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InDesign is Adobe's scriptable publishing software. When using this tag also tag the language that you are coding in for context, e.g. [extendscript], [applescript], or [vbscript], etc..

Adobe InDesign is a software application that can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers and books. It can publish content directly to tablet devices, in conjunction with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite.

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how to create a pdf with variable data online

I am not quite sure how to pose this question right, so I will try to describe the solution I am looking for, and I then hope someone can help me frame the question / solution in the right way. I have a pdf looking like this:…
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I want to debug my plugin code using visual studio

I want to debug a code for a sample indesign plugin ( debug 64x) in visual studios. But I am getting the below error when I press the debug button on top(F5).
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Convert PMString to int32 in indesign SDK

I am receiving page numbers from a test box widget and it is of type PMString. I need to convert it into int32 to pass to my createDocument function. Is there a suitable function available anywhere which can do that type conversion ?
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indesign sdk - sample plugin not working

I'm trying to develop a new plugin for InDesign. But for now I'm taking a look at some samples that comes with the SDK. The fact is that I can't get these plugins to work on InDesign(SnippetRunner for example). I compile then, get a build successful…
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Indesign Bug? Choosing Fancy Corners Reverses Function of Align Stroke Inside/Outside

I think that this might be a bug in InDesign but I thought that it might be handy to know. Here's how to recreate: Create a rectangle 200px x 200px, with a 4pt stroke. Set Align stroke to INSIDE. Set the top left xy pos of the rectangle to…
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InDesign CS6 Import multiple XML files in document via scripting

I've created a script where I select the folder that holds the xml files I want to import, create the document and insert these XML files, but my script ends with the following message, which is not very helpful: "Execution finished. Result:…
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Generating PDF in rails from an Illustrator/Indesign file

In my rails application, I am looking to generate a PDF report dynamically. The layout would be static and given to me by a designer who has made it on Adobe Illustrator/InDesign. It contains a few pie charts and bar graphs. I need to use the layout…
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Change Indesign File externally with Java etc

my goal is to change texts in an indesign file via an external program(Java). We get our flyers as .indd files, due to changes in our pricing model we would like to change the prices, without editing the indd files manually(service provider would…
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Use XML Node Value as Node name and as attribute name

im quite new to XML and XLST. I got an Open Office XML file that I transformed with XLST.
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I can't see my app on my iPad

I have created an app using Indesign CC and gone through everything to downloaded the .ipa file and put it in my iTunes folder. But I can't get it on my iPad. I have synced and it hasn't shown up. I have updated to iOS 7.1 and it still doesn't show…
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Override master page items in indesign with applscript

I'm running an applescript that adds a page to a document, the "Override All Master Page Items" then import text into one of the released text boxes. The solutions I've found don't seem to work as they reference an active page number So is it…
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InDesign Grep: Changing sentence beginnings to Uppercase

I am relatively new to scripting and within an InDesign Script I am trying to change all the first letters of all sentences to uppercase (many of the are lowercase, since I randomly generated the setences from different text sources). I am so far…
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Adding a pagebreak by indesign scripting

I have a routine which reads an XML file and builds an ID document. How do I create a page break by adding to the current insertionPoint? I tried it with story.insertionPoints.lastItem().contents += SpecialCharacters.pageBreak; but those special…
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Is there a way to create a gradient in basiljs?

It's a pretty self-explanatory question. I am curious as to why there is no built-in function to create gradients. The only way I found to "fake it" is to create a series of lines or rectangles each with a unique color calculated with b.lerpColor. I…
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PDFlib first line indent

I using PDFLib as pdf renderer and IDML format from InDesign as input format and my question: is parameter LeftIndent only possible way how to create in bullet list indent? I have found in CookBookPdfLib, that PDFLib supports LeftIndent but no…
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