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How to open an InDesign file from CMIS repository?

Aug 23, 2012 11:30 AM

Tags: #flex #cs #indesign #sdk #cmis

We are using CS SDK 2.0 , looking to use CMIS to keep versionning of .indd file. The uss case as following:

 

  1. form our de4veloped InDesign pluging, user click a button
  2. the button will open a .indd file from cmis repository
  3. plugin check-out the file, open it within InDesign IDE
  4. user make changes
  5. user make save
  6. the plugin export a pdf and swf files from the current document, if the files exists it will update, aslo on CMIS repo to keep also versions of exported pdf and swf, if files not exist in first time .. it will create
  7. when user clos the document , it will check it in.

 

the problem there is no sufficent sample code for, even was thinking to use Adobe Drive, but there is no Adobe Drive SDK for Flex.

 

i used to fuse the sdk, but

 








private function getFileByPath(sPath:String):Fileable {




appStatus = ">> get File By Path";




message = "";




viewEnabled = false;




var request:GetObjectByPathRequest = new GetObjectByPathRequest(session);




var oFileable:Fileable;




request.path = sPath;




request.execute(onSuccess, onError);









function onSuccess (event:GetObjectByPathResponse) : void {





oFileable = event.object;











//var oDoc2:Document = new Document(event.object);











doc = event.object as Document ;











//children = new ArrayCollection(vectorToArray(event.target));





appStatus = ">> getFileByPath : Success";





viewEnabled = true;










}









return oFileable;



}







private function checkOutFile(oFile:Document):Document{









appStatus = ">> Check Out File";




message = "";




viewEnabled = false;




var request:CheckoutRequest = new CheckoutRequest(session);




request.object = doc;









var oDocument:Document;




request.execute(onSuccess, onError);







function onSuccess (event:CheckoutResponse) : void {









oDocument = event.object ;





appStatus = ">> Check Out File : Success";





viewEnabled = true;







}









return oDocument;



}

 

private function openTestFile():void {

                                        appStatus = "Open Test File";

 

                                        message = "";

                                        viewEnabled = false;

 

                                        var oFile:Fileable  = getFileByPath("/Collaboration/test.indd");

 

                                        //var oDoc2:Document = new Document(oFile);

 

                                        var oDoc:Document  = checkOutFile(doc);

     

                              }

 

 

 

i do not know what method in the CS SDK to open document fom active window and  how to map CMIS Document to com.adobe.indesign Document ?

1477 Views   9 Replies   Latest reply: Seoras Ashby, Aug 30, 2012 12:10 PM
 
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  • Seoras Ashby
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    1. Seoras Ashby,
    Aug 29, 2012 6:23 AM   in reply to ferry 77
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    Adobe Drive is not scriptable so it is not an option here. But you can use the CMIS library swc to achieve what you want to do. A sample project - CMISWorkflow - for ExtensionBuilder 2 is attached.

     

    You want to stucture your code so that the classes that deal with InDesign and those that deal with the CMIS library are distinct so that the collision on the Document type name (InDesign versus CMIS) is less confusing. In the sample code the InDesignController deals with InDesign documents and the CMISController deals with CMIS documents.

     

    To integrate the distinct layers you can use a local file cache class such as FileCache in the sample code. Documents are downloaded from the CMIS repository and cached in files in a well known location on your local filesystem - under the ~/CMISWorkflow/cache folder in the case of the sample.

     

    You can map from a CMIS document to an InDesign document as follows:

     

    1) Download the CMIS document's content stream into a flash.filesystem.File on your local drive. The approach taken by the sample code is to reflect the structure of the remote repository in the structure of the local cache - so a file with a path /foo/bar.indd on the server gets downloaded into ~/CMISWorkflow/cache/foo/bar.indd. Then it is easy to map from local path to the associated path on the CMIS server.

     

    2) Use InDesign.app.open() to open the file as an InDesign Document.

     

    Entries in the sample FileCache are keyed by the local file. You can store the CMIS document object associated with a file being edited in the FileCache so that you can check it back in later.

     

    Hope this info helps you get started.

     

    Best regards,

    Seoras

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  • ferry 77
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    2. ferry 77,
    Aug 29, 2012 7:27 AM   in reply to Seoras Ashby
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    REALL THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPLY .. I LL CHECK YOUR SOLUTION RIGHT NOW ... THANK YOU AGAIN

     
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    3. ferry 77,
    Aug 30, 2012 5:13 AM   in reply to Seoras Ashby
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    Dear

    There is an issue when export new pdf triggered by onSave , the following trace raise

     

    nSave: afterSave [object Document]

    saveHandler: [IndexEvent type="documentSaved" document=[object Document] bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2]

    8/30/2012 13:04:05.168 [INFO] CSAWLib.CSLogger TypeConUtils.getAnyPossibleClassDefinitionFor() Failed to find any class definition for com.adobe.indesign::File

    8/30/2012 13:04:05.169 [INFO] CSAWLib.CSLogger TypeConUtils.getAnyPossibleClassDefinitionFor() Failed to find any class definition for com.adobe.indesign::File

    upload: \Collaboration\test2.indd.pdf

    Creating document at path: \Collaboration\test2.indd.pdf

    ERROR: GetObjectByPathRequest has invalid arguments(400)

     

     

    i am usuing a local Nuxeo DAM server ...

     

     

    i think this error raise in the following line

     

    [line 164]           var getObjectRequest:GetObjectByPathRequest = new GetObjectByPathRequest(_session);

     

    in CMISController.as

     

    any idea ?

     
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    4. Seoras Ashby,
    Aug 30, 2012 5:59 AM   in reply to ferry 77
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    You must use CMIS paths when calling GetObjectByPath - they use / as a separator so you want to use "/Collaboration/test2.indd.pdf". Yup this is a bug in the sample code which was put together for you on a Mac.

     

    Seoras

     
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    5. ferry 77,
    Aug 30, 2012 6:07 AM   in reply to Seoras Ashby
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    Thank you Seoras for your reply

     

    i also was trying to do with your providedD Alfresco repo. when i save ... an Inesign prompt window "Save As" show up ... i di dnot understand what that was for

     

     

    Regards

     
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  • ferry 77
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    6. ferry 77,
    Aug 30, 2012 9:34 AM   in reply to Seoras Ashby
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    Dear Seoras

     

    i fixed the to return the cmis path:

     

    public function resolveRemotePath(file:File):String

                        {

                                  if (file.nativePath.indexOf(LOCAL_FILE_CACHE.nativePath) != 0)

                                            return null;

                                  var remoptePath:String =file.nativePath.substr(LOCAL_FILE_CACHE.nativePath.length);

                                  trace("resolveRemotePath [11] : "+ remoptePath);

                                  if(File.separator!="/") {

                                            //var pattern:RegExp = /(\/)/g;

                                            var pattern:RegExp = /(\\)/g;

     

                                            remoptePath =  remoptePath.replace(pattern ,"/");

                                            trace("resolveRemotePath [22] : "+ remoptePath);

                                  }

     

     

                                  return remoptePath;

                        }

     

    i have another issue, why everytime update the generated pdf it creates new pdf file with same name in the cmis repo .. does the pdf is not updatable over the cmis service ???

     

     

    Regards

     
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  • Seoras Ashby
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    7. Seoras Ashby,
    Aug 30, 2012 9:52 AM   in reply to ferry 77
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    Step through the upload code in the debugger.

     

    Are you somehow calling CreateDocumentRequest repeatedly with a path that already exists in the server? That seems the most likely cause of what you are observing. There is a call to GetObjectByPathRequest that should fail if the document does not already exist and needs to be created. Is that logic working?

     

    Or are you saying that calling SetContentStreamRequest on an existing document causes a new document with the same name to be created in your server?

     

    Seoras

     
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  • ferry 77
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    8. ferry 77,
    Aug 30, 2012 11:41 AM   in reply to Seoras Ashby
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    yes i run the extension through the debugger ,, you think that the issue ??

     

    i use ur code as it is .. i make changes to the indesign file and make save several time, each time new pdf uploaded with the same name up to your implemented senario.

     

    the use case is, as we use cmis to keep versionning of InDesign file, we have also to keep versionning of generated exported .pdf and .swf. i still examine your code .. did not change any, do i have to check put the previous generated pdf, and stream the new pdf to the old version remote .pdf then check in ???

     

    Best Regards

     
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    9. Seoras Ashby,
    Aug 30, 2012 12:10 PM   in reply to ferry 77
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    If you want versioning of the pdf and other generated artefacts why don't you try a check out / check in workflow with them.

     

    Best regards,

    Seoras

     
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