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1. Text variable instances. Please change TextVariableInstance::resultText from read only to read/write for modifying with scripts

   It would also be nice to plug a script to modify the text replacement from the text variable dialog.

   Such an opportunity is needed, for example, for alternatively replacing paragraphs that are too long with a shortened version.

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2. 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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3. Add an Application Event for "failedToOpen", similar to "beforeOpen" and "afterOpen"

   It would be useful to be able to create an Event Listener that would fire when a document failed to open. It would be great if we could cancel the default behavior using the PreventDefault.

   My use case is the following. We offer a script that adds a custom menu item to allow users to select, convert, and open files that aren't usually supported by InDesign. We want to be able to offer the same type of functionality if the user attempts to open one of our supported file types through the standard Open Dialog (File->Open).

   We would set up an Event Listener for "failedToOpen," which would validate that the file is one we support. If so, we would PreventDefault and prompt the user, asking if they'd like the file converted. If we didn't support the file type, we would allow the default behavior.

   It would be useful to be able to create an Event Listener that would fire when a document failed to open. It would be great if we could cancel the default behavior using the PreventDefault.

   My use case is the following. We offer a script that adds a custom menu item to allow users to select, convert, and open files that aren't usually supported by InDesign. We want to be able to offer the same type of functionality if the user attempts to open one of our supported file types through the standard Open Dialog (File->Open).

   We would set up… more

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4. Collapse Treeview not working

   On Indesign CC (Win or Mac) :
   Treeview with multi levels can be expand with recursive function;
   But collapse operation seems to be not working with similar function;

   On Indesign CS6 (Win or Mac) :
   Treeview with multi levels can be expand.
   Collapse operation runs halfway. But items (not node) on first level are indented too much.

   Run Script treeviewexpandcollapse.jsx to test it

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5. app.activeBook

   When more than one book is open, selecting the book tab (when they're tabbed), doesn't work for app.currentBook in scripting. It's needed to click inside the book panel to have it targeted. Just the tab selected doesn't work.

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6. 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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7. The scale X percentage option shold have short key so that I don´t have to write 100% manually in the meny while working in prepress.

   The scale X percentage option shold have short key so that I don´t have to write 100% manually in the meny while working in prepress. When I update links in my prepress documents the scale down to 91% and that´s really frustrating that I can´t just mark them and use a short key to resize them to 100%. Especially if you have updated for example 50 links.

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8. Scripted iterative document open/close fails to close files

   Note: my sample code is jsx, but the problem may not be limited to jsx. Change the filetype of my provided files from txt to jsx prior to using!

   We have multiple products that sometimes show a problem with document.close() not actually closing the file, leading to incorrect functioning, memory bloat, slowdowns, and we believe some crashes. I provide a test script that takes a currently open document and iteratively copies it, opens the copy, then closes the copy -- after the loop is finished, the copy files are removed.

   Important: If run from the ESTK or Scripts Panel, the script works as expected -- no problems. If run from a custom menu (setup script also provided), the problem happens every time.

   We believe we've seen this in cases where a custom menu is not the launch mechanism, and may be intermittent in those cases.

   We believe we've seen this in InDesign Server as well. My scripts have been tested in CC 2019 and CC 2020 and on both Win and Mac.

   In order to run the "Test_menu.jsx" script for using a custom menu, the "Documents left open on close.jsx" script must be in a "TestScripts" folder in your 'home' or 'user' folder (i.e., inside of "~/TestScripts").

   This problem is a real headache and is difficult to work around. It affects multiple product areas; we urge prompt attention to this problem.

   Thanks.

   Note: my sample code is jsx, but the problem may not be limited to jsx. Change the filetype of my provided files from txt to jsx prior to using!

   We have multiple products that sometimes show a problem with document.close() not actually closing the file, leading to incorrect functioning, memory bloat, slowdowns, and we believe some crashes. I provide a test script that takes a currently open document and iteratively copies it, opens the copy, then closes the copy -- after the loop is finished, the copy files are removed.

   Important: If run from the ESTK or Scripts Panel, the… more

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9. La nueva versión indesign 2020 ya no tiene la opción de Flip page para flash.

   La nueva versión indesign 2020 ya no tiene la opción de Flip page para flash.

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10. Bug in IXMLOutStream.h header file

    InDesign2020SDK/source/public/interfaces/xmedia/IXMLOutStream.h:499

    void WriteName(const UTF16TextChar* name, bool16 newLine = kFalse)
                  { this->WriteName(name, newLine); }
    

    This function calls itself. It leads to a stack overflow on Windows but the code analyzer in Xcode catches it and reports an error during compilation. It can be changed to:

    void WriteName(const UTF16TextChar* name, bool16 newLine = kFalse)
                  { this->WriteName(WideString(name), newLine); }
    

    and it will work (it calls the previous function in the file instead).

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    FIXED  ·  AdminRavi Kiran (Senior Lead Quality Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded

    The fix for this issue is now available in the latest versions of InDesign – version 16.0 and above.
    Please update to this version to get the fix.

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    Adobe InDesign team

11. 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

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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. Scripted iterative document open/close fails to close files

    Note: my sample code is jsx, but the problem may not be limited to jsx.

    We have multiple products that sometimes show a problem with document.close() not actually closing the file, leading to incorrect functioning, memory bloat, slowdowns, and we believe some crashes. I provide a test script that takes a currently open document and iteratively copies it, opens the copy, then closes the copy -- after the loop is finished, the copy files are removed.

    Important: If run from the ESTK or Scripts Panel, the script works as expected -- no problems. If run from a custom menu (setup script also provided), the problem happens every time.

    We believe we've seen this in cases where a custom menu is not the launch mechanism, and may be intermittent in those cases.

    We believe we've seen this in InDesign Server as well. My scripts have been tested in CC 2019 and CC 2020 and on both Win and Mac.

    In order to run the "Test_menu.jsx" script for using a custom menu, the "Documents left open on close.jsx" script must be in a "TestScripts" folder in your 'home' or 'user' folder (i.e., inside of "~/TestScripts").

    This problem is a real headache and is difficult to work around. It affects multiple product areas; we urge prompt attention to this problem.

    Thanks.

    Note: my sample code is jsx, but the problem may not be limited to jsx.

    We have multiple products that sometimes show a problem with document.close() not actually closing the file, leading to incorrect functioning, memory bloat, slowdowns, and we believe some crashes. I provide a test script that takes a currently open document and iteratively copies it, opens the copy, then closes the copy -- after the loop is finished, the copy files are removed.

    Important: If run from the ESTK or Scripts Panel, the script works as expected -- no problems. If run from a custom menu (setup… more

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14. Enable XML export in Word file format so tagging and attributes are preserved.

    InDesign cannot currently export an XML structured file in Word file format, either because Word does not recognize the tags and attributes or because those elements are not within the document content. Please make an export possible so that XML structured content can be exported in Word file format and then reimported into InDesign.

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15. inDesign crash with documents.loadMasters()

    i have try to load master page by script (i post a small script test) but indesign crash... if i want copy masterspread from doc1 to doc 2 i must use "duplicate"...

    target indesign

    // create two document
    var doc1 = app.documents.add()
    var doc2 = app.documents.add()

    // add new master spread and set it
    var master = doc1.masterSpreads.add()
    master.namePrefix = "XX"

    // save document on disk and get file
    doc1.save()
    var doc1File = doc1.filePath

    // close
    doc1.close()

    // load master spreads of doc1 on doc 2
    doc2.loadMasters(doc1File)

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16. Make ImageCatalog Script an integral contact sheet function in InDesign

    Good morning. There is a sample script in InDesign that I LOVE! It makes contact sheets much quicker (and using far less memory) than Photoshop or Bridge. If you have a hundred images and want to make a contact page, this script is the way to go. Much more efficient. The Script is the ImageCatalog under JavaScript samples in the Scripts window. This has always been available, and always worked very well until the last couple of updates. Now when I run it, it just sits there. If I try saving the images again (save a copy) or saving them as a different format (jpeg vs tiff or tiff vs jpeg), sometimes it works. Again - I LOVE this script, and wish you would just make it a regular feature. Is there something I should be doing with my images before I run the script?

    These are sample scripts that ship with InDesign. They show up under Windows / Utilities / Scripts / Samples / JavaScript / ImageCatalog.jsx. There is no vendor to contact other than Adobe for this one. There is another version of this under Windows / Utilities / Scripts / Samples / AppleScript / ImageCatalog.jsx, but I've never been able to get the AppleScript version to work.

    Good morning. There is a sample script in InDesign that I LOVE! It makes contact sheets much quicker (and using far less memory) than Photoshop or Bridge. If you have a hundred images and want to make a contact page, this script is the way to go. Much more efficient. The Script is the ImageCatalog under JavaScript samples in the Scripts window. This has always been available, and always worked very well until the last couple of updates. Now when I run it, it just sits there. If I try saving the images again (save a copy) or saving them… more

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17. IDML resources

    On https://www.adobe.com/devnet/indesign/documentation.html site links are not working at the IDML section. Please fix it!

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    Need More Info  ·  amaarora responded

    The links are working fine for me.
    Can you recheck once at your end?

    Thanks

18. 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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19. [CS6 to 2020 15.0.1.209] documentPreferences.snippetImportUsesOriginalLocation | values true and false do the opposite what they should do

    Hi,
    if I set value for snippetImportUsesOriginalLocation of documentPreferences to true, InDesign will place a snippet file with spread.place( snippetFile ) always at the current zero point [0,0].

    Wheras I set the value to false the snippet will be placed at its original position.

    It should be exactly the other way.

    Currently value false will use the original position and value true will chose the current zero point as defined with app.documents[0].zeroPoint .

    Tested with German InDesign versions:
    CS6 8.1.0
    CC 2014 10.2.
    2020 v. 15.0.1.209
    All on WIndows 10.

    In the discussion linked to below Gerald Singelmann can see this also on a Mac OSX-version of InDesign:

    https://www.hilfdirselbst.ch/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=573538#573538

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender
    ( ACP )

    Hi,
    if I set value for snippetImportUsesOriginalLocation of documentPreferences to true, InDesign will place a snippet file with spread.place( snippetFile ) always at the current zero point [0,0].

    Wheras I set the value to false the snippet will be placed at its original position.

    It should be exactly the other way.

    Currently value false will use the original position and value true will chose the current zero point as defined with app.documents[0].zeroPoint .

    Tested with German InDesign versions:
    CS6 8.1.0
    CC 2014 10.2.
    2020 v. 15.0.1.209
    All on WIndows 10.

    In the discussion linked to below Gerald Singelmann can see… more

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20. Where to find InDesign document links API reference?

    Where do I find the API reference for document links? (As show in the Links tab.) I've found scripting guides and various bits of documentation, but I can't find a complete object model reference.

    Newcomer to InDesign scripting. All I need is to dump the full path of every linked image to a text file. I've found a script online which does this, but it only outputs each link's 'name'. A fuller version of the same script dumps out the size and file type as well.

    I'd like to modify this script to dump out 'path', but 'path' doesn't seem to be the property name, and I can't figure out where to find the list of property names. Am I missing something? Does this documentation exist?

    Where do I find the API reference for document links? (As show in the Links tab.) I've found scripting guides and various bits of documentation, but I can't find a complete object model reference.

    Newcomer to InDesign scripting. All I need is to dump the full path of every linked image to a text file. I've found a script online which does this, but it only outputs each link's 'name'. A fuller version of the same script dumps out the size and file type as well.

    I'd like to modify this script to dump out 'path', but 'path' doesn't seem… more

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