Adobe InDesign: SDK/Scripting Bugs and Features
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Preflight for books
You can preflight books: myBook.preflight()
But there is no corresponding function to preflight individual documents. Please add the preflight() function to the document object.3 votes -
Table footnotes not indexed correctly
Table footnotes are not indexed correctly in two ways: to the script engine they appear in the wrong order and table footnotes have no .index property.
The attached document has one text frame with three footnotes in the main text and one table with one footnote. The table footnote is footnote 3. To reproduce the problem, do this:
- Open the document.
- Run this script against the document (in the ESTK):
fnotes = app.documents[0].stories[0].footnotes
for (i = 0; i < fnotes.length; i++) {
$.writeln (fnotes[i].contents)
}- Expected output:
. Note 1.
. Note 2.
. Note table.
. Note 4.- Actual output:
. Note 1.
. Note…16 votesHello All,
Thank you for reporting the issue to us.
We have fixed the issue in the latest version of InDesign, Id 15.0Please 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
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Default Composer doesn't change via SDK
If I change the Default Composer via the Preferences Advanced Type dialog then query it in a script using app.textDefaults.composer I can see it has changed. However when I change it via a script it appears to change when I query it again but it is not changed in the prefs dialog and if I create a new document it is not the default composer. This is all with no open documents btw.
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TextFrame ExportFile to Snippet fails if source selection is inner text (ex: an insertionPoint)
Select an insertionPoint, call parent textFrame through
app.selection[0].parentStory.textContainers[0]
Then
call exportFile (snippet) on that object and export fails.
It seems the scripting engine has kept the initial insertionPoint as reference when exportFile is called leading to an execution error (this export format cannot be applied to this object).
It should work.
Bug encountered with several versions/os.7 votesThanks for reporting
We are reviewing the issue-InDesign Team
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ScriptUI Centering Breaks when switching monitor
If you switch monitors (i.e., unplug your laptop from a large monitor and go to present at a conference), and don't restart InDesign, scriptUI doesn't update the center position of the monitor.
It causes scriptUI windows to appear out of place.
3 votes -
ExtendScript access to animation path object
Inside of the animationSettings, there's no way to access or manipulate the motion path as a path object.
It would be useful to have access to that path and be able to run path functions on it (add/remove points, simplify, etc).
3 votes -
Please expose a PDF's page count to scripting
I posted this one in the general feature requests section, should have done that here in scripting. Here's the link:
It got quite a few votes over there. . .
P.
5 votes -
Epub toc links are not created when a document's toc is created by a script
To create a (navigable) Epub TOC you check the 'Make text anchor in source paragraph' checkbox. The links are created correctly when the TOC is created manually, but when the TOC is created by a script, the links are not created.
To confirm, please open the attached document and run this very simple script:
app.documents[0].createTOC (app.documents[0].tocStyles.item('Epub'), true);
The used TOC style ('Epub') has the 'Make text anchor in source paragraph' box checked.
Then export the document to reflowable Epub. In the Export dialog's General tab, select 'Multilevel (TOC Style)' at 'Navigation TOC' and at 'TOC Style, select the Epub style.…
5 votes -
Indesign crash when the graphics inside the table
I want to check the table have any track changes. But I have this case make the Indesign crash if the graphics inside the table using following script.
var abc = app.activeDocument.stories[0].tables[0].changes.length;
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Add MeasurementEditboxes to ScriptUI
I'd love to see MeasurementEditboxes to ScriptUI. We had them previously, and I don't know why they were never added to ScriptUI.
You can read more background here https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1007448
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Indesign crash with findGrep()
findGrep() causes a crash with the following terms:
"w?"
“\w?”
“h?”
“w?i?”
...e.g.:
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "w?";
var _result = app.activeDocument.findGrep();4 votesHello All,
Thank you for reporting the issue to us.
We have fixed the issue in the latest version of InDesign, Id 14.0.3Please upgrade your InDesign application to the latest version to try out the fix.
If you are unable to see the update yet, go to Creative Cloud desktop application, open the menu (three dots) from the top-right corner and click on ‘Check For App Updates’.
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 14.0.3
https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/fixed-issues.html -
XSLX Import partially fails on Windows
The problem is while manual import of XSLX files is no worries, it partially fails when the placement is called from script on Windows.
The main issue is that sheetName property seems to be ignored leading to the first sheet always being placed no matter which sheetName has been set.
The expected behaviour is that the sheetName set in app.excelImportPreferences.sheetname is correctly placed.
No problem with old xls format or with xlsx on mac.6 votesThanks for reporting the issue. We are reviewing it
-InDesign Team
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EvaluateXPath is not working with Namespace, Internet surfing is also not working on this task. For past 5years we searching for this.
EvaluateXPath is not working with Namespace, Internet surfing is also not working on this task. For past 5years we searching for this solution. kindly check and provide solution hope you are revisiting your old path.
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Hanging & Overset Issue
Hanging & Overset is the Main Issue, still we cannot find the root cause why this is appearing in all the time. Please check the feasibility to avoid the Overset issues occurred for Long Text without having space or Long Tables and Mostly Hanging issues occurred in Keep Options On or Off. Please check the feasibility and do the needful.
3 votes
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