Programatically determine installation location for InDesign CS3, CS4, CS5,...
We build plug-ins for all versions of InDesign from CS3 and later, for Windows and Mac. To deploy our plug-in(s) on Windows, we use InstallShield, which has a somewhat complicated mechanism to locate...
View ArticleUsing the IOpenFileDialog Interface
Hello all. I have a very simple question: I have this code on my Mac box (I removed some code for the sake of brevity): InterfacePtr<IOpenFileDialog>...
View Articlehow to get all page items from the document
Hi all, i want to get all page items and its frame and data from the documentThen i want to create my own xml. any help? any advice ?please.
View ArticleCS5.5 / Win: Indesign crashs during import of an rtf file
Hi My plugin crashs during the import of an rtf file. The most rtf's work fine, but one is not OK. If I try to import it Indesign crash. Also if I try to place it manually in Indesign. I think...
View ArticleFonts are not updating in InDesign instantly
Hi, I am working on InDesign 5.5 plugin, which is used to handle missing fonts of document. It Displays a List of missing fonts in a dialog box and user can Activate the missing font. If user opens a...
View ArticleCompare method in "NodeId.h" ?
Hi All, I was implementing tree view but could not find the purpose of the method "virtualint32 Compare(constNodeIDClass* NodeID) const = 0; " in the NodeID.h file. This is the file that we...
View ArticleWhat are the effects to plug-in development when updating InDesign CS version...
Will there be a CC version SDK available? Or the CS6 plug-ins can be loaded in CC version? Otherwise the plug-ins are required to be re-compiled? Is there any official documentation about the inDesign...
View Articlei want indesgin 5.5 debug version
i want indesgin 5.5 debug version where do i get that
View Article.fres is an empty file
Hi All, Can anybody help me, im trying to create my first plugin for CS6. Im unable to build a plugin the following errors are occur while building. 1>------ Build started: Project: test,...
View Article[CS5.5] How to import a snippet into the current page
Hi All, I got the IDOMElement from the document UIDRef and imported the snippet into it. Here's the code- InterfacePtr<IDOMElement> documentElement(docRef, UseDefaultIID()); if (documentElement...
View ArticleHow i can use Cocoa framework APIs in indesign CC version
Like NSString,NSFileManager. ThanksQamar khan
View ArticleLearn Plug-in Create.
Hi All, I have to learn and start to create the InDesign Plug-in. Which software I have use? 1. Eclipse2. Visual Studio. Please help me. and guide for with some examples. thx,csm_phil.
View ArticleChanging font data of Static Text Widget ?
Hi,I would like to change font size and font weight of a static text widget, but can't find any helpful information about it.Anyone who could please point me to the right direction ?Thanks,Detlef
View ArticleRemove all plugin data from a document?
How can I "clean a document" by removing plugin data added by pluggins in a dokument?Best regards/ Pontus
View Articletagged text places as regular text
I'm not a programmer, but have been tasked with placing tagged text into InDesign CS2 on Macintosh. However, the tagged text places as regular text with the <tags> showing. The name of the tagged...
View ArticleWindows 7 Professional 64bit: Installation of Indesign CS3 debug
Hi I try to install Indesign CS3 Debug on a Windows 7 Professional 64bit pc. I extract the setup files and start setup.exe. A dialog is shown (with a progrss bar), but after a short time (2, 3...
View Articleindesign coordinates
Hi,I'm writing a c++ application using InDesign CS5.5.Which type of relationship between the textframe coordinate and spread coordinate.I have page's height, width and textframe's height , width. so...
View ArticleWhere to download InDesign CC debug version?
After finally having access to the InDesign CC SDK I am now presented with the problem of debugging a built plugin. Where can i get the InDesign CC (9.2 specifically) debug version?
View ArticlekFitContentToFrameCmdBoss is not working in CS5
Hi All, I have used kFitContentToFrameCmdBoss for fit content to frame option. The command is executed successfully without any result.When we try to apply Fit content to frame option in SnippetRunner...
View ArticleHow to find number of columns in Indesign CC
Hi, I want to find out number of columns and gutter of active page in Indesign CC. Following code is working in CS6. IColumns* iColumns = Utils<ILayoutUIUtils>()->QueryFrontColumns();...
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