Indesign javascript reference guide

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    Is there an InDesign JavaScript Reference?

    /t5/indesign-discussions/is-there-an-indesign-javascript-reference/td-p/2438185 Jan 21, 2010 Jan 21, 2010

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    As a long time Photoshop scripter, I use the Photoshop JavaScript Reference often. It is a full reference to the Photoshop DOM.

    I now need to create some scripts for InDesign and can't find a DOM reference on the Adobe dev site. Does one exists? Or what resources would you recommend to someone who knows ExtendScript but need to learn the InDesign DOM?

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    Community Expert , Jan 21, 2010 Jan 21, 2010 Jongware • Community Expert , Jan 21, 2010 Jan 21, 2010

    Hey thanks Kasyan!

    For all intents and purposes, it contains exactly the same information as shown in the ESTK Help menu -- if I did my job well, that is. It's just presented in a friendlier format, and has lots of extra hyperlinks. And it's CS3/CS4 purple!

    The HTML version is adequate, but the CHM version really shiness -- at least, when viewed with a good HTML Help viewer. Fairly recent Windows viewers allow both indexing and a full text search, which makes life for the occasional scripter far e

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    /t5/indesign-discussions/is-there-an-indesign-javascript-reference/m-p/2438186#M325478 Jan 21, 2010 Jan 21, 2010

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    The best InDesign reference is here.

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    /t5/indesign-discussions/is-there-an-indesign-javascript-reference/m-p/2438187#M325479 Jan 21, 2010 Jan 21, 2010

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    I use the reference found in ExtendScript Toolkit 2, under the menu Help -> Adobe Indesign CS 3 Help.

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    /t5/indesign-discussions/is-there-an-indesign-javascript-reference/m-p/2438188#M325480 Jan 21, 2010 Jan 21, 2010

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    Hey thanks Kasyan!

    For all intents and purposes, it contains exactly the same information as shown in the ESTK Help menu -- if I did my job well, that is. It's just presented in a friendlier format, and has lots of extra hyperlinks. And it's CS3/CS4 purple!

    The HTML version is adequate, but the CHM version really shiness -- at least, when viewed with a good HTML Help viewer. Fairly recent Windows viewers allow both indexing and a full text search, which makes life for the occasional scripter far easier.

    I am very impressed with Robin Lu's Mac OS X viewer iCHM. It's as good as Microsoft's, apart from one tiny error; it doesn't properly shows all UTF8 encoded characters (fortunately, there aren't that many of these in the help text, so therefore it's just a mild nuisance). A must-have for all Mac users.

    A good resource for starters are Adobe's own guides at http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/scripting/ (click the Scripting Resources button)

    The Scripting Guide PDF , for example, contains lots of useful snippets for common tasks.