Adobe InDesign: SDK/Scripting Bugs and Features
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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:
- Open the document from the attached zip file.
- Select the text frame.
- 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:
- Select all the text
- Table > Convert Text to Table
4 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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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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Запись операций
Возможно создать вкладку с записью операций, чтобы принцип работы был реализован, как в Photoshop.
А также панель с историей работы в файле.
Скрипт работы с формулами непосредственно в самой программе InDesign.1 vote -
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.1 vote -
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:
- 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.
- 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…4 votesHi,
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 wellThanks
amaarora@adobe.com -
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.
1 vote -
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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INumberConverter being ignore when exporting PDF
I am using CC 2017, but it has been an issue for multiple versions.
I have a custom plugin that implements INumberConverter on kPageNumberingStylesService Boss for a custom numbering format. This works beautifully until I try to export to PDF. If I print to PDF Distiller it works fine, but when I export to PDF it exports with default numbering style.
This is similar to an old stubborn bug, when exporting book to PDF would not do the numbering correctly. I don't know that it is related, but they both seem to say that the numbering on export is decoupled…
5 votes -
User Interaction Level resets during Data Merge
Using at the top of the InDesign tell block:
set user interaction level of script preferences to never interactThe way I understand user interaction levels, when set to 'never interact', it should suppress all dialog boxes from popping up.
When AppleScript performs 'merge records', and the merged record contains missing fonts, ONLY SOMETIMES a missing fonts dialog box pops up and breaks the script. One can close this dialog, run the script again, and the dialog doesn't appear. This unpredictability is why I'm logging it as a bug.
Looking at the JavaScript DOM, the userInteractionLevel is a setting at…
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problems with work speed
I change formats of single letters or total paragraphs in a book. If I do this at a start of a indesign file (70 pages, 270 footnotes, no pictures, only opened part of the book) it lasts up to 40 seconds until I can work further. If I do this further to the end of the document the delay is lessens.
My Win-10-PC has 16 GB RAM and i7-processor1 vote -
pdfComment -- no way to find relevant text in the document
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
3 votes -
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 -
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 -
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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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 -
binding
인디자인 cc 2019 사용하는 캡쳐 화면 첨부를 올려드립니다.
이 "바인딩" 빨간 네모 표시가 안 나왔으니, 잘 나왔으면 좋겠어요.
바인딩 방향 오른쪽에서 왼쪽 쓰기 페이지...
부탁드립니다.
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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 -
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).
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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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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.
1 vote
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