Adobe InDesign: SDK/Scripting Bugs and Features
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Make the (Black) Color Swatch a TRUE BLACK
In the Appearance Panel, the (Black) color swatch is not a TRUE BLACK color and when this color swatch is used and a file is exported to PDF, Rich black is not achieved.
The attached document shows a few shapes that are black. The top right is a true black color and the color swatch had to be changed from the standard (BLACK) color swatch in order to be achieved when exporting to a PDF. The left and bottom color swatches have the (Black) color swatch from the appearance panel applied.
Please, Please, Please, make the (Black) color swatch a…
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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).
3 votesAvailable in Prerelease Builds ·AdminRavi Kiran (Senior Lead Quality Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded
The issue is fixed in the latest Pre-Release build of InDesign. Please use this build to get the fix.
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IDML resources
On https://www.adobe.com/devnet/indesign/documentation.html site links are not working at the IDML section. Please fix it!
3 votesThe links are working fine for me.
Can you recheck once at your end?Thanks
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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.
3 votesThanks for reporting the issue. We are reviewing it
-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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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…3 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 - To verify that with an existing open document the problem does not occur:
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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
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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 -
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.
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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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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.
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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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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…
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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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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#hd1sb22 votes -
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…
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How to turnoff Type contextual controls in Indesign CC 2018?
app.typeContextualUiPrefs.showFractionsUi = false;
don`t work2 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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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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