Adobe InDesign Cookbook

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• Communicating between JavaScript and the Creative Suite SDK using HostObject
  • Zak Nelson 
  •   May 18, 2010
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  Problem

  You need the ability to call JavaScript functions from the Creative Suite SDK (CS SDK) and vice versa.

  Solution

  In the following code, I'll explain how to use HostObject to communicate between JavaScript and the CS SDK. This will involve embedding your JavaScript in your swf and defining interfaces for communication between the two different contexts. Note, this recipe will not cover using CSXSInterface.evalScript but that is another viable method for communicating from the CS SDK to JavaScript.

• InDesign Template Files for ADPS
  • Peter Villevoye 
  •   February 10, 2012
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  Problem

  Creating InDesign files from scrap for digital (tablet) publications isn't too difficult. But you need to design within certain borders and boundaries, and 'soft proof' your creation constantly.

  Solution

  Well, check out these templates !

• Overlay Creator panel Scrollable Frame experiments
  • mark@easeltraining 
  •   April 2, 2012
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  Problem

  Additional creative ideas for using the Scrollable Frame option within the Overlay Panel.

  Solution

  Examples of the using the new Scrollable Frame option within the Overlay Creator panel. Embedded buttons, multi-stack objects, image sequences and more.

• ComboBox that uses a NativeMenu (Air API)
  • Bob Stucky 
  •   June 25, 2010
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  Problem

  When using a ComboBox, the menu for the ComboBox is clipped by the stage. If you need wide menu items, you have little choice by place the ComboBox so that this isn't an issue.

  Solution

  This example extends a ComboBox to use the NativeMenu class (flash.display.NativeMenu) to display the menu for the ComboBox, eliminating this problem.

• Using InDesign doScript UndoModes in ActionScript
  • Harbs. 
  •   January 30, 2011
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  Problem

  UndoModes in InDesign (CS4 and later) allow for multiple steps in a script to be saved as a single step in the undo stack. Using this capability in a CS SDK extension is not very straight-forward because you can't pass in ActionScript code to a doScript. doScript() accepts one of the three scripting languages which ActionScript is not one.

  Solution

  Use one of the native scripting languages as the argument of the doScript(). There are many ways of approaching this as described below.