No extensions in CC 2017

[Mike Witherell]

I do not see an Extensions entry under Windows menu. Neither in Mac OS X Sierra nor Windows 10.

Why?

I tried uninstalling, cleaning, reinstalling. No show.

I tried uninstalling all previous extensions. No show when I tried to Browse Add-Ons and install a new one.

Related to wanting to see extensions:

I have been researching how to develop a new plug-in, but the Adobe Extension Builder 3 seems to have stopped at CC 2014. Using it with Eclipse for writing html-ish code has brick walls to hit when it comes to CC 2017. The forum comments are few and far-between and thin, too. The old Configurator stuff is not allowed anymore because it was Flash-based.

Can anyone steer me out of this dead-end? What tools work? Is InDesign CC 2017 unable to do plug-ins?

Mike Witherell in Maryland

[Steve Werner]

I'm not a developer so I can't speak to the details of this. But I believe with CC 2014, the Extensions panel was replaced with Add-ons. In James Wamser's InDesign New Features document, I see these entries:

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InDesign CC (June 17, 2013):

Adobe Exchange panel

The new Adobe Exchange panel is now an in-app experience for you to explore and discover content, plug-ins, and scripts that you can purchase or download for free. Replaced by Adobe Add-ons: (see Page 78) in InDesign CC (2014).

InDesign CC 2014 (June 18, 2014):

Adobe Add-ons

Under the Window menu, you can now choose Browse Add-ons. This feature takes you to a new Adobe Add-ons

page of the creative.adobe.com website to let you find, install, and remove InDesign plug-ins and extensions of

InDesign.

https://creative.adobe.com/addons

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InDesignSecrets.com has an Add-ons forum which might have more information:

https://indesignsecrets.com/forum/indesign-add-ons-scripts-scripting-and-plug-ins

I remember seeing mention of this during prerelease, but most of it went over my head.

Steve

n InDesign CC (2014).

[Mike Witherell]

Hi Steve,

I am in nearly over my head, but I had managed to make 3 plugins under the old way of doing it. But Flash / Configurator suddenly died, and now the same processes are being coded in HTML5 plus the same ExtendScript javascripting underneath. Plugins are now called Add ons. Fine. I am in search of the tools to convert my buttons to an acceptable format for CC 2017.

From what I am reading, you take the same extensible InDesign commands and wrap them up in a new garment made out of HTML code instead of the older Flash code. But I am not reading much. The few tools from 2014 appear to be not current with CC 2017.

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

Hi Michael,

here is more to read:

Marc Autret

Indiscripts :: “HTML Panels Development,” the Path to CC Extensions

Regards,
Uwe

[Mike Witherell]

Thanks Uwe,

This looks nearly exactly what I need to read. Many thanks again!

Mike Witherell in Maryland