How to turn off ligatures in text
HiI am working in a project in indesign and facing a problem with text frame.when I get the text run,some text automaticaly converted in ligatures like ff, ffl, fi , fl etc. and these characters...
View ArticleHow to access table cell script labels in c plugin
Hi,We have a plugin written in actionscript, which is writing data into the labels of each cell in a row of a table, when the user has their cursor in that row: var cell:Cell = getSelectedCell();for...
View ArticleHow to dynamically populate IDropDownListController
Hi!My question is how can I dynamically populate the IDropDownListController widget? In the sample project WriteFishPrice the entries are all static, but I need to add or remove entries in the list....
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Cannot install older version of Adobe InDesign CC (released in 2013) on my...
I would like to install Adobe InDesign CC on my Windows desktop (released in 2013). I downloaded the trial version of the CC installer from https://creative.adobe.com/products/download/indesign. When...
View ArticleETA for InDesign 10 (2014) Debug version?
Hello Adobe!So apparently the new InDesign breaks plugin compatibility and requires a new Debug version of InDesign 10 (2014).Since we're in the middle of developing an InDesign plugin and we'd like to...
View Articlelong to int32 conversion issues in Xcode 5.0.2 when building plugin for...
Hi, I am trying to build one of the sample plugin WriteFishPrice from the SDK on mac SystemI am using Xcode 5.0.2 as per the documentation, but I am encountering the below errors during compilation. In...
View ArticleHow to know the source document for pasted page items
Hi, I want to perform some actions on items before they are pasted (look at persistent data stored on the, if a conflict ask the user and either update or reject). Believe I'm OK with the paste...
View ArticleGetting Linker errors while porting InDesign CC plugin code to InDesign CC 2014
Hello, I am getting following linker errors during porting of plugin code from InDesign CC to InDesign CC 2014 > PlugInStatics.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "class...
View ArticleInDesign Family SDK Access Program: how to speed up approving process?
I have registered on July 3 and still in process of approval. I need to migrate my InDesign plugins to latest CC versions so I need a new SDK.
View ArticleHow do I access the items on one Layer?
Hello all, I am trying to access all elements on a specific layer but I got stuck. Here is what I have:InterfacePtr application(GetExecutionContextSession()->QueryApplication()); InterfacePtr...
View ArticleHow to replace a existing XML tag with a new XML tag?
Hi,I have a Text frame with some text inside it. I have XML tag, tagging some text inside the frame. Now I want to replace this XML tag with some new XMLtag so that my text is now tagged with the new...
View ArticleHow to observe a table creation/insertion ?
Hello, Questions :1] How can I observe a table insert operation ? 2] When we cut/paste existing table frame what is the order of page items hierarchy creation ? like create text frame first then insert...
View ArticleIScriptRunner with Return Values
Hello all, I am trying to run a Javascript script from within my plugin written in C++. I am using CS6. I saw in the forum, that older interfaces do have a ScriptData return value but the version in...
View ArticleRe-establishing dialog focus after child dialog is opened/closed
I have a dialog that is used to initiate a process querying a database. During this process the user is prompted with a Save dialog allowing them to specify a name and location for the resulting data...
View ArticleCS3: How can I set a table column width to the width of the content?
Hi I have a table in Indesign. Now I want to set the column width to the maximum width of the contents (Text) in this column. How can I do that?How can I fit a table column to the content? Do I have...
View ArticleIDML to INDD conversion
Is there any way programatically using Indesign SDK/any other tool to convert IDML XML archive to a binary INDD file? yes ofcourse, IDML can be directly opened in indesign. I want to create IDML...
View ArticleHow do I observe close events on a library?
I wrote a new class this morning to try and observe close events for libraries. The idea is that I can find out when my library is closed (via code or user) and carry out some actions. The class...
View ArticleMemoryStatics override new/delete as well in Release ?
Hello, I'm using some custom dylibs that in Debug give me problems because they are not compiled against InDesign SDK, therefore they have a different new/delete operators. I took care of that to a...
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How to load ".pln" plugin in indesign
Hi everyone, I have created a plugin using DollyXs " DollyTest.pln " and copied the plugin with its supporting files in the Adobe indesin plugin directory.But when I launch the indesign it gives...
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