InDesign 2017 Script Documentation

[jamesm8073003]

Hi there,

I'm a developer working on InDesign scripts for a client using InDesign for publishing. There are InDesign script reference documents available here InDesign developer documentation | Adobe Developer Connection  but these appear to only be up to date as far as CS6.

Does Adobe have an updated documentation set for developers? I'm having issues with using methods in my JSX scripts, particularly the PageItem#place method which I have been successfully using up until the latest release to place an ICML file into a document. In CC2017 this simply puts the text "undefined" into the PageItem instead. Is there a new method for placing ICML in CC 2017 and/or is there any documentation surrounding this change?

Regards,

James

[Laubender]

Hi James,

did a quick test by scripting of placing an ICML file with InDesign CC 2017 v12.0.0.81 replacing a selected graphic frame. Also populating the placegun with the story was no problem.

Mac OSX 10.10.5.

On what kind of pageItem did you execute the place() method?

Can you provide some code and/or demo files on Dropbox where you can show the issues.

Regards,
Uwe

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

DOM documentation of InDesign CC 2017 recently was compiled by Gregor Fellenz and can be found here:

InDesign ExtendScript API (12.0)

Regards,
Uwe

[jamesm8073003]

Hi Uwe,

Cheers for the documentation link - was able to use this to figure out the bug was in my own code.

Thanks,

James