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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] }

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

window.close not working on indesign cc2014

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 06:50:20 GMT

Hi All

I am developing an extension for InDesign CS5 and above. I have a dialog of type panel, CSXSWindowType.PANEL which opens up on button click. This dialog contains a button for closing it. The click event executes " this.close() ".

Now, the problem is that for ID CC2014 this.close() is not closing the dialog. Only the default close button at the corner of the window closes it. I have no idea why the dialog is behaving this way. It works in all the other versions.

Any ideas?

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.

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

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?

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

bundle id

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

How do I get the bundle ID?

Pasting text into a text layer in Photoshop CC 2014

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 06:19:37 GMT

I've been playing around around with Photoshop CC 2014 HTML5/Javascript extensions (CEP5) for a while now and I came across a problem I couldn't solve: how to paste text in an existing text layer when the user is editing the text? Using evalScript and app.activeDocument.paste(); works fine when pasting copied pixels as a new layer, but if the user is on a text layer editing the text (and I want the extension to paste text there), it throws an evalScript error.

Am I doing something terribly wrong or what? The next thing I thought was to invoke paste event and try it that way.

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.

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?

How to find the Photoshop installation folder?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 05:04:45 GMT

Hello,

I'm supposed to create an installer to install an extension (instead of using Adobe Extension Manager).

For this, how can I find the Photoshop installation folders (both 32 and 64 bit)? Are there registry keys these locations are stored? How do I do this for Photoshop CS5, CS6 and CC?

Thanks!

InDesign Dialog

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:33:00 GMT

How can I add Button in a Dialog ?

I'm using actionscript to do that:

var myDialog:Dialog = app.dialogs.add({name: "Export"});

var myMainColumn:DialogColumn = myDialog.dialogColumns.add().dialogRows.add().dialogColumns.add();

var myRow1:DialogRow = myMainColumn.dialogRows.add();

var myRow2:DialogRow = myMainColumn.dialogRows.add();

var pages:BorderPanel = myRow1.dialogColumns.add().borderPanels.add();

pages.dialogColumns.add().staticTexts.add({

staticLabel: "Pages Range:"

});

var pagesRange:TextEditbox = pages.dialogColumns.add().textEditboxes.add({

editContents: "1"

});

Another question is for do a BorderPanel with a Label, like:

enablingGroups.add({staticLabel:"Pages:", checkedState:true})

Many Thanks!!

Getting video frame rate in PPro

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 08:25:44 GMT

I am trying to write a piece of code in Adobe extension script which extract video meta data information (such a Duration and Frame rate) while exporting a video. Are there any hint or tips in this regard? Thanks

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.

Photoshop HTML Panel mit Button auf JSX

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 12:43:46 GMT

Hallo,

ich habe aktuell noch ein Photoshop-Panel laufen, was mit dem Configurator erstellt wurde.

In CC 2014 funktionieren die Flash-Panels nicht mehr. Also will ich das Panel in HTML umbauen, allerdings habe ich noch nicht rausgefunden, wie ich eine Skript-Datei (JSX) über einen Button oder Link ausführen kann.

Gibt es dafür ein simples Tutorial?

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!

JSX call very slow with big variables

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 16:17:42 GMT

quick summary first of what i'm trying to do:

i tried to get a Base64 String via Ajax and hand it over to my ,jsx file.

if the size of the String is roughly 100KB it runs smoothly (under a second) but the bigger the string gets the longer i have to wait.

With a 1MB String i have to wait over a minute

[...]

alert("now to JSX");

var extScript = "$._ext_base.run('"+baseStr+"')"; //baseStr contains the result

evalScript(extScript);

[...]

$._ext_base={

run: function(binary){

alert("now in JSX");

[...]

as said the time passing between these two alerts is over a minute.

has anyone of you experienced simmilar issues and maybe even a solution for me?

Thanks a lot in advance!!

Greetings

Thomas

How to debug HTML/JS panel in After Effects

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 10:39:26 GMT

Hello,

I notice that the extension builder Eclipse plugin does not support After Effects. Currently I have a symlink from the CEP/extensions directory to my plugin and use a .debug file so that I can visit the debugger from a browser, but that's getting a bit old.

Is it possible to start After Effects from the command line with some switches to load with an extension in a particular location, opening the debugger window, like the Eclipse plugin does for some of the other applications?

chromedriver for testing CEP

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:49:36 GMT

I'm interested in doing automated testing of CEP panels, which is should be possible for CEF3 panels using chromedriver2 ChromeDriver and selenium via python or node.

Has anyone tried getting this working?

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.

Displaying the layer image in a Flex panel

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 09:11:08 GMT

Hi,

I need to display the contents (image) of the active layer in a Flex panel. Was thinking along the lines of saving the layer as a temporary image and then loading it into an Image control. But is there a better/less messy way than this?

Method to see NodeJS logs?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 20:12:18 GMT

Typically in web apps with node, you can view logs right inside of Terminal. With Node running in Adobe CC though, there doesn't appear to be a clear method to view logs.

How can logs be displayed with Node and CEP 5? I've found a workaround that creates a file with logs inside of it as text, but having them show up in terminal like other web apps would be very ideal.

New Host Adapter plugin for Illustrator CC 2014?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 18:44:02 GMT

I'm seeing that the Host Adapter plugin for Illustrator CC does not work for Illustrator CC 2014. I've checked that the AIHostAdapater.aip file is installed in the correct AI CC 2014 folder. But calling AIEventAdapater.getInstance().pingPlugIn() always results in "pingTimedOut".

Is there a new AIHostAdapater plugin forthcoming for Illustrator CC 2014? Or is it available somewhere to download? It is not available as an update through Extension Builder.

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.

How can i remove all item in adobe premiere CC or CS6 project from extension, i'm using actionscripts - extension builder 2.1

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:59:36 GMT

How can i remove all item in adobe premiere CC or CS6 project from extension, i'm using actionscripts - extension builder 2.1

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

close event Illustrator

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 09:05:38 GMT

I have finally had enough of being told by Adobe Developer support that the close event issue for Illustrator CS5, CS5.5 and CS6 for panels and modeless dialogs is broken and won't be fixed and I have been waiting for weeks for a possible workaround that doesn't seem to be forthcoming. So no I am looking to see if any other developers have managed to find a workaround for this. It seems that in CS6 the problem is worse because the hidden property is also not being updated either so the timer solution that has been given previously on this forum won't work either. Moving to CC for the customer with several thousand CS6 users is not going to be an option unfortunately at the moment..

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,

HTML input field sending incorrect events

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 16:19:37 GMT

I'm trying to use AngularJS for my extension's UI, and part of it is a live search field.

However, the function which performs the live search is only called whenever the backspace key is pressed, not for any other character key.

The same code works in the cefclient test app that matches Premiere's CEF build, version 27, and after some digging with the dev tools it looks like the app is sending bad keydown events for the character keys.

These are the events cefclient fires when I enter the letter 'h', with extra properties cut out:

And these are what Premiere CEP fires:

As you can see, Premiere is sending two incorrect 'Left'/'Right' keyDown events.

I've made a simple demo extension to show this behaviour, hosted here along with a .mp4 and the unzipped source to view in the browser.

Cheers,

Matthew

Return focus from html panel?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 28 May 2014 05:45:31 GMT

Hey everyone,

can you please tell me if there's a way to return focus from the html panel back to Photoshop? I've tried app.activate() but no luck

Many thanks!

Is Extension Builder 2.1 using Flash compatible with Photoshop CC also in the future? (There are speculations, that it will be switched off, what will destroy my investment in that code)

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 14 May 2014 08:06:48 GMT

I have codes a lot of stuff using Extension Builder 2.1 using Flash technology to be compatible with Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CC.

There are speculations, that the support for this would be removed in Photoshop CC. This would destroy my investment in this code and my customers would not be able to use my products anymore, when they are using Photoshop CC.

Is there any workaround planed for customers using Photoshop CC to be able to run extension build with Extension Builder 2.1 and Flashbuilder 2.6 also in the future?

Is this a bug in mx:ComboBox ?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 12 May 2014 17:39:29 GMT

Hi All,

I'm using a mx:ComboBox control in my extension project for InDesign CS5/CS55.5/CS6 using Extension Builder 2.1, Flash Builder 4.6 and Extension Builder 3.4 SDK.

Problem:
When I click my ComboBox control(the text part excluding the down arrow part) after switching application to another and then back to InDesign, the list is shown and then closed quickly. Again if I click on ComboBox then the list is displayed properly.

Is this a BUG in mx:ComboBox ?

Please suggest any solutions/workaround to fix the issue.

ComboBoxTest.mxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" historyManagementEnabled="false" initialize="initializeHandler(event)"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.collections.ArrayCollection; import mx.events.DropdownEvent; import mx.events.FlexEvent; import mx.events.ListEvent; [Bindable] private var cmbBoxItems:ArrayCollection; private function onComboBoxClick(event:MouseEvent):void{ trace('onComboBoxClick() - '+event); } private function onComboBoxOpen(event:DropdownEvent):void{ trace('onComboBoxOpen() - '+event); } private function onComboBoxChange(event:ListEvent):void{ trace('onComboBoxChange() - '+event); } private function onComboBoxClose(event:DropdownEvent):void{ trace('onComboBoxClose() - '+event); trace('\n'); } protected function initializeHandler(event:FlexEvent):void { cmbBoxItems = new ArrayCollection(["One","Two","Three","Four","Five"]); } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:VBox height="100%" width="100%" verticalAlign="middle" horizontalAlign="center" verticalGap="10"> <mx:ComboBox id="testCmbBox" dataProvider="{cmbBoxItems}" click="onComboBoxClick(event)" open="onComboBoxOpen(event)" change="onComboBoxChange(event)" close="onComboBoxClose(event)"/> </mx:VBox> </mx:Application>

ComboBoxTest.mxml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" historyManagementEnabled="false"

initialize="initializeHandler(event)">

<mx:Script>

<![CDATA[

import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;

import mx.events.DropdownEvent;

import mx.events.FlexEvent;

import mx.events.ListEvent;

[Bindable]

private var cmbBoxItems:ArrayCollection;

private function onComboBoxClick(event:MouseEvent):void{

trace('onComboBoxClick() - '+event);

}

private function onComboBoxOpen(event:DropdownEvent):void{

trace('onComboBoxOpen() - '+event);

}

private function onComboBoxChange(event:ListEvent):void{

trace('onComboBoxChange() - '+event);

}

private function onComboBoxClose(event:DropdownEvent):void{

trace('onComboBoxClose() - '+event);

trace('\n');

}

protected function initializeHandler(event:FlexEvent):void

{

cmbBoxItems = new ArrayCollection(["One","Two","Three","Four","Five"]);

}

]]>

</mx:Script>

<mx:VBox height="100%" width="100%" verticalAlign="middle" horizontalAlign="center" verticalGap="10">

<mx:ComboBox id="testCmbBox" dataProvider="{cmbBoxItems}" click="onComboBoxClick(event)" open="onComboBoxOpen(event)" change="onComboBoxChange(event)" close="onComboBoxClose(event)"/>

</mx:VBox>

</mx:Application>

How to access AIEvents from Illustrator CC

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 08 May 2014 11:21:48 GMT

Tried this in CS6 it works out but not in CC

var adapter:AIEventAdapter = AIEventAdapter.getInstance();

adapter.addEventListener(AIEvent.ART_SELECTION_CHANGED,selectionHandler);

adapter.addEventListener(AIEvent.DOCUMENT_CLOSED,selectionHandler);

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..

Issues with iFrame elements in Illustrator

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 17:30:44 GMT

Currently I'm having issues with adding an iFrame element to an extension run in Illustrator.

I'm using Eclipse 4.3 to run extension build 3, release 3. I've created the basic project, and I get the extension to function correctly when there's just the basic button. Further I can make changes to the button (change the text) and it continues to work.

However, when I add an iFrame element to the extension it seems to crash. The extension window opens and then immediately closes. There are no error messages from Illustrator, nor are there any errors in any log files from adobe/illustrator.

Here is the line I'm attempting to add to the basic starter application in the index.html file:

Also I can manually load index.html file and it works correctly when opened by Chrome.

I am using Illustrator CC 17.1.0 32/64 bit.

My Adobe Extension Manager keeps crashing when launched with OS X 10.9.2, can anyone help?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 11:52:08 GMT

My Adobe Extension Manager keeps crashing when launched with OS X 10.9.2, can anyone help?

Weird problem of panels not showing up

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 22:59:04 GMT

The last few days, I've suddenly had a flurry of problems where some of my CS Extensions suddenly stopped working in CS6.

The panel apparently starts loading but does not get as far as loading the flyout menu, and there's no visible content in the panel.

The problem is common to Mac and Windows, but not universal.

I have not yet been able to reproduce the problem on my own machines, so I'm having a bit of a hard time tracking down the problem.

Has anyone seen similar issues?

Harbs

Error in installing a (ZXP Bundle and hybrid) extension

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 09:03:05 GMT

Hi All,

I am developing an extension using Adobe Flash Builder 4.6, extension builder 2.1.

The extension requires creating a zxp bundle. I was able to create a zxp bundle that includes 10 zxp files. The intallation was successfull too. The problem came when I tried to make it a hybrid extension too. Somehow, when I created the combination of hybrid + zxp bundle, the resulting zxp fails to install. It gives an error message saying that the extension is not signed, and it requires the manifest file.

Is there a bug in Extension builder that we cannot create a zxp bundle and a hybrid extension? This problem occurs even when I tried including the Adobe resource libraries, like the host addapter libraries. I removed my stuff from the hybrid and just included the Adobe stuff. Still the same problem.

Can anyone tell me what is wrong here?

Thanks!

Flash builder doesn't prompt me to activate extension builder

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 02:56:47 GMT

My company just purchased me a fancy new late 2013 Mac Book pro running Mavericks.

I've gone ahead and attempted to install Adobe Extension Builder so that I could continue work on a plugin I've been maintaining over the past few months. Unforunately, Flash Builder doesn't prompt me to activate Adobe Extension Builder. I'm working off the latest version as available from the Adobe website.

When I attempt to build my project, a popup appears informing me that I need to activate, but it doesn't provide me the usual login screen.

I've searched through the various menus searching for a method to activate, but alas there doesn't seem to be a way to do so.

So how do I activate the Adobe Extension Builder plugin? Is there a way to do it from command line?

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.

resizeable web browser

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 01:51:56 GMT

I was writting an extension that loads a webpage (basecamp). However, resizing the panel doesn't resize the content once it loads. How do I do this? Also, is there a way to force it to load the mobile version?

Which events are supported by HTML 5 extensions ?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:03:53 GMT

Event	Class
documentAfterActivate	CSXS Interface
documentAfterDeactivate	CSXS Interface
documentAfterSave	CSXS Interface
applicationActive	CSXS Interface
applicationBeforeQuit	CSXS Interface
StateChangeEvent.WINDOW_OPEN	CSXS Interface
StateChangeEvent.WINDOW_SHOW	CSXS Interface
MenuClickEvent.FLYOUT_MENU_CLICK	CSXS Interface