overriding page items by script, those items are unexpectedly shifted and do not stay in the x/y position, they are on the master page. This differs widely from the UI-behaviour of InDesign.

   There is a very good view and analysis of this bug from Marc Autret, which can be found here:
   http://www.indiscripts.com/post/2014/06/indesign-scripting-forum-roundup-6#hd1sb2

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3. Allow for control of undo tracking Re: Undo Set Scripting Tag

   Currently the only way to manipulate the undo queue is to run a script with doScript and even then it's very limiting. With my current event listeners, the user clicks around a few times and the undo queue fills up with 'Undo Set Scripting Tag' and they are unable to undo simple changes without holding down CTRL+Z for a few seconds. I am unable to use doScript because I need to return values to my interface. I would like to suggest an option to temporarily suspend undo tracking during certain script actions. Some of my actions do not change the document and only update the interface.

   Currently the only way to manipulate the undo queue is to run a script with doScript and even then it's very limiting. With my current event listeners, the user clicks around a few times and the undo queue fills up with 'Undo Set Scripting Tag' and they are unable to undo simple changes without holding down CTRL+Z for a few seconds. I am unable to use doScript because I need to return values to my interface. I would like to suggest an option to temporarily suspend undo tracking during certain script actions. Some of my actions do not change the… more

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4. textStyleRange.convertToNote() becomes very confused.

   I'll attach a self-contained script which first creates in order to demonstrate problems with textStyleRange.convertToNote(). The script creates a small document containing "b"s. These are marked with a smaller pointSize so that they form individual textStyleRanges. The script then converts these textStyleRanges into notes. Unfortunately, the script terminates with a message: "Object is invalid; tsr.convertToNote()". This message happens because the scripting engine has become confused and is trying to convert a "b" within a note into another note. This shouldn't happen and is the first problem.

   Open the story window. The beginning of the story has a clear pattern of notes between sentences. This should continue to the end of the document, but looking further down, two more problems can be seen:

   (1) Overflow.jpg shows that the text at the frame's overflow boundary has become confused. It should say "The quick green fox ...", but instead it says something like "The The The quick The ...".

   (2) Nearer to the end of the story, Confusion.jpg shows that larger phrases are converted into notes even though only "b" should be converted.

   I can't attach a script, so here it is:

   // Run this script in InDesign CC 2019, Roman Region.
   //THIS IS THE PROBLEM PART THE REST IS JUST TO SET IT UP.

   // Convert all "b" characters into notes
   function hideNotes(story){

    // Find all the "b"s
    app.findTextPreferences = null;
    var findPrefs = app.findTextPreferences;
    findPrefs.findWhat = "b";
    var matchingItems = story.findText()
   
    // It shouldn't be necessary to copy the findText() results, but just in case ...
    var copy = []
    for (var i = 0; i < matchingItems.length; i++) { 
        copy[i] = (matchingItems[i])
    }
   
    // Loop through the "b"s and convert them to notes
    for (var i = 0; i < copy.length; i++) { 
        var tsr = copy[i].textStyleRanges.firstItem();
        tsr.convertToNote();
     }
   

   }

   // This is just setting up a document with reasonable defaults
   function setup(){

   // Set up application
   var millimeterMeasurementUnits = 2053991795; // This means millimeters
   app.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = millimeterMeasurementUnits ;
   app.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = millimeterMeasurementUnits ;
   
   // Set up new document
   var doc = app.documents.add();
   doc.zeroPoint = [0, 0];
   doc.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = 1380143215 // This means PageOrigin;
   doc.documentPreferences.pageWidth = 210
   doc.documentPreferences.pageHeight= 297
   doc.marginPreferences.left  = 20
   doc.marginPreferences.right  = 20
   doc.marginPreferences.top  = 20
   doc.marginPreferences.bottom  = 20
   
   // Set up new page
   var page = doc.pages.firstItem();
   page.marginPreferences.left  = 20
   page.marginPreferences.right  = 20
   page.marginPreferences.top  = 20
   page.marginPreferences.bottom  = 20
   
   // Set up new frame
   var textFrame = doc.textFrames.add();
   textFrame.geometricBounds = [20, 20, 277, 190];
   
   // Add frame text
   for(var i = 0; i < 250; i++){
       var insertionPoint = textFrame.insertionPoints.lastItem()
       insertionPoint.pointSize = 12
       insertionPoint.contents = "The quick green fox jumped over the lazy dog. "
       insertionPoint = textFrame.insertionPoints.lastItem()
       // This point size will set the "b" into its own textStyleRange
       insertionPoint.pointSize = 7
       insertionPoint.contents = "b"
   }
   

   }

   //Entry Point
   setup();
   var stories = app.activeDocument.stories;
   for (var i = 0; i < stories.length; i++) {
   hideNotes(stories[i]);
   }

   I'll attach a self-contained script which first creates in order to demonstrate problems with textStyleRange.convertToNote(). The script creates a small document containing "b"s. These are marked with a smaller pointSize so that they form individual textStyleRanges. The script then converts these textStyleRanges into notes. Unfortunately, the script terminates with a message: "Object is invalid; tsr.convertToNote()". This message happens because the scripting engine has become confused and is trying to convert a "b" within a note into another note. This shouldn't happen and is the first problem.

   Open the story window. The beginning of the story has a clear pattern of… more

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5. The Script FindChangeByList.jsx not working CC2019

   Dont Working script

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6. Allow keyboard shortcuts to be assigned by script

   Add the ability to assign keyboard shortcuts do built-in InDesign menu actions or panel menus by javascript.

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7. Separate the indesign scripting forum from the indesign community support forum

   With the relaunch of Adobe's community support forums, the indesign scripting forum was merged with the general indesign forum. Please separate the two so users can find the most relevant content.

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   Partial Fix  ·  amaarora responded

   Hi,
   1. The majority of InDesign Scripting threads were merged and archived at first.
   2. After a month or so, InDesign Scripting re-appeared as its own topic in the new forums.
   3. David K. started un-archiving older threads last week, a few at a time, very slowly and by hand, because of odd server-side limitations.
   4. There is no “Direct Link” to the Scripting Topic at this time, but this ought to be fixed with the current sprint from the forums team. The internal bug number is: ALFD-1530

   While we wait for ALFD-1530, there is a backdoor way to find direct links to topics. You can follow a topic then look at your follows… or just use these links:

   • InDesign Scripting: https://community.adobe.com/t5/forums/filteredbylabelpage/board-id/indesign/label-name/scripting
   • InDesign SDK: https://community.adobe.com/t5/forums/filteredbylabelpage/board-id/indesign/label-name/sdk
   • InDesign Server Developers: https://community.adobe.com/t5/forums/filteredbylabelpage/board-id/indesign/label-name/server%20developers

   Thanks

8. GREP Find and replace Script not working CC2019

   We are getting below error while running the GREP script in InDesign CC2019, but same is working fine in CS6 version. Please check and fix this bug quickly to migrate CC2019 version.

   Error: User canceled this action

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9. Scripting | graphicLayerOptions : Changing visibility of graphicLayer will change ID number of placed graphic

   Problem Description:
   If you change the visibility of a graphicLayer of a placed graphic, could be a PDF, a PSD, an InDesign page or a AI file, the ID number of the placed graphic will change. The result of this is, that "everyItem().doSomething" with object graphicLayer will not work at all.

   Steps to Reproduce:
   1. Place a graphic with some graphic layers.
   2. Access the graphic layers of the graphic by scripting and try to change eg. currentVisibility for all graphic layers in one go.
   Frame holding the graphic is selected. The script snippet below should do this easily. However, it is not!

   Note:
   In case of a placed InDesign page or a PDF exported from an InDesign document with layers intact, all InDesign layers are nested in one "layer group" so we have to look after graphicLayers[0] (that's the "layer group") and add graphicLayers.everyItem() to access all sub-layers.

   app.selection[0].graphics[0].graphicLayerOptions.graphicLayers[0].graphicLayers.everyItem().currentVisibility = false;

   Actual Result:
   Error message thrown. In my German InDesign this is:
   "Die angeforderte Aktion konnte nicht ausgeführt werden, da das Objekt nicht mehr existiert."
   This is the $ID/ObjectDeletedError

   Expected Result:
   No error message. The visibility of all graphic layers should change.

   Any Workarounds:
   Loop the graphic layers. But do so that every time you do not access a reference to the graphic by its ID number.

   Something like that will work:

   var layerLength = app.selection[0].graphics[0].graphicLayerOptions.graphicLayers[0].graphicLayers.length;

   for(var n=0;n<layerLength;n++)
   {
   $.writeln( n+"\t"+app.selection[0].graphics[0].id );
   app.selection[0].graphics[0].graphicLayerOptions.graphicLayers[0].graphicLayers[n].currentVisibility = false;
   };

   The following will NOT work:

   var graphicLayers = app.selection[0].graphics[0].graphicLayerOptions.graphicLayers[0].graphicLayers.everyItem().getElements();

   for(var n=0;n<graphicLayers.length ;n++)
   {
   graphicLayers[n].currentVisibility = false;
   };

   Why will that not work?
   See into the results in the JavaScript Console with $.writeln( n+"\t"+app.selection[0].graphics[0].id ); from the loop that is working.
   Everytime you change currentVisibility of a graphicLayer the ID of the graphic is changing. That means the object is not itself anymore.

   Here some sample output from the JavaScript Console with one of my sample files:
   /*
   Result:
   0 325
   1 331
   2 337
   3 343
   4 349
   */

   You can see that the graphic began with a ID number of 325, after changing currentVisibility of the first graphic layer it suddenly became ID 331 and so on.

   Read about this scripting issue in the InDesign Scripting Forum here:

   "Place specific pdf layer into indesign with javascript"
   Yuliascript 18.06.2018
   https://forums.adobe.com/message/10452540#10452540

   Also here a thread from 2012:
   "Activating object layers basing on document layers"
   Marco Lugli 14.12.2012
   https://forums.adobe.com/message/4920745#4920745

   Also see attached documents with a placed sample PDF:

   PlacedPDFwithLayers-13.1.0.76.zip

   Download link from my Dropbox:
   https://www.dropbox.com/s/hfsspv5ddxaakvy/PlacedPDFwithLayers-13.1.0.76.zip?dl=0

   FWIW: Did this bug report also at Bug ID - ID-4208697.

   Regards,
   Uwe Laubender
   ( ACP )

   Problem Description:
   If you change the visibility of a graphicLayer of a placed graphic, could be a PDF, a PSD, an InDesign page or a AI file, the ID number of the placed graphic will change. The result of this is, that "everyItem().doSomething" with object graphicLayer will not work at all.

   Steps to Reproduce:
   1. Place a graphic with some graphic layers.
   2. Access the graphic layers of the graphic by scripting and try to change eg. currentVisibility for all graphic layers in one go.
   Frame holding the graphic is selected. The script snippet below should do this easily. However,… more

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   Thanks for reporting the issue. We are reviewing it

   -InDesign Team

10. Preferences folder access via ExtendScript with macOS Catalina public beta 3

    I've installed macOS X Catalina public beta 3 and I have an annoying issue with scripting.
    I can't access to the user's preferences folder via Javascript even if I've assigned to InDesign full file system access in the security panel of the system preferences.
    I can't read any files inside the user's Library so that I can't load a GREP query for example.

    Hope you find a fix on this.

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11. ExtendScript feature: asynchronous PDF export for indb books

    I'd like to see an asynchronous export option for indb books as it exists for indd documents because why not.
    Currently I work with 10 indb projects and I'd like to export them by 4 using all the power of my 4-core cpu, but I can only export them one by one due to lack of asynchronous export option.
    At the same time I'm able to export 4 indd files using existing asynchronousExportFile() method.

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12. Bug with index entry

    If you select a word after a table (»sit« in InDesign document: https://adobe.ly/2X0wXOi) and create an index entry using script, the page reference will be created after the word (under certain circumstances).

    var _doc = app.activeDocument;
    var _docIndex;

    if(_doc.indexes.length === 0) {
    _docIndex = _doc.indexes.add();
    } else {
    _docIndex = _doc.indexes.firstItem();
    }

    var textObj = app.selection[0];
    var _parentTopic = _docIndex.topics.add("Topicname");
    var _pageRef = _parentTopic.pageReferences.add(textObj);

    – word before that, everything's correct.
    – tables with 3 or more rows
    – the more table rows the more offset

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    Thanks for reporting
    We are reviewing the issue

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13. How to turnoff Type contextual controls in Indesign CC 2018?

    app.typeContextualUiPrefs.showFractionsUi = false;
    don`t work

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14. A reference to panel item 25 breaks a script

    There's a rogue panel that breaks InDesign CC2019 when it is referenced (CC2018 is not affected).

    Open InDesign CC2019, then run this one-line script:

    app.panels[25].name

    Result: Error: 'Invalid object for this request'.

    Now do this:

    app.panels[25].isValid

    which returns true.

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    Thanks for reporting the issue. We are reviewing it

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15. Arrow with start/end in scale

    If I have an line with a start/end and it's in different scale, when use transformation method, the start/end doesn't scale, even with "Adjust Stroke Weight when Scaling" and "Adjust Effects when Scaling" are turned on. See screenshots of before and after procedure.

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16. Inner glow size limited to 144pt

    Setting innerGlow size to larger than 144 pt via script causes an error for invalid value outside an expected range of 0-144. However, the UI allows size up to be over 13 inches. I have not tested all the other effects, but I believe this is the case for inner shadow and feather as well.

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17. ScriptUI: Opening Dialog while dialog is open breaks InDesign

    I posted that bug in gerneral Bugs section. Belongs to Scripting though:
    https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/37298593-scriptui-opening-dialog-while-dialog-is-open-brea

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    FIXED  ·  amaarora responded

    Hello All,
    Thank you for reporting the issue to us.
    We have fixed the issue in the 14.0.3 version of InDesign

    Please upgrade your InDesign application to the latest version to try out the fix. The latest version of InDesign is 15.0

    If you face any problems with the new update, do let us know in the comments.

18. InDesign crashes when converting a table

    In the attached document, when I (try to) convert the tabbed text to a table, InDesign crashes.

    Steps to reproduce:

    1. Open the document from the attached zip file.
    2. Select the text frame.
    3. Run the following one-line script:

    app.selection[0].parentStory.texts[0].convertToTable ('\t', '\r');

    Expected result: a table.
    Actual result: InDesign crashes.

    Note: the crash does not happen when the tabbed text is converted manually:

    1. Select all the text
    2. Table > Convert Text to Table
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    FIXED  ·  Abhinav Kaushik responded

    Hello All,
    Thank you for reporting the issue to us.
    We have fixed the issue in the latest version of InDesign, Id 15.0

    Please upgrade your InDesign application to the latest version to try out the fix.

    If you face any problems with the new update, do let us know in the comments.

    You may also follow the below given link for the list of all fixed issues in Id 15.0
    https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/fixed-issues.html

    -InDesign Team

19. CC2019: Can't update or relink a link when a document is opened by a script.

    A fault introduced in CC2019: can't update or relink a link when a document is opened by a script.

    Steps to reproduce:

    1. To verify that with an existing open document the problem does not occur: a. Start a new InDesign document b. Place a graphic on the first page c. Run this script:

    app.documents[0].links[0].update();

    No error occurs.

    1. To reproduce the error: a. Save the document created in step 1 and close it. b. Run this script:

    s = '/d/test/links.indd'; // Use your string
    app.open (File(s));
    app.documents[0].links[0].update();

    Expected result: The links should be updated.
    Actual result: "Error: This file is already open by another user or another application. This file may be stored on a network server and cannot be opened until the other user closes it."

    Note 1: It doesn't matter that in this example the link doesn't actually need updating. The result is the same with out-of-date links.

    Note 2: The problem is not confined to update(): it also occurs when you relink a link.

    A fault introduced in CC2019: can't update or relink a link when a document is opened by a script.

    Steps to reproduce:

    1. To verify that with an existing open document the problem does not occur: a. Start a new InDesign document b. Place a graphic on the first page c. Run this script:

    app.documents[0].links[0].update();

    No error occurs.

    1. To reproduce the error: a. Save the document created in step 1 and close it. b. Run this script:

    s = '/d/test/links.indd'; // Use your string
    app.open (File(s));
    app.documents[0].links[0].update();

    Expected result: The links should be updated.
    Actual result: "Error: This file is already… more

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    Need More Info  ·  amaarora responded

    Hi,
    Please can you provide some more information related to the issue?
    1. OS
    2. Document and imported file location (local or network)
    3. File system type
    4. Can you share a sample document along with the imported file.
    5. Is the issue reproducible in ID 2020?
    6. A small video will help as well

    Thanks
    amaarora@adobe.com

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    There has to be a way to get the relevant text in the document -- or else there's no point to making the pdfComments available

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