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Questions regarding CEP 5.2

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:08:18 GMT

1) I used to trap keydown events to create some shortcuts using javascript. Now all keydown events are directly passed to indesign. Is there any work around to get that back?

2) If you now drag an indesign element, say textbox, the extension ui is replaced the the xml export of that element. How to disable that?

Extension not installing on CC 2014.1

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 11:14:39 GMT

Hi,

Ever since I got and update for indesign and updated my Indesign to CC 2014.1, I recompiled my plug-in with the latest sdk(it's a hybrid extension) and not the extension manager says that the extension requires indesign version between 10.1 to 10.9. Isn't 10.1.7.0 a part of this range?

Thanks

Getting Image name from a frame

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:00:45 GMT

Hi All,

I"m trying to fetch the name of the image from a frame in an indd doc.

Here is my code,

I have maneuvered to the image throught IHierarchy interface pointer. I even confirm if by comparing it to kImageType by CAlert.

But if I try to get an ILinkResource of that image pointer , it is nil. Here is my code snippet.

ClassID classid = ::GetClass(childHier); //childHier is the IHierarchy ptr of the image

if (classid == kImageItem )

{

fullPath = (PMString)"kImageType";

CAlert::InformationAlert(shortPath);

InterfacePtr<ILinkResource> iLinkResource(iLinkManager->QueryResourceByUID(::GetUID(childHier))); // <---this is the prob.

if(iLinkResource == nil)

{

fullPath = (PMString)"nil ptr";

CAlert::InformationAlert(shortPath);

}

else if(iLinkResource->CanReveal())

{

fullPath = iLinkResource->GetShortName(kFalse);

CAlert::InformationAlert(shortPath);

}

Because of getting a nil pointer, I'm unable to fetch the name. Am I doing something wrong?

Regards

maddy1907

How to open an extension programatically?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 07:01:15 GMT

Hi,

I would like to open an extension from my cpp code. How can I do it?

Regards

maddy1907

Disable quit actions

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:09:42 GMT

I want to disable quit and cross buttons to prevent a user from quitting indesign. This is because I'm doing some uploads which might be pending when a user hits quit.

I found a few links

Is a menu entry enabled

How to cancel the termination of Indesign.

I know that I need work on kQuitActionID but not sure how to proceed. Any guidance will be helpful.

Thanks

Background Task Alert

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:49:20 GMT

I'm spawning my own threads to do some task. I monitor thread in the idle task at regular intervals, to see if the threads have been completed or not and get an update. Now my problem is,

I want to postpone Indesign quit until my task has been completed. I prevent a user from quitting by throwing a CAlert, which takes away control from my idle task.

My question is, is there a background task alert (as mention in programming guide ) on page 127 so that I can keep monitoring my threads and close the dialog once the process is complete?

"

Background threads cannot directly report to the user on progress, success, or errors. These are

presented in the Background Tasks panel. Also, an animation appears in the application bar when

background tasks are in progress, and a Background Task Alert might appear when a background task

needs to convey a message to the user.

"

Such a background task appears when a user tries to exit indesign and is self disposed when the task is complete like this. Is there any such API exposed to third party developers?

Return an empty array from scripting method

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 23 May 2014 07:13:11 GMT

I have a script method that return a StringTypeArray of variable length. I want to return an empty array. On returning no data I get an assertion

Expected: Array of Strings or Array of Objects

Returned: Array (nothing)

I know it is possible to return an empty string array because $.writeln(app.redoHistory.length); returns so on no redo history.

How can I return an empty array?

Training videos

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 20 May 2014 11:59:55 GMT

Does anyone have the recording repository of training videos similar to the "16Scripting.wmv" given in this link?

Override default save indesign dialog on closing an unsaved doc

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:28:22 GMT

Hi,

I want to do a certian task when a user closes an Indesign document. I'm currently using signal responders to catch the document open/close/save events. Is it possible to override the save document prompt that indesign throws?

kWorkSpaceBoss data gets deleted on indesign crash

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 08:29:58 GMT

Hi Forum,

A very happy new year to all .

I have a small problem. I need to store global preferences in Indesign. I implemented that using the kWorkSpaceBoss. Now whenever indesign crashes, the data gets deleted. I noticed that even happens with global preferences of Indesign itself.

What can I do to make this data persistant across all sessions?

Thanks!

Uploading/Downloading content in C++

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:51:32 GMT

Hello All,

I need to download and upload indesign files from within plug-in. Their size can vary from about 3-15 Mb. I need to know what options do I have to go ahead with the design. I'm familiar with LibCurl framework. I need to know if there's any native indesign supporting API's to perform my task.

Also it'd be a plus if this could be done in a multithreaded way i.e not freezing indesign while the downloading takes place.

Thanks!

SetVJBalanceColumns does not notify Indesign

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 13:37:18 GMT

Hi,

I need to set the balance columns of a selection of textframes as chosen by my plug-in user, through my plug-in action.

So after a selection is done, I fetch all the selected items, and for all the textframes, I call

void IMultiColumnTextFrame :: SetVJBalanceColumns(bool)

I wrap these calls in a command, because it changes the persistant data of the textframes. My problem is, the Balance Columns and Unbalance Columns buttons that appear on selection of a textframe do not get notified and as a result, unless my selection gets changed, they are not updated.

On further inspection, I found that kSetVJBalanceColumnsCmdBoss is the class that is triggered when the balance is set through indesign's own Balance/Unbalance buttons.

So, how can notify indesign that I have changed balance column settings?

Compare method in "NodeId.h" ?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:35:53 GMT

Hi All,

I was implementing tree view but could not find the purpose of the method

"virtual int32 Compare(const NodeIDClass* NodeID) const = 0; "

in the NodeID.h file. This is the file that we override when we need to associate custom data to a Node of a tree.

Regards

maddy1907

Using StdTreeBasedListBox

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:17:48 GMT

Hi All,

I want to implement StdTreeBasedListBox widget in my plug-in but I cannot find any sufficient resources or examples to help me make it.

I use --

InterfacePtr<IPanelControlData> iPanelControlData(fOwner,UseDefaultIID()); //fOwner is the IPanelControlData pointer of my palette

IControlView * listBoxControlView = iPanelControlData->FindWidget(fListboxID);

InterfacePtr< IListControlDataOf<IControlView*> > listData(listBoxControlView, UseDefaultIID());

listData->Add(elView);

I get a successful add message but the widgets are not reflected in listBoxWidget.

**************************************************************************************

kMyElementListElementRsrcID is the resouce id of my list element.

Here is my .fr file

StdTreeBasedListBox

(

kMyElementListBoxWidgetId,

kSysOwnerDrawListBoxPMRsrcId,

// kBindAll, // Frame binding

kBindLeft | kBindRight | kBindTop, // Frame binding

Frame(6,30,202,200),

kTrue, kTrue, // Visible, Enabled

kFalse, // Erase background

kInterfacePaletteFill, // Erase to color

1,0, // List dimensions

19, // Cell height

0, // Border width

kFalse,kTrue, // Has scroll bar (h,v)

kTrue, // Multi-selection

kFalse, // List items can be reordered

kFalse, // Draggable to new/delete buttons

kFalse, // Drag/Drop-able to other windows

kTrue, // An item always has to be selected

kFalse, // Don't notify on reselect

kMyElementListElementRsrcID, // Fill list box with widgets with this ID (default is 0)

//begin TreeAttributes

kFalse, // Display Root Node

kTrue, // Use H scroll bar

kTrue, // Use V scroll bar

// Scroll Button increment is the number of pixels that will scroll when either of the buttons on the end of

// the scroll bar is clicked. Thumb Scroll increment is the amount of pixels that will be scrolled at a time when you

// grab the scroll bar thumb and drag it around. Thumb Scroll must be a factor of Scroll Button.

// i.e. Scroll Button = 20 & Thumb Scroll = 5

20, // Vertical Scroll Button increment

5, // Vertical Thumb Scroll increment

20, // Horizontal Scroll Button increment

5, // Horizontal Thumb Scroll increment

//end tree attributes

//begin TreeViewController

kFalse,

//end TreeViewController

What am I doing wrong?

Using IID_ITEXTMODEL_DOCUMENT

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:59:55 GMT

Hi All,

I have a doubt about using the interface IID_ITEXTMODEL_DOCUMENT. I was going though messaging mechanism of Indesign and came accross IID_IGEOMETRY_DOCUMENT and IID_ITEXTMODEL_DOCUMENT.

I made a generic observer, added it to .fr like

AddIn

{

kDocBoss,

kInvalidClass,

{

IID_IMYDOCUMENTOBSERVER, kMyDocumentObserverImpl,

}

In the MyDocumentObserver.cpp inside the autoattach method, I added

mySubject->AttachObserver(this, IID_IGEOMETRY_DOCUMENT, IID_IMYDOCUMENTOBSERVER);

mySubject->AttachObserver(this, IID_ITEXTMODEL_DOCUMENT, IID_IMYDOCUMENTOBSERVER);

At some other location, I call the autoattach() method by

InterfacePtr<IObserver> myDocObserver( theDocId, IMYDOCUMENTOBSERVER);

myDocObserver->AutoAttach();

Now here is my problem, I get notified (i.e control is sent to update method) when I resize a textframe(for the protocol IID_IGEOMETRY_DOCUMENT), but I don't get any notifications for IID_ITEXTMODEL_DOCUMENT.

I could achieve getting notification on text model changes using this post http://forums.adobe.com/message/2177769#2177769. But it does that by attaching observer of IID_ITEXTMODEL protocol to a text story(that is extracting every text story of the page). For this, I had to AddIn my observer to kTextStoryBoss.

So here's my question, what is the use of IID_ITEXTMODEL_DOCUMENT protocol and how to implement it?

[ID Desktop MAC] plug-in loading problem CS5/5.5

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:45:32 GMT

Hi All,

I'm running into a very strange problem. I have made 2 plugins (model and UI). They are working perfectly on windows.

But sometimes on mac, when I put them inside a folder inside the Plug-In folder(eg <Path to indesign app>/Plug-Ins/Myfolder), the plugins do not show but they do get loaded as the total count gets increased by 2.

If I put the plugins directly in the Plug-Ins folder, they get loaded and they show up also.

Also putting them inside a subfolder (eg <Path to indesign app>/Plug-Ins/Myfolder) sometimes makes indesign crash.

Is there a code related reason behind it?

Regards

maddy1907

[IDCS6 Desktop/Server] 64 bit vs 32 bit plugin

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:26:38 GMT

Hello All,

I have a question regarding a model plugin working for both indesign server and indesign desktop cs6 on windows.

The intro to indesign server guide [http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/indesign/sdk/cs6/serv er/intro-to-indesign-server.pdf] cs6 says

that and I quote

"For your plug-in to load and run under InDesign Server x64, you must convert your plug-in to a 64-bit version."

on page 23 under Interfacing with InDesign Server through a plug-in.

So does that mean I will have to use to use two seperate plugin files for desktop[32 bit] and server[64 bit] versions of indesign ?

Regards

maddy1907

Model Plugin loading problem in IDCS6[server]

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:37:52 GMT

Hi All,

I made a model plugin to add some custom methods in the Indesign scripting DOM. It's works fine on the indesign cs6 desktop version. All the methods are visible in the Extend Script Tool Kit and I can call them also.

I want to run this plugin on indesign server also. I have compiled it for 64 bit version and placed it in the Plug-In folder. The plugin gets loaded also, as the total plugin count increases from 112 to 113. To cross check if the plugin gets loaded or not, I have done some file handling to log it's startup inside IPlugIn* GetPlugIn() function found in SDKPlugEntrypoint.cpp and it does work. But the problem is that my methods are not available in the scripting Dom of indesign server.

1) I generated this model plugin using DollyXs and ensured that it supported both indesign desktop/server.

2) I have not used any methods like IDocument* doc = Utils<ILayoutUtils>()->GetFrontDocument();

3) I add those methods to the Application object of the scripting DOM.

I have used these headers in my source file:

#include "IApplication.h"

#include "ILayoutUIUtils.h"

#include "IDocument.h"

#include "IUsedFontList.h"

#include "IDocumentList.h"

#include "IFontFamily.h"

#include "IPMFont.h"

#include "IApplication.h".

Have I missed any steps in this procedure ?

Thanks and Regards

maddy1907

idcs6[win/mac] problem naming custom methods inside scripting dom.

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:44:14 GMT

Hi,

I defined some custom methods for the scripting dom in my model plugin. They are working perfectly, but there's a little problem.

Following is the declaration of my method:

resource VersionedScriptElementInfo(0)

{

// Contexts

{

// Scripting support added at InDesign CS 2.0

kFiredrakeScriptVersion, kCoreScriptManagerBoss, kInDesignAllLanguagesFS, k_Wild,

kFiredrakeScriptVersion, kCoreScriptManagerBoss, kInCopyAllLanguagesFS, k_Wild,

}

// Elements

{

// Specifies an Method

Method

{

kXYZElement,

e_xyz,

"getStringoneStringtwoStringthree",

"Does xyz operation",

StringArrayType(2),

"xyz",

{

p_Param1, "param1", "Param1", StringType, kRequired,

p_Param2, "param2", "Param2", StringType, kRequired,

}

// Connects this plug-in's methods and properties to scripting.

Provider

{

kXYZScriptProviderBoss, // provider boss ID

{

Object{ kApplicationObjectScriptElement },

Method{ kXYZElement},

}

};

Now my problem is that I can access the getStringoneStringtwoStringthree method in the scripting dom but the method name gets converted to getstringonestringtwostringthree

(the capital letters in the method name get small).

So, am i missing something during the declaration ?

Regards

maddy1907

ID-Server CS6(win/mac): getting front document in indesign server?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:22:22 GMT

hi all,

I made a scriptable plugin( KModelPlugin ) which needs to access the front document.

I used Utils<ILayoutUIUtils>()->GetFrontDocument(); but later I read that this does not work on indesign server.

I have never worked with indesign server and don't know how it works. But I want my plugin to work on it. So, is there a way to ensure my plugin runs on indesign server too?

[i.e getting the front document. I wonder how app.activedocument() is implemented.]

thanks and regards

maddy1907

IDCS5-win. Error while running a script from indesign(not via estk)

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 08:53:18 GMT

Hi all,

After running the script from indesign, I get following error

ASSERT '(engine->getDebugFlags() & ScScript::kExtendedErrors) == ScScript::kExtendedErrors' in ..\..\..\source\components\script\javascript\JavaScriptRunner.cpp at line 412 failed.

.......................................................................................... ...........................................................................

..\..\..\source\components\script\javascript\JavaScriptRunner.cpp (412)

any idea about this?

The script runs fine when run from ES tool kit.

Thanks

Calling a palette from another script?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08:38:35 GMT

Hi ,

I want to refresh my palette based on the currenly active document(update icon buttons etc..) . I have done it for dialog based window(and it works) but when i call it for a palette based window, it appears and disappers in a fraction of second. So is there a way to call a palette based script from another script.?

I have already added #targetengine "session" to the code.

Thanks and Regards