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How to delete extension?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:56:33 GMT

I built an indesign extension through eclipse and ran/debugged through eclipse. Installed extensions show up in the extension manager. So i know how to delete those. But these eclipse extensions dont. How do i delete this extension from indesign?

Indesign CC HTML Panel Undo Issue

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:46:56 GMT

I know this might be a Extension Builder forum question, but the community there isn't as active. I was hoping someone may have encountered the same issue here.

I have ported over some panels I created in Configurator for CS6 over to the new HTML based panels in Indesign CC.

I'm running into some "Undo" issues. My panel has some buttons that are one click solutions. For example my "uppercase" button turns selected text into uppercase. The problem with these buttons is that i cannot undo the script right after I have clicked on the button and the script has executed. The only way i can get it to undo is to CLICK ONCE somewhere else (ideally on the page) in indesign. However, when i have any script that opens a dialog or window, and then executes, the Undo function runs fine. Does anyone know why this may be happening? I do not run into this issue when i run those scripts from the scripts panel or when i had CS6 panel made in Configurator.

Below is a sample JS file for one of those buttons

$._ext_TUC={
    run : function() {
    
        if (parseFloat(app.version) < 6) {
           main();
        } else {
           app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Smart Uppercase");
        }


        function main() {
           var myObjectList = new Array;
           if (app.documents.length !=0){
              if (app.selection.length !=0){
                 for (var i = 0; i < app.selection.length; i++) {
                    switch(app.selection[i].constructor.name) {
                       case "Word":
                       case "Line":
                       case "Paragraph":
                       case "Text":
                          myObjectList.push(app.selection[i]);
                          if (myObjectList.length != 0){
                             for (var i = 0; i < myObjectList.length; i++) {
                                findWords(myObjectList[i]);
                             };
                          }
                          break;
                       case "TextColumn":
                       case "TextFrame":
                       case "Story":
                          myObjectList.push(app.selection[i]);
                          if (myObjectList.length != 0){
                             for (var k = 0; k < myObjectList.length; k++) {
                                findParagraphs(myObjectList[k]);
                             };
                          }
                          break;
                       default:
                          alert("Please select some Text or a Text Frame");
                    }
                 }


              } else {
                 alert ("Please select a Text Frame and try again.");
              }
           } else {
              alert ("Please open a document, select an object, and try again.");
           }




           function findParagraphs(obj) {
              var numOfParas = obj.paragraphs.length;


              for (var p = 0; p < numOfParas; p++) {
               theParaContent = obj.paragraphs[p].contents;
               changeCase(theParaContent, obj.paragraphs[p]);
              }
           }


           function findWords(obj) {
              theParaContent = obj.contents;
              changeCase(theParaContent, obj);
           }


           function changeCase(myText, obj) {
              
              var theWords = myText.split(" ");
              var myNewText = "";
              for (var j = 0; theWords.length > j; j++) {
                 if (!isURL(theWords[j]))
                 {
                   myNewText = myNewText + theWords[j].toUpperCase() + " ";
                 } else {
                    myNewText = myNewText + theWords[j] + " ";
                 }
              }
              
              myNewText = myNewText.substring(0,myNewText.length - 1);
              obj.contents = myNewText;


           }


           function isURL(str) {
              // var patt=/(http(?s)|ftp|www).+?(?=\s)/gi;
              var patt=/\b(?=(http|https|ftp|www))\w\S*/gi;
              return patt.test(str);
           }


        } // END MAIN FUNCTION

    },
};

Indesign CC HTML Panel Undo Issue

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:16:53 GMT

I know this might be a Extension Builder forum question, but the community there isn't as active. I was hoping someone may have encountered the same issue here.

I have ported over some panels I created in Configurator for CS6 over to the new HTML based panels in Indesign CC.

Below is a sample JS file for one of those buttons

$._ext_TUC={
    run : function() {
    
        if (parseFloat(app.version) < 6) {
           main();
        } else {
           app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Smart Uppercase");
        }


        function main() {
           var myObjectList = new Array;
           if (app.documents.length !=0){
              if (app.selection.length !=0){
                 for (var i = 0; i < app.selection.length; i++) {
                    switch(app.selection[i].constructor.name) {
                       case "Word":
                       case "Line":
                       case "Paragraph":
                       case "Text":
                          myObjectList.push(app.selection[i]);
                          if (myObjectList.length != 0){
                             for (var i = 0; i < myObjectList.length; i++) {
                                findWords(myObjectList[i]);
                             };
                          }
                          break;
                       case "TextColumn":
                       case "TextFrame":
                       case "Story":
                          myObjectList.push(app.selection[i]);
                          if (myObjectList.length != 0){
                             for (var k = 0; k < myObjectList.length; k++) {
                                findParagraphs(myObjectList[k]);
                             };
                          }
                          break;
                       default:
                          alert("Please select some Text or a Text Frame");
                    }
                 }


              } else {
                 alert ("Please select a Text Frame and try again.");
              }
           } else {
              alert ("Please open a document, select an object, and try again.");
           }




           function findParagraphs(obj) {
              var numOfParas = obj.paragraphs.length;


              for (var p = 0; p < numOfParas; p++) {
               theParaContent = obj.paragraphs[p].contents;
               changeCase(theParaContent, obj.paragraphs[p]);
              }
           }


           function findWords(obj) {
              theParaContent = obj.contents;
              changeCase(theParaContent, obj);
           }


           function changeCase(myText, obj) {
              
              var theWords = myText.split(" ");
              var myNewText = "";
              for (var j = 0; theWords.length > j; j++) {
                 if (!isURL(theWords[j]))
                 {
                   myNewText = myNewText + theWords[j].toUpperCase() + " ";
                 } else {
                    myNewText = myNewText + theWords[j] + " ";
                 }
              }
              
              myNewText = myNewText.substring(0,myNewText.length - 1);
              obj.contents = myNewText;


           }


           function isURL(str) {
              // var patt=/(http(?s)|ftp|www).+?(?=\s)/gi;
              var patt=/\b(?=(http|https|ftp|www))\w\S*/gi;
              return patt.test(str);
           }


        } // END MAIN FUNCTION

    },
};

Filtering images from the selection

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:55:12 GMT

I am writing a script that involves scaling and sorting images. Which means i have to access the geometricBounds property of the images. Now, when the selection contains either an EPS or PDF file the script fails.

So i am trying to filter through the selection array to find images that are NOT EPS or PDF. I noticed that EPS and PDF files don't have geometricBounds. So i was trying to use that property to sort it. But i am running into issues. Any thoughts? Solutions?

if(app.documents.length != 0){
  if(app.selection.length != 0){
  for(myCounter = 0; myCounter < app.selection.length; myCounter++){
  switch(app.selection[myCounter].constructor.name)
  {
  case "GraphicLine":
  case "Oval":
  case "Polygon":
  case "Rectangle":
  if(app.selection[myCounter].contentType != ContentType.UNASSIGNED){ // checks to make sure frame contains an image.
        
     if(app.selection[myCounter].graphics[0].geometricBounds[0]) { // checks to see if image has a width property. else it avoids it.
           myObjectList.push(app.selection[myCounter]);
     }


  }
  break;
  }
  }
  if(myObjectList.length !=0){
                    openDialog(myObjectList, keyObj);
  // moveItems(myObjectList);
  }
  } else {alert("Select some images, fool!")}
}

Does script ui have anything similar to measurement editboxes in dialogs?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 04:16:03 GMT

I'm looking for a edit boxes in script ui that take care of unit conversion, math execution, and error correction like the core indesign input fields and measurement editboxes in dialogs. I haven't found anything in my search. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks

how do i find the last selection OR the highlighted selection?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 19:17:53 GMT

When i select some items in indesign i have the option of "command + click" to highlight one of the selections. How would i find that highlighted element in scripting?

How would i go about finding the last item selected in indesign.

I'm trying to write a script that relies on some properties of the highlighted element or the last item selected.

thanks

GREP expression help to find broken paragraphs

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:15:40 GMT

My goal is to find paragraphs that are broken in between a sentence (see image) and fix them into a complete sentence. My approach was to find a carriage return ("\r") with a negative look behind targetting puncutations (.,?). It works fine but it also ends up selecting double returns(the empty paragraphs when i hit enter twice). Any thoughts on how i can avoid that?

GREP:

(\s*?)(?<![\.\?])\r

Detecting a layer by name

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 02:44:52 GMT

The following code is part of a larger script. I'm trying to detect if the layer "Canons Grid" exists. If it doesn't then create a new layer with that name. This code fails everytime, even if the layer doesn't exist. What am i doing wrong?

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var canonLayer;      
      try {
                  canonLayer = doc.layers.itemByName("Canons Grid");
            }
            catch(e)
            {
                  canonLayer = doc.layers.add({name: "Canons Grid"});
            }

Image swap script causing crashes.

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 21:26:20 GMT

I am writing a script that will randomly swap images between selected image frames. The script works fine (but it's still slow) on a smaller selection. But once the selection gets past 12/14 items it causes indesign to crash.

any thoughts?

thanks

if (parseFloat(app.version) < 6) {
   main();
} else {
   app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Swap Images");
}

function main(){
   var mySelection = app.selection;
   if (!mySelection.length < 3)
   {
      var framesArr = [];
      var imagesArr = [];
      for(var i = 0; i < mySelection.length; i++)
      { 
         if(mySelection[i].allGraphics.length && mySelection[i].allGraphics[0].itemLink.status == LinkStatus.NORMAL) {
            framesArr.push(mySelection[i]);
            imagesArr.push(mySelection[i].allGraphics[0].itemLink.filePath);
         }
      }

      randomizeLinks(framesArr, imagesArr);

   } else {
      alert("Please select three or more image frames");
   }
}


function randomizeLinks(framesArr, imagesArr)
{
   imagesArrRand = imagesArr.sort(randOrd);

   swapImages(framesArr, imagesArrRand);
}


function randOrd()
{
   return (Math.round(Math.random())-0.5);
}


function swapImages(frames, links)
{
      for(var j = 0; j < frames.length; j++)
      {
            frames[j].allGraphics[0].remove();
//~             $.writeln(frames[j] + " " + links[j] + "\r\r")
            frames[j].place(links[j]);
      }
}

Sorting images based on their position on the page

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 01:19:53 GMT

How would i go about sorting images based on their position on the page? I've read a few articles that mention using array sort method and then checking their x and y values to sort the array. While that works on page items that are perfectly aligned on their x and y axis, it fails on a layout like this. Does anyone have any ideas on how i could create an individual array for Row1, Row2, Row3... etc based on its Y position and then sort them based on their X positon and then create the master array by combining them in sequence?

I am new to javascript so this is a little out of my league. Any help will be much appreciated.

Evenly spaced anchor points on a compound shape or path

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 22:40:45 GMT

Hi,

I am new to illustrator scripting. And i need some help with a script i am writing.

I am wondering if there is a way to add/remove/redistribute anchor points on a compound shape so that there are evenly spaced anchors along the outline of that shape. This image might help illustrate.

I am aware of the "add anchor points" command. But that adds a new anchor at EVERY midpoint between two anchors. It doesn't smartly calculate where to add and where to avoid adding anchors. Does a script like this already exist? Is it even possible to do something like?

Any guidance is much appreciated.

Open a dialog/panel on Option/alt + click

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 18:34:47 GMT

I've created an indesign panel using Adobe Configurator. The panel includes a few javascripts I've written to automate a few tasks in indesign. On some of the buttons I would like to include a funcitionality where in a dialog pops up when the used alt/option clicks on them. I plan to use that as a settings/preferences dialog for that script.

Similar alt-click behavior can be seen in the text wrap icons included in the dock at the top in indesign. When you alt-click on them it opens up the text wrap panel.

How would i go about this? Can anyone point me to some resources where i can investigate further.

Thanks

Last insertion point of a line is ignored. Why?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 19:42:24 GMT

I am writing a script that takes a multiline paragraph and scales down the pointSize to fit all the text on one lines that matches the width of the text frame.

Here's how i calculate it.

- I add up the length of each line to get the total width.

- calculate the scaling percentage by diving the text frame width with the total width.

- multiple current point size with pecentage.

Pretty simple stuff.

The issue i am facing is that indesign makes the last character as the last insertion point of each line. IT IGNORES THE SPACE AFTER IT. Which shoul technically be the last inseriton point. So since that space doesnt get calculated, it throw off my entire scaling.

Am i doing something wrong. Any help would be appreciated.

my code:

var frameWidth = app.selection[0].geometricBounds[3] - app.selection[0].geometricBounds[1];
var numOfLines = app.selection[0].lines.length;
var totalWidth = 0;


for (var j = numOfLines - 1; j>-1; j--) {
      if(j == numOfLines-1) {
            totalWidth = totalWidth + (app.selection[0].lines[j].insertionPoints[-1].horizontalOffset - app.selection[0].lines[j].insertionPoints[0].horizontalOffset);
      } else {
            totalWidth = totalWidth + (app.selection[0].lines[j].characters[-1].horizontalOffset - app.selection[0].lines[j].characters[0].horizontalOffset);
      }
}


var percentage = frameWidth / totalWidth;


app.selection[0].paragraphs[0].pointSize = app.selection[0].paragraphs[0].pointSize * percentage + "pt";

Can Dialogs remember last used settings?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:40:34 GMT

I have a script that launches a dialog. A user can pick a few dropdown and checkbox options. Is there a way to store the last used settings for the next time the dialog pops up? Do native indesign dialogs have this functionality?

Thanks

GREP to find up to 3 words in a row followed by colon

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 14:59:04 GMT

I usually have to do the repettive task of indenting dialog in a script. See image. I am trying to write a script that involves a GREP find/replace that will find the following:

From the beginning of a paragraph, find one to three words that are followed by a colon.

This is a GREP expresssion i have writtern to so far. It worked fine until i realized that it is greedy in it's search. As you can see in the case of the line with time in there. It avoids the first colon and greedily grabs the next one from the time stamp.

What is the solve for this? Is there a better regex expression? Any help would be great.

The GREP i have so far.

^((?:\w\S*)(?:\s)?(?:\w\S*)?(?:\s)?(?:\w\S*)?):((\t+)?(\s+)?)?

Smart Title Case

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:53:50 GMT

I'm writing a smart title case script. The core of this script is based on the script written by Dave Saunders.

http://jsid.blogspot.com/2006/06/smart-title-case-revisited.html

When the script is run it changes the paragraph styles applied to the text. I'm new to InDesign scripting, so I can't figure out what might be causing it. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks

-Tushar

Here's my code:

//DESCRIPTION: Converts selected text to title case smartly
// Customize this script by either editing these arrays:

var ignoreWords = ["a", "an", "and", "the", "to", "with", "in", "on", "as", "of", "or", "at", "into",
                     "by", "from", "their", "then", "for", "is", "vitaminwater", "it's"];
var intCaps = ["PineRidge","InDesign","NJ","UMC", "FCCLA", "SkillsUSA", "d’Oeuvres", "THY", "TV"];


try {
          myText = app.selection[0].texts[0].contents;
} catch(e) {
          exit();
}


theWordRanges = myText.split("/");
for (var i = theWordRanges.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
          theWords = theWordRanges[i].toLowerCase().split(" ");


          //First word must have a cap, but might have an internal cap


          myNewText = "";
          for (var j = 0; theWords.length > j; j++) {
                    k = isIn(intCaps,theWords[j])
                    if (k > -1) {
                              myNewText = myNewText + intCaps[k] + " ";
                              continue;
                    } else {
                              if ((isIn(ignoreWords,theWords[j]) > -1) && (j != 0)) {
                                        myNewText = myNewText + theWords[j] + " ";
                              } else {
                                        myNewText = myNewText + InitCap(theWords[j]) + " ";
                              }
                    }
          }
          theWordRanges[i] = myNewText.substring(0,myNewText.length - 1)
}
app.selection[0].texts[0].contents = theWordRanges.join("/");


runGrep("^.");
runGrep("(?<=\\.\\s)\\w");
runGrep("(?<=:)(\\s+)?\\w");


// +++++++ Functions Start Here +++++++++++++++++++++++


function runGrep(string) {
   app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
   app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;


   app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
   app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = string;
   found = app.activeDocument.findGrep (true);


   if(found.length>0)
   {
      for (j = 0; j < found.length; j++)
      {
         found[j].select();
         app.selection[0].changecase(ChangecaseMode.titlecase);
      }
   }


   //this below deselects the individual text. And selects the main text frame.
   app.activeDocument.select(NothingEnum.NOTHING);
   app.toolBoxTools.currentTool = UITools.SELECTION_TOOL;
}


function isIn(aList,aWord) {
          for (var i = 0; aList.length > i; i++) {
                    if (aList[i].toLowerCase() == aWord) {
                              return i;
                    }
          }
          return -1;
}


function InitCap(aWord) {
          if (aWord.length == 1) {
                    return (aWord.toUpperCase());
          }
          return (aWord.substr(0,1).toUpperCase() + aWord.substring(1,aWord.length))
}

Capture whole word in GREP to include apostrophes

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 18:10:23 GMT

I want to run a GREP search on a paragraph to find whole words. But that search needs to include apostrophes before, in the middle, or after the word.

For example the GREP search should capture the following words that involve various uses of apostrophes:

- wasn't

- goin'

- rock 'n' roll.

- 'cause.

I tried the following GREP:

\<\w+('??)\w+\>

But it only captures captures words with apostrophes inbetween (wasn't, don't) but avoids words with apostrophes at the end (goin').

Thanks

-Tushar

Changing tabs value in paragraph style based on longest word

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:20:14 GMT

Hi,

I am writing a javascript that wil find all dialogue in a text frame, indent it and bold it. I have managed to figure out with GREP how to find and bold the dialogue, but i can't figure out a way to dynamically calculate what the longest needed tab stop to align the left edge of the dialogue. Picture attached to illustrate what i am looking for. Any help would be appreciated.

Find selected paragraph style in the paragraph style panel

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:33:25 GMT

Hi,

Noob here. I just got into indesign scripting.

I'm trying to a script that will add a few GREP styles to the currently selected paragraph style in the Paragraph Styles panel.

My question is how do i find what the currently selected paragraph style is in the Para Styles panel? What is the javascript code for that?

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks