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Introducing HTML5 Extensions

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:09:08 GMT

When Creative Cloud was launched in June 2013, we added support for HTML5-based panels in several Adobe products. These new panels open up the world of panel development to a wider range of developers who may be more comfortable working with HTML/JavaScript and CSS. Since June, support for HTML5-based panels has been added to more Adobe products. As of now Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, Premiere Pro CC and Prelude CC support HTML5-based panels.

A preview of Adobe Extension Builder 3, a new developer tool that supports creating HTML5-based extensions, was launched in June at Adobe Labs. You can download it for free from here: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/extensionbuilder3/

Starting in the middle of 2014 we will begin removing Flash-based extension support in Creative Cloud products, starting with Photoshop CC. We encourage all developers to start planning and migrating to the new extensibility framework based on HTML5.

HTML5-based panels allow developers to leverage the rich ecosystem of existing JavaScript frameworks and tools when creating their panels. HTML5-based panels share the same technology with web applications, which opens up exciting opportunities for integration with web services.

Check out these videos to see how to build and debug HTML5 Extensions.

"Cannot complete command because the extension could not be loaded." with CEP5 Sample

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:38:32 GMT

Hi,

I have trouble with porting my extension to CEP5. I am getting error "Cannot complete command because the extension could not be loaded." when I open the panel.

Is there any way to get more info about what happened and why? My extension was properly signed zxp and Extension Managed installed it without trouble.

Also, to debug the problem, I tried to open the CEP HTML Test Extension - https://github.com/Adobe-CEP/Samples/tree/master/CEP_HTML_Test_Extension_5.0

I have copied it to "~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/com.adobe.CEPHTMLTEST", created .debug file in it (https://gist.github.com/m6k/39a49786b7a85a9e312b), created empty .debug file inside Photoshop CC 2014.app (to suppress signature checking). When I open Photoshop CC 2014, I see test panels listed in extension menu, but when I try to open them, I also get the "Cannot complete command because the extension could not be loaded." error.

Any hints what i am doing wrong and what can I do to debug this problem?

Jan

Calling JSX from ActionScript: Problems with Returning InDesign Objects Back to ActionScript

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:57:40 GMT

I have written an InDesign Extension using EB 2.1 for InDesign versions 5-6. That means Flex SDK 3.4. I need to call JSX from ActionScript, and for the JSX to return as a return value InDesign objects and regular (non-InDesign specific) Arrays as return variables.

I am calling JSX using the HostObject as follows:

public class AS2JSInDesign

{

[Embed(source="InDesign.jsx", mimeType= "application/octet-stream" )]

private static var _inDesignJsxProxyClass:Class;

private static var _inDesignJsxInterface:HostObject;

_inDesignJsxInterface = HostObject.getRoot(HostObject.extensions[0]);

_inDesignJsxInterface.eval(new _inDesignJsxProxyClass().toString());

function static doJSX():void

{

// Not passing the ActionScript InDesign.app

var result1:* = _inDesignJsxInterface.myJSXFunction();

// Passing the ActionScript InDesign.app as a parameter to JSX

var InDesignApp:Application = InDesign.app;

var result2:* = _inDesignJsxInterface.myJSXFunction(InDesignApp);

}

When JavaScript creates InDesign objects using paradigm app.<CollectionName>.add() (e.g.,”app.documents.add()”), then the created object cannot be successfully returned. For example, for
return app.documents.add()
the returned value is not a Document, but rather a HostObject which contains various properties not at all relevant to an InDesign Document.
However, if I pass the InDesign.app from ActionScript as a parameter (called "InDesignApp"), and the JavaScript uses that app object instead of its own default app object:
return InDesignApp.documents.add(),
then it works fine - a real InDesign Document object is returned.
On the other hand, there are instances in which it seems I must use the JSX native InDesign app object. If I want to define a new Color for the active Document with the InDesign.app (passed as a parameter called "InDesignApp") using
var color = InDesignApp.activeDocument.colors.add(),
then the attempt to assign
color.space = ColorSpace.CMYK
fails, as ColorSpace.CMYK is not recognized at run time.
If I use the JSX app object to do this (var color = app.activeDocument.colors.add()), I don’t get an error, but if I return the color object to ActionScript, an empty HostObject is received.
A native JSX Array ( var myArray = new Array(); ) cannot ever be returned to ActionScript – it appears in ActionScript as a HostObject. ActionScript doesn’t regard it as an Array. I came up with a hideous hack: I create an array using InDesignApp.documents.everyItem().getElements(), empty the array which is returned, and then use the empty area for whatever I need. Such an array, when returned to ActionsScript, is recognized as an Array.

Could someone please explain what I'm doing wrong?

TIA,

mlavie

Problem with jQuery and CEP 5 - "$" getting overrided

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:52:16 GMT

Updated the Illustrator from 17.x to 18.0. The extension started throwing error after the CSXS runtime is switched to 5.0 and with 5.0 recent CSInterface.js file.

It says ReferenceError: $ is not defined. This was working fine with CSXS runtime 4.0.

Here is the script in my index.html

Any idea on how to solve this problem to get my extension up and running in 5.0

How to Create a ZXP for CC, and for CS6->CC

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 12:00:58 GMT

Hi,

Up until now, I used the Extension Builder to create InDesign Extensions. I chose CS5-CS6 as the range, and the ZXP thus created worked on CS5, CS5,5 and CS6 without a hitch. I used the popup menu option Export-->Adobe Application Extension to create the ZXP.

Now, we have out first customer who uses CC. So we installed CC in house for testing, and I chose the range CS5-CC in the manifest editor.

My attempts to install the ZXP failed with the notice:

This extension can not be installed, it requires InDesign64 version in range of inclusively between 9.0 and 9.9.

I also get the same error if I choose exclusively CC (selecting CC to CC range in the manifest editor).

What am I doing wrong???

TIA,

mlavie

How to catch event when active document is chnaged in Photoshop CC HTML 5 extension

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:55:48 GMT

I want to know when active document is changed in Photoshop CC (14.1.2).

My HTML5 extension is using CSInterface-4.0.0.js.

I tried many events but neither of them works (callback is never called):

DocumentAfterActivate

DocumentAfterDeActivate

ApplicationActive

ApplicationBeforeQuit

DocumentEdited

AppOnline

AppOffline

as well with namespace:

com.adobe.csxs.events.DocumentAfterActivate

com.adobe.csxs.events.DocumentAfterDeActivate

com.adobe.csxs.events.ApplicationActive

com.adobe.csxs.events.ApplicationBeforeQuit

com.adobe.csxs.events.DocumentEdited

com.adobe.csxs.events.AppOnline

com.adobe.csxs.events.AppOffline

I tried it like this:

var cs = new CSInterface();

cs.addEventListener('DocumentAfterActivate',function(){ console.log('success'); });

// or

cs.addEventListener('com.adobe.csxs.events.DocumentAfterActivate',function(){ console.log('success'); });

Looking for solution...

Drag and drop not working on Mac

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:16:44 GMT

By testing my extension in a Mac I noticed that drag and drop doesn't work as expected. Therefore I have created a new simple extension with only one list and a simple data provider:

[Bindable]

public var aData:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection(['one','two','three','four']);

<s:List dataProvider="{aData}" dragEnabled="true" dropEnabled="true" dragMoveEnabled="true"> </s:List>

this should allow the user to reorder the items in the list by dragging them.

It works fine in Windows as extension for Photoshop CS6 and also in Mac as AIR application but it doesn't works as Photoshop CS6 extension in Mac (Lion); I can neither see the drop line between items.

Is this a known problem and which is the workaround ?

Thanks

node.js require('stream') strange result

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:15:18 GMT

I am trying to require stream module (node.js) in my extension (PS CC 2014, CEP 5.0) - it works however normally "stream" module contains "stream.Readable" object in node.js.

In extension "stream" module does not contain "Readable" property for some reason...

var stream = require('stream')

console.log(stream.Readable) // outputs undefined in console

And this is output from node.js

> console.log(stream.Readable)

{ [Function: Readable]

ReadableState: [Function: ReadableState],

super_:

{ [Function: Stream]

super_: { [Function: EventEmitter] listenerCount: [Function] },

Readable: [Circular],

Writable: { [Function: Writable] WritableState: [Function: WritableState], super_: [Circular] },

Duplex: { [Function: Duplex] super_: [Circular] },

Transform: { [Function: Transform] super_: [Object] },

PassThrough: { [Function: PassThrough] super_: [Object] },

Stream: [Circular] },

_fromList: [Function: fromList] }

Install CS Extension Builder

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 18 May 2010 05:31:53 GMT

How do I install CS Extension Builder to Flash Builder 4.0? I downloaded both ExtensionBuilder-1.0.0.zip file, but not sure where it needs to after unzip?

Query on app.activeDocument.exportFile

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:50:23 GMT

(Apologies if this is an Illustrator scripting question rather than a CEP specific extension one)

From Adobe Illustrator CC2014 HTML5 extension I am using app.activeDocument.exportFile to export the activeDocument to SVG.

I have that working great but what happens is that the exported file becomes the active document (replacing the .AI document that was open) and I do not want this to happen?

Can anyone explain this behavior and how I could change it.

Extension callback issue

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 01:26:29 GMT

Hi All

I just got the problem with (html + javascript + jsx) html5 extension. Actually callback works; the control comes back to the javascript from jsx. But its not getting the value returned from jsx. But the same works out perfect in indesign; javascript callback gets the value returned from jsx.

can any one please suggest immediate!

Extension callback issue

How to create a ZXP from CS5 throughout CC2014 using ucf.jar

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:19:35 GMT

Hi everybody,

I use a maven build to generate a ZXP from CS5 throughout CS6 for InDesign. Now, I wish to add CC and CC 2014 to this ZXP, so that I have an universal ZXP for all my supported versions.

I use the ucf.jar to generate my current ZXP. I have tried adding CC and CC2014 to my mxi to be able to install on these versions.

The ZXP generate well, and can be installed without signaling any error in the installation. But when I launch InDesign CC 2014 for example, my native plugins behave strangely.

I have noticed in technical notes about UCF that the mentioned versions are up to CS6:

Adobe Exchange

I have seen other technical notes talking about ZXPSignCmd to package a ZXP, but with do not mention anything about a supported version:

http://wwwimages.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/creativesuite/pdfs/SigningTechNote_ CC.pdf

I have tried packaging my extension with UCF, but InDesign CC 2014 seems not to work well with installed extension once installed. I have noticed the symbolic links contained within installed plugins where replaced by the pointed file of the link.

I have tried packaging my extension with ZXPSignCmd, but Extension Manager CS6 tells me the ZXP does not contain any valid signature.

Is there no mean to create an universal ZXP working on all these versions?

HTML extension CEPEngine process stdout and stderr usage

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:44:39 GMT

Hi all,

I'm trying to use CEPEngine to start a ncftpput process on windows.

I need to listen what ncftpput output on stdout to make a sort of progress bar.

Unfortunatly cep.process.stdout callback seems to receive only the first line of output (LibNcFTP 3.2.5 (January 17, 2011) compiled for Windows)

This is my code :

            var exe=extpath+"\\resources\\win\\ncftpput.exe";
            var result=cep.process.createProcess(exe,"-Z","-d","stdout","-P",port,"-R",ip,"/",filepath);
            if (result.err==cep.fs.NO_ERROR) {
                var pid = result.data;
                cep.process.stdout(pid,function(e){
                    console.log(e);//receive only the first line in stdout ?
                });
                cep.process.stderr(pid,function(e){
                    console.log(e); //receive nothing ?
                });
                cep.process.onquit(pid,function(){
                    console.log("quit");
                });
            }

Is it a known bug or there's something I'm doing wrong ?

(That kind of thing worked with previous AS extensions)

loading external XML dynamically in Photoshop panel

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:39:17 GMT

I have several external XML file on a DATA server (NAS), which I need to load on the fly. They contain all kind of configuration settings for the tools.

I have seen several ways to do it, most of them are local files embeded in the panel, other load it from HTTP server.

Some does it in mxml file, other in AS, some in both.

I try to find the best snippet to do it. Anyone can tell me how to do it ?

cheers

How to open "Bridge" in Adobe Photoshop cs5 Extension

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:50:18 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I am creating a photoshop cs5 extension application using as3.

I would like to know about the way to open the adobe bridge inside the photoshop using as3/extend script.

The reason i need is,

1) The extension need to open the bridge to select list of images

2) Selected images needs to available in the photoshop.

Please, help me to open the adobe bridge inside the photoshop and tell me the way to get selected images inside the bridge.

Thanks in Advance,

Karthick

[AI-CS5] Unable to capture panel closed/Hide event .

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:40:51 GMT

Hi All,

I am using flex for my illustrator plug-in panel. I want to show a msg if panel is closed.

I registered StateChangeEvent.WINDOW_CLOSE /StateChangeEvent.WINDOW_HIDE in PanelInit() but I am unable to get the call.

here is the code that i am using to register.

CSXSInterface.getInstance().addEventListener(StateChangeEvent.WINDOW_CLOSE , PanelClose);

CSXSInterface.getInstance().addEventListener(StateChangeEvent.WINDOW_HIDE , PanelHide);

however in case of StateChangeEvent.WINDOW_CLOSE I am getting call only if illustrator is being closed and panel is opened.

plz suggest how to overcome?

thanks

I canceled my month to month Extension Builder plan but "Withdrawn: active on September 27, 2014 " under the product, What does this mean? Is it going to be reactivated on September 27, 2014?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 10:02:13 GMT

I canceled my month to month Extension Builder plan but "Withdrawn: active on September 27, 2014 " under the product, What does this mean? Is it going to be reactivated on September 27, 2014?

HTML5 equivalent of AIR's openWithDefaultApplication()

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 11:18:46 GMT

hi,

I'm building an in-panel update feature, which allows the user

to download an updated ZXP of the extension from within the panel itself

and then launch the downloaded ZXP, which would open Extension Manager.

is there an HTML5 equivalent of AIR's openWithDefaultApplication() ?

thanks,

Jeff.

How can I get a flash based plugin to load in CC 10.x

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 06:23:22 GMT

Hello

How can i get a flash based creative suite plugin to load in Indesign CC 10.x?

I can get It to load in CC, but not In CC 10.x. Im using Flashbuilder 4.5. Do I need a newer version of flash builder/extension builder?

Best regards

/ Pontus

HTML panels: return focus, events, collapse panel questions

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 17:36:38 GMT

Hey everyone, I'm still struggling with a number of things with HTML panels, I wonder if someone overcame those and have answers.

1) Is there a way to return keyboard focus from HTML panel back to Photoshop? I've seen several panels do so but I was unable to contact the author of those.

2) I was doing simple event dispatching/catching: I was catching an event 'set ' (to get PS color change event) and everything works fine at the beginning but after 20-30 minutes events take 2-3 seconds to register and the delay keeps growing. Is there some kind of event buffer I need to flush or something?

3) Is there a way to collapse panel without closing it? So it'd instantly open as Flash panels did.

Many thanks,

Sergey.

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.

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

    },
};

Detect selected font (Illustrator/InDesign)

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:12:30 GMT

I'm writing an ActionScript / JavaSctipt extension for Illustrator and InDesign.

I created a text frame with some standard text written in it. BUT I need the font of the text to match the font that is currently selected in Illustrator/InDesign.

To my knowledge whenever you launch Illustrator or InDesign, they always select 'Myriad Pro' to begin with. Furthermore, CSHostAdapter has CURRENT_FONT_CHANGED event, however, I cannot find out which font (and font size for that matter) it was actually changed to. Is there any way to find out which font is currently selected in Illustrator or InDesign?

Any ideas and suggestions are welcome.

Is there a way to make EB3 HTML extensions compatible with Adobe CC 2014 ?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 08:33:42 GMT

I am building extensions for Creative Cloud using the free plugin for Eclipse. Is there a way to make my extension futureproof for CC 2014 ? How ?

jsx scripting of Premiere Pro CC and exportFinalCutProXML

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 08 May 2014 23:41:09 GMT

I'm using calls to exportFinalCutProXML in my HTML5 extension for Premiere Pro CC and while this works fine, if the project has effects that don't necessarily translate to FCP, we are forced to see a modal dialog about "Translation Report" with warnings and an "OK" button.

While I understand the benefit for direct user interaction, it would be nice to be able to disable this dialog from appearing when using jsx scripting and programmatically saving this XML to a file in a script or extension (not to mention the dialogs that show to the user when resaving the project and the 'generating FCP XML...')

(sort of how we can set an interaction level in the old days with AppleScript etc...)

PS, does anyone know if the Premiere Pro jsx support is going to get any love in near-future updates. It is quite sparse as it is now.

Would love to have more direct access to update/add/remove markers without having to mess with XMP and FCPXML import/export hacks.

Would also love to be able to programmatically reproduce what the current File -> Export -> Markers (as HTML) supports.

Being able to get at marker object models and possibly be able to programmatically request thumbnail generation for a marker or a given frame.

Thanks

Jeff

How to use CEPEngine_extensions.js ?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:27:23 GMT

Hi ,

I currently write an extension (seriously ?), and i need to create folder and file after some process.

I try to use the CEPEngine_extensions.js but the debuger say

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier

So i can't use the CEPEngine.

There another libs needed with the CEPEngine_extensions.js ?

Or there is a doc that explain how to use it properly?

Thank you !

Why cookies are not visible to javascript since 14.2 in HTML5 extensions?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 08:10:26 GMT

Using Photoshop 14.2

Before 14.2:

console.log(document.cookie); // this wasnt working

$.ajax('https://some/api/endpoint',{

success: function(d,s,r) { console.log r.getResponseHeader('set-cookie') } // this was working - I could read cookie

type: 'post',

data: { email: 'some@email.com', password: 'somepasswd' }

);

After 14.2:

Neither options work...

Just cant read cookie in javascript - but I am sure cookies work because on other api calls cookie is sent to server...

And I am sure that cookies options 'httpOnly' is set to false.

Even in chrome debugger under 'network' tab I cant see any cookies returned from server after api call.

Did Adobe change something with cookie management?

I need this to allow user to remember his account and auto login in extension. I know that cookies persist only during Host session but before 14.2 I could at least read cookie, save it to the file and after Host Application restart read the file and add cokkie to ajax call header... Now I cant do anything...

window.__adobe_cep__.showDevTools() does not show anything after Photoshop CC 14.2

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 09:47:54 GMT

On Photoshop CC 14.1.2 this code:

window.__adobe_cep__.showDevTools();

was showing Chrome Debug console

On Photoshop CC 14.2 it does not work - nothing happens, no errors reported, console does not show.

What might be the issue?

Illustrator CC Extension Preferences aren't being saved

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 21:29:01 GMT

I am trying to save preferences in the onClose function of my extension using the following code:

CSXSInterface.instance.storePreference("shapeStrokeSize", model.shapeStrokeSize.toString());

But the values I save do no persist and I can't find the prefs file. I am checking in:

/Users/mitya/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEPServiceManager4/preference

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

PS. The crazy thing is if I run this same extension in CS6 everything works fine.

Illustrator CC crashing with aiHostAdapter with version higher than 16.9

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 03:31:24 GMT

I am trying to export a zxp from Flash Builder with CS Exstension Builder 2.

</products>

<files>

</files>

When I install the built extension Illustrator CC throws an error on launch and crashes.

When I take the max version down to 16.9 it installs, Illustrator CC launches but then there is no extension in the Windows > Extension menu.

It seems like Illustrator CC doesn't like the aiHostAdapter...

Any ideas?

How to get the merged bitmap data of a photoshop selection

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:41:58 GMT

Im creating a "Flash Panel" extension for a client and Im having some issues getting the bitmap data associated with the current selection. Origninally I thought I would use the WindowedApplication and have the BITMAP_FILE fileformat available within Photohop running the extension. This works to an extent but i am now running into an issue where the clipboard is returning an old copy of what was previously copied to the clipboard. To no avail was I able to force the getData property of the generalClipboard to return the "just copied" selection from the clipboard. However if I was to open a new photoshop document and paste the contents of the generalClipboard.copy() method into the new file I get what I expected the getData method to return. It seems that the getData() method from the generalClipboard object is always one step behind.

Am I doing something wrong here, or is there another way to get the bitmap data associated with a current selection within photohop?

Andy help would be most appreciated.

Thanks.

Unable to catch panel closing event in illustrator!

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:34:02 GMT

Hi All,

I am using flax panel in illustrator plug-in, I tried to update the menu-item when panel closed, but I am unable to catch event when panel closed.

I registered an event (state_change.close), it works only when panel is opened and application(Illustrator) is being closed.

also there is one more prb that csxs::event are not being register in PostStartUp( ).

plz help!!

thanks

Event Watcher Utility now Available in Samples

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:37:16 GMT

Hi Guys

I wanted to announce to the group that we added a new Sample project to Extension Builder, EventWatcher.

As a general tip, we add sample projects as we think of (and create) them. Periodically scanning the list of samples could prove handy.

Anyway, what EventWatcher does is allow you to register for events in Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop. It then displays those events when they are fired by the host application.

For it to work in AI and PS, you must install the host adapter plugins.

I find this utility exceedingly handy. You'll likely find yourself a little surprised as to what events are fired when. In my book, a must-have for SDK developers.

If you haven't looked at the samples and are wondering what the heck I am talking about...

Select Import (File menu or right-click in the Package Explorer) in Flash Builder with Extension Builder installed. If you get there from the File menu, select "Other". Select Adobe Creative Suite Extension Builder->Remove Creative Suite SDK Examples.

Regards

Bob

How do I install and build and extension with extension builder 2.1?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 20:20:51 GMT

Honestly, I am beyond frustrated right now.

1. Extension Builder 3 - This will only install and run with Eclipse. JRE 1.7.

This only allows me to use Extendscript to write scripts with. Extendscript is so frustrating to use. It seems like there are a lot of missing properties for working with color models in illustrator. The documentation is also terrible for Extendscript. Something that seems like it would be simple to do like export an RGB JPEG is impossible to spec out in the EXPORT JPEG settings. Its also impossible to set the color space of a NEW AI document unless you use the add(); instead of addDocument(); There are conflicting incomplete properties of both methods. If you use one, one set of settings is missing if you use the other another set is missing... WHAT IS SOMEONE SUPPOSED TO DO???

2. Flash Builder 4.7 will not run Extension Builder 3.

3. I bought Extension Builder 2.1 which is supposed to install Flash Builder 4.6, but the installation keeps failing right at the end. This apparently also requires that you use JRE 1.6 which is not compatible with Mavericks.

This all seems impossible... how in the heck are people learning how to do build extensions, its a surprise that any exist at all. If they do They are likely not building them with the Adobe tools. I know enough about code to be dangerous but don't have a doctorate in troubleshooting all of these compatibility, and documentation issues.

All I want to do is write an extension, or a script that allows me to

1. copy the art from two layers.

2. color the background of the AI document to the background color of the original document

3. resize art from both layers to fit on a 216 x 216 pixel square.

4. Save the document as a: JPEG - ANTI-ALIAS SUPER SAMPLED - 150 DPI - RGB - MEDIUM QUALITY - CLIP TO ARTBOARD - WITH THE SAME NAME AS THE ORIGINAL FILE

I AM AT MY WITS END WITH THIS WHOLE PROCESS. I AM ABOUT TO GIVE UP UNLESS SOMEONE CAN HELP GIVE ME A LITTLE INSIGHT.

Intermittent Network Failure when for extension running in InDesign CS 6

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 20:20:04 GMT

Our extension, when running in InDesign CS 6, we are getting intermittent network failures that [usually] show up as timeouts.

Details:

* Our server is running at AWS and is publicly available.

* The error shows up on multiple machines, but all physically located in the same office; so far, we have not had reports from other locations.

* So far, the problem has only been reported in CS 6; our extension also runs in CC, but the problem has not been reported there.

* Running the same request from a browser works and is quick. (tested with Safari & Chrome).

* The error is extremely erratic: it will happen repeatedly on one machine for an hour, then disappear for the rest of the day or could happen for one call, the next call will succeed and the third call will fail, even though all calls are sent in rapid succession.

* Sometimes it fail with a timeout, other times there will be no success or failure, it just never returns; on one occasion, we waited for 15 minutes, but our listeners were never called.

* The behavior does not appear to have any connection to the load on the server.

Some Errors Details:

Server.Error.Request

versionCheck

HTTP request error

Error: [IOErrorEvent type="ioError" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="Error #2032" errorID=2032]. URL: home/info/apiVersion.txt

Client.Error.RequestTimeout

fetchPreferences

Request timed out

The request timeout for the sent message was reached without receiving a response from the server.

Client.Error.RequestTimeout

savePreferences

Request timed out

The request timeout for the sent message was reached without receiving a response from the server.

Coding Details:

* We use HTTPService to send the request

* [Nearly] all of our calls go thru a common class which creates the HTTPService, adds parameters, add listeners, etc.

Things we have tried:

* Upgrade everything: FlashPlayer, Java, InDesign CS 6

* Check server log: as far as we can tell, the call never reaches the server; we are looking at both our own log and localhost_access_log (our server runs in tomcat).

* Network connectivity: as far as we can tell, there are no network issues on the machine. During our investigation, when the error occurs in the plugin, we immediately open the web interface, on the same server, and perform the same action. The web interface always works and responds quickly, so that machine can connect to the server.

* Some times it works: if we had a badly constructed request or parameters, or we had general network access problems, the errors would be consisted, but the extension works fine for all operations, sometimes and on some machines.

One additional note: our initial data gather has been clouded by real time outs (call reached the server but it took too long to create and send the respond); we have addressed these problems but are still seeing the mystery errors (which appear to never reach the server).

Help: I'm looking for any advice or guidance on what to investigate. It seems like the problem is in network layers on the machine, but it is difficult to isolate.

Any suggestions from coding changes to plugin building to machine maintenance would be welcome.

Thanks!

Morrell

Fix focus / active window from panel to image document ?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 19:39:29 GMT

Question with a Photoshop html5 panel.

After I run an action in my new panel, the priority is still with the html5 panel, and not the active image document open.

Lets say I click on the button on the panel that does an action, then I want to save so I hit command-s on the keyboard, well it won't save because command-s isn't an option because the panel is the active window. Is there a command I can insert into the photoshop.jsx function that will return the active window to the image document. I hope that makes sense. Here is a code snippet:

$._ext_convertoadobe98={

run : function() {

/********** Replace below sample code with your own JSX code **********/

app.doAction ('convertoadobe98', 'actionsetCC2014')

/************************************************************************/

return appName;

}

};

I'm wondering if I can insert something into this to fix that issue?

I assume I would put something in the photoshop.jsx file and not the index.html file.

bundle id

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 04:00:29 GMT

How do I get the bundle ID?

aihostadapter for illustrator cc 2014 (for use with flex)

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:00:17 GMT

Flex extensions are still working in Illustrator CC 2014, so before we jump to new CEP panels - is there a way to get aihostadapter working for CC 2014? currently it's not working, i.e. I can't capture ART_SELECTION_CHANGED event.

where are hdpi/retina icons in manifest.xml?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 10:35:37 GMT

I can't seem to find where to set hdpi icons for html panel in manifest.xml, can you please point this out?

Thanks!

Sergey

Kuler flex theme

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 08:43:39 GMT

Although flex extensions are deprecated now, people still use photoshop cs5/cs6.

I wonder if there's a skin available which mimics e.g. photoshop interface/controls. It seems like configurator extensions were skinned in that way.

Is there any chance to get this or similar skin? the one that ships with EB doesn't look much like creative suite theme, although named like that.

I understand it's possible to create one from the scratch, just checking out - maybe one exists already

thanks!

Flyout menu for PS CC 2014 HTML extension panel

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:45:03 GMT

Hi,

Flyout menus were being supported by Flash panels. But after migrating to HTML5 panel, I found that it is not supporting flyout menus. However, after the release of the CC 2014 apps, I found in the CC 2014 Extension SDK documentation, that CEP 5 engine supports a SetPanelFlyoutMenu() method. But I am unable to call the method from within the extension. It gives the below error :

Seems like the method is not present in the CEPEngine_extensions API, though it is mentioned in the SDK documentation that the method should be there. Am I missing something here? Kindly help.

Thanks in advance.

Note: I have upgraded to target CC 2014 extensions as mentioned in Hallgrimur Bjornsson's below blog:

Adobe Extension Builder and Creative Cloud 2014

Extension caches iframe content

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 11:14:32 GMT

hi,

I'm using an iframe in my HTML5 extension to load an external page,

which includes javascript files.

When these are changed on the server and I re-open the panel or even re-start Premiere, the old js

is being cached.

I believe the exact same problem was describe here

Photoshop HTML5 extension caches iframe all the time

but no answer,

I tried some common tricks like adding a timestamp to the url

or clearing the iframe's src at startup, but no luck.

Is there a way to clear the cache of an extension?

thanks,

Jeff.

packageForPrint API Change

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:40:32 GMT

The packageForPrint API has changed in the latest release of InDesign CC (10.x), breaking one of our plug-ins. We cannot find documentation for the API, but the error thrown is straightforward: "Error Invalid value for parameter 'includeIdml' of method 'packageForPrint'. Expected Boolean, but received "". Error: Invalid value for parameter 'includeIdml' of method 'packageForPrint'. Expected Boolean, but received "". We could, of course, experiment with param passing, but it would be much easier if someone out there knew the changed API. Thanks for anyone's help in advance.

New article posted - Using Node.js to extend Adobe CC 2014 products

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 11:50:22 GMT

Hi,

I just posted a new article that may interest you: Extending Adobe CC 2014 apps — Medium

Best regards,

Hallgrimur

open tab or window in user's default browser

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 07:48:29 GMT

hi,

can I navigate to a url and open a new window or tab in the user's default browser?

In flex panels - if you'd

navigateToURL(new URLRequest("url.com"));

the page would open up in the user's default browser.

How to do this in an html panel?

When I try

window.open("url.com '_blank');

a custom window opens and I'm not even sure where it comes from,

my default browser or the extension's embedded browser.

Thanks!

Jeff.

Weird Layout behaviour in InDesign CC (Mac OS, CC only)

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 12:21:22 GMT

Hello,

I'm developing a new version of an extension with Extension Builder 2.1 (Flash Builder 4.6) that targets InDesign CC.

The layout of my extension is changing based on the selected element of the document. I have layouts for TextFrame, Rectangle, Cell, Group and a "main menu".

I save the layout data to the script label of the selected element in my application_focusOutHandler. After saving, the main menu layout should be displayed.

I ran into a weird problem with the layout on InDesign CC on Mac OS.

Some code that might be helpful:

<csxs:CSExtension xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" xmlns:csxs="com.adobe.csxs.core.*"

width="220"

height="344"

applicationComplete="onCreationComplete()"

backgroundColor="white"

fontSize="9" fontFamily="Arial" xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" >

Setting up the event listener:

				var csxs:CSInterface = CSInterface.instance;
				csxs.addEventListener(StateChangeEvent.WINDOW_LOSE_FOCUS, application_focusOutHandler);

The problem:

For example, when the user selects a TextFrame, my layout looks like this:

When the user clicks on the checkbox (i.e. "Bewegen"), the extension will immediately go back to the "main menu" layout. However, the checkbox is NOT checked and the data is not saved to the script label!

I can't check any of them by clicking on the extensions UI.

When holding the left mouse button, the "underlaying" (underlaying as in the same X;Y position of the checkbox-mouse-click) button of the main menu will also be pressed down and execute on release of the mouse button.

I can't reproduce this on Windows. Unfortunately I am not able to debug on our Mac as I have no access to it.

This occurs on the mx as well as the spark checkbox control:

<s:CheckBox label="Bewegen" id="bMove" selected="{controller.cLabelData.bMove}" height="16"/>

<mx:CheckBox label="Bewegen" id="bMove2" selected="{controller.cLabelData.bMove}" height="16"/>

I use mx:Box containers. I have one box container for every InDesign element type that I listed above. The other components inside the box containers differ from type to type.

Main menu:

<mx:Box visible="{controller.ObjType == 0}" x="2" y="0" width="200" height="344" includeInLayout="{controller.ObjType == 0}" horizontalScrollPolicy="off" verticalScrollPolicy="off" verticalGap="1">

TextFrame:

<mx:Box visible="{controller.ObjType == 1}" x="2" y="0" width="200" height="344" includeInLayout="{controller.ObjType == 1}" horizontalScrollPolicy="off" verticalScrollPolicy="off" verticalGap="0" >

etc.

The earlier versions of this extension were targeting older versions of InDesign and worked flawlessly (CS5, CS5.5, CS6).

Thanks for every help!

Greetings,

How to get extension Id?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 07 May 2014 08:39:51 GMT

Hello All,

I am trying to get the extension ID. How can I get the extension ID?

Thanks..

Introducing Adobe CEP 5

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 01 May 2014 09:01:24 GMT

Hi,

We recently announced Adobe CEP 5, the next generation of HTML5 extensibility in Adobe desktop products. See here: http://adobe.ly/QGshLG

Best regards,

Hallgrimur

Undo/Redo Set Script Tag

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 10:56:24 GMT

We have a Flex-based CSEB extension (yes, port underway given elimination of Flex support in future versions) that performs a number of background operations on InDesign links and documents, i.e., relinking files, replacing files, tagging links and docs with private information, etc.

Here's the problem: all the background actions we perform are dropped into a document's Undo queue and the user is confronted with a host of Undo/Redo Set Script Tag, Undo/Redo Relink, etc., actions that should not, in the workflow we're trying to enforce, ever be seen nor, more importantly, undone at all.

Is there a way to programmatically suppress a document's capture of undo actions for tasks we don't want exposed to the user? A document's undo history is read only and the activeScriptUndoMode is JS specific. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help with the issue.

Host app (Illustrator) don't show my extension

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:00:09 GMT

Hi,

I previously create an HTML5 extension for illustror 17.1 and it was fine on my previous computer (MAC). After making a fresh instal of MacOS and CC applications, my extension is not showed by illustrator.

It also never launch the debug server taht i'm accessing through localhost:8880.

It seem's to fail silently.

Maybe a forget something.

Any clue ??

Thank

"Copy and Paste"-Event in Indesign

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 06:31:41 GMT

Hi everyone,

does anyone have an idea, if there is SOMEWHERE an event, which is fired upon "copy and paste"-ing one or multiple object in Indesign?