InCopy assignments

[davidc19923048]

Hello Friends,

I'm new in this forum and new in InDesign scripting.

I want to make a link between a textFrame on InDesign and InCopy.

I wrote this code:

// get the selected textFrame
var textFrame = app.selection[0];
// ICMA and ICML files
var assignmentFile = new File("~/Desktop/export.icma");  
var incopyFile = new File("~/Desktop/export.icml");  
// exporting the text to a ICML file
textFrame.texts[0].exportFile(ExportFormat.INCOPY_MARKUP, incopyFile);  
// add assignments
var assignment = doc.assignments.add(assignmentFile, "Export", false, {name:"Export"});
//... ???

At this point, I don't know how to link the incopyFile with the assignmentFile

Could someone help me with this?

Does someone have a doc or tutorial about ICMA and ICML or integration between InDesign and InCopy?

Tks!

[Kasyan Servetsky · Accepted solution]

The funny thing is that I answered this question seven years ago here. Of course, I totally forgot about that and searching the forum for the assignment term, I was surprised to find my own answer.

Below is the updated code which I adjusted to make it work in the latest version: CC 2018. (Things in DOM changed a little since the original code was written). BTW it's always a good idea to mention the version you're on.

var doc = app.activeDocument;  
if (app.selection.length == 0 || app.selection[0].constructor.name != "TextFrame") exit();  
var textFrame = app.selection[0];  
var assignmentFile = new File("~/Desktop/Test.icma");  
var incopyFile = new File("~/Desktop/Test.icml");  
var assignment = doc.assignments.add(assignmentFile, undefined, false, {name: "Test"});
var unassignedContent = doc.assignments.item("Unassigned InCopy Content");  
textFrame.texts[0].exportFile(ExportFormat.INCOPY_MARKUP, incopyFile);  
unassignedContent.assignedStories[0].move(LocationOptions.AT_END, assignment);  
assignment.update();
assignment.update();

The result

Another, guy lady -- below my post -- offers another solution (AppleScript).

He She says: "The problem with the code in ExtendScript has been solved for InDesign CC (and maybe for CS6)".

But I haven't tested his her solution.

— Kas

P.S. I just read the AppleScript and found out that it has nothing to do to the original question: it's for InCopy (not for InDesign) and it doesn't create a new assignment.

She mentions the blog: "For sample code, see my blog for June 25, 2013: www.yourscriptdoctor.com/blogs." But I can't find it, probably the date has changed.

[davidc19923048]

Hello Friend,

Thank you for your answer, it works fine.

The problem was the name of the unassigned content item.

var unassignedContent = doc.assignments.item("Unassigned InCopy Content");

Unfortunately, my InDesign wasn’t in english. So this item was translated. =(

I was searching for her solution, but I can’t find it too.

Thanks =D

[Kasyan Servetsky]

Unfortunately, my InDesign wasn’t in english. So this item was translated. =(

Try to use translateKeyString method:

var myTranslateKeyString = app.translateKeyString("Unassigned InCopy Content");

It translates a key string into localized form based on current application locale.

Search the forum for details. For instance, read this thread.

See also findKeyStrings method which returns the locale-independent string(s) from the internal string localization database that correspond to the specified string (in the current locale):

var myFoundKeyString = app.findKeyStrings("Unassigned InCopy Content");

Result:

$ID/UnassignedInCopy

$ID/Unassigned InCopy Content

— Kas

[davidc19923048]

Nice!

Thanks.

It helps a lot. =D