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doc.pathItems.add and line.strokePath inconsistent with document resolution

Applicaton: CS5 and javascript The doc.pathItems.add() and  line.strokePath() scripting commands have inconsistent results with document resolution setting.   In a for loop I create a pathitem line,...

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Hi there... I need a little help with buttons and their actions using flex...

I run a repo company and have zero experience in the developing applications and I could use some help from anybody that is willing to give it.... Here is a basic idea of what I need...  let's say...

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Cross Site LoadMovie and ISAPI Filter

I have the following scenario: I need to distribute my swf and flv files acoording to client IP origin.I am using ISAPI Filter to do the URL redirect.My apllication uses HTML/Flash AS2/JavascriptMy...

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PHP

I'm updating my portfolio to include PHP, however, I'm having trouble getting the PHP to work on a HTML page. The HTML works on the PHP page as expected. How do I connect the PHP to the HTML page....

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Recommendation on How to Make small Interactions with buttons

Hey there adobe Users Ive been given the Task to Make a small vertual Interface for a program for tech support  to help the advisor troubleshoot with customers so bassically i have a bunch of screeen...

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Array of Images - What is the best adobe programm?

Hallo everybody, i'm new to this forum and this is my first post. May someone can help me:I have got 12 images (jpg) of the same size and i want to do an random array of these for a high quality...

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ExtendScript is only running within ExtendScript Toolkit Editor

I wrote a simple script which should sequentially execute individual scripts with different applications utilizing BridgeTalk.The script is working fine if I load it in the ExtendScript Toolkit and...

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Do you use bridgetalk?

As most of you know, Bridgetalk is a way to send and receive, information and scripts, from one Adobe application to another.Does anyone actively use this object?What do you use it for? Launching one...

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Framemaker text to PDF metadata?

Hi, I'd like to write a script that does the following: Gets text from a (non-structured) Framemaker file using paragraph formats.Prints the file to a PDF.Sets the respective metadata fields for the...

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Learning to script Adobe products - Javascript or ExtendScript?

Hi there,I know that ExtendScript is a dialect of Javascript, so if I want to learn scripting, should I first study Javascript or just plough straight into ExtendScript?Regards,David

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How do you revise/modify a single value of an XML element with Extendscript?

I have created the below script to create an XML settings file, that will be recalled upon every execution of a script. I am able to successfully execute the script and get it created, but I'm not so...

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Setting text size in Photoshop script doesn't seem to work

I have written a script and used it for several years to take metadata and place it on a PSD file as a layer as 12 point text. This script runs fine on my main desktop computer running Win7 and...

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Run javascript (not in a jsx file) from the command line extendscript

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knew how to run javascript from the command line in Extendscript (meaning Extendscript would be the target application). I know about the -run command line flag in...

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How to call CreateProcess (window.cep.process.createProcess) from jsx files?

Please forgive me if my question seems stupid, but my experience with js, jsx and web technologies is very limited (console programming background). I need to run external tool to pack the layers...

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Responsive mail merge

We have a spreadsheet from excel, and a document in indesign that is set up to use conditional text in a number of areas.It's already set up for a mail merge, with name and address.  However, there are...

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InDesign Script to find images w/ prefix code, place img on page along with...

Hello,I'm looking for an InDesign script that will prompt me for a code/text, this code/text will be the prefix of images in the sever, and then return the images found with this prefix by placing them...

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Dealing with ExtendScript hangs and long processing times?

Just curious if an ExtendScript for some reason hangs (or takes really long time to run), you just have to kill it externally right? Or is there some other Adobe scripting feature I'm not aware of that...

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Adobe VBScript or COM API fails when Adobe application not already open on a...

Was wondering if anybody might have input on this or observed this themselves. Is there a known issue/bug for this? I'm building scripted tooling to automate tasks in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop,...

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Does ExtendScript have a concept of "main" function/method like when script...

I was just wondering whether ExtendScript has any concept like a main method, whereby if the current script is included by another script like a library import it will not execute this main...

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HTTP requests by sockets rather than Bridge/Bridgetalk?

Has anyone brought this up before? I came across this article that's an implementation of HTTP requests using sockets rather than Bridge's HttpConnection class/object, so this should execute w/o...

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How in ExtendScript(Photoshop) get SolidColor of fill shape?

Hi!I am writinga scriptfor Photoshopthat wouldcomparethe colorlayer(shape or text)to the reference, and if theyhaverepainteddifferentlayer. Withtext layersunderstood, but how to do itfor shapesnot...

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Tracking Conversions

  We have been attempting to create trackable URLs to determine sales conversion rates (based on the URL provided by BC below) for a variety of Facebook ad campaigns. Although we can now track...

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Ability for a video to stop automatically, then seamless start on the next...

Hi  - I have one long MP4 sequence which i have chopped into 20 separate videos. I need the video to stop at the end of each sequence and then when the user clicks, start seamlessly onto the next...

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Script to rename PDF from auto generated name to footer

I have a folder that gets multiple PDF's written to it, and the PDF's have generic names the increment numerically.The footer of each PDF contains a unique name, and I would like to find a script that...

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May We Have an Adobe Version of Flump?

Dear, Adobe.My name is Ashanti Miller and I am a professional digital animator. All mobile Flash animators and developer and myself have the following request: Will you please develop an equivalent to...

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JSON > JavaScript Array - populating form fields

Hello, all, I'm working on a project where the customer has a form to allow a user to filter a database query by name, location, rank, etc. Said customer wants to allow a user to save form data for...

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Does a glossary exist of VB script terminology for InDesign?

I have read all the Adobe tutorials and guides regarding VB scripting. They provide some examples, but if I want to change settings, there is no terminology glossary provided. Very frustrating. I...

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Which adobe software exporting animation createJs, easelJs etc

Hi everyone, Haven't been using other adobe softwares besides photoshop and illustrator for web dev purpose. Does anyone can suggest which adobe software can be used to export animation to createJs,...

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Adobe support contact. How to get in touch with its supporting team?

I am working on a PDF project, aka template forms and Adobe extension. I'd like to know if our design is technically feasible or not. Would it be possible to talk or email them directly?

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Problem Scripting for Recursion over Directories

Howdy, I want to write a function that does a thing to everything in a directory, and recurses over subdirectories if I tell it too, it looks like this:  Folder.prototype.crawl = function(action, mask,...

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Create "Open a File" Action for the same bookmark found in multiple docs

I have on average 20 pdf documents with at 1 bookmark with the same title, "Return to Archive.pdf"I would like to add a cross-document path to the location of the pdf Archive.pdf and have been doing so...

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Create a value in one field, based upon the percentage range in another field.

Good morning, forum folks!  I am trying to create a field which populates a score based on the percentage in another field.  To that end, I have a field which autocalculates a percent based upon two...

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is it possible to run a PS script from within an AI script....

I'm working on improving my workflow by automating some of the things I tend to do alot, and since I tend to go back and forth quite a bit between AI and PS I want to be able to script some of this....

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What SDK or type of development language for panels in Bridge CC

Hi, I want to write my own filter panel in Bridge CC and I'm a little bit confused about the technology to choose.Do I have to write javascript code and build the UI with HTML5/CSS?Or do I have to...

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Limited number of selections in a drop down before pre-poluated fields stop...

I have programed the form so that when a vendor is selected it auto-populates several fields. The issue is that this auto-populating seems to stop working once I go beyond 105 vendors. I have a list of...

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Set property value OriginalFilename to old file name of PDF before changing...

Can this property setting be changed with PowerShell. I can loop through all my pdf and see the property setting under VersionInfo. How would it best store this old file name in the meta data of the...

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Extendscript: Export JPG from Illustrator with IPTC data

How do I export a JPG in Illustrator with basic IPTC data? There is an option to export as a JPG, but there is no opportunity to add IPTC data, like you can do when saving JPGs in Photoshop. How do I...

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How to make script to a dockable panel?

What do I have to add/change in the code to make it dockable? (function(thisObj) {     var scriptPalette = scriptBuildUI(thisObj);     if (scriptPalette !== null && scriptPalette instanceof...

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Adobe Illustrator CS6 vs CC / svg / ExtendScript

Hello, Our customer uses Adobe Illustrator to create illustrations in svg format in order to integrate them into training documents.Two ExtendScript scripts in Illustrator CS6 allows to convert these...

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indesign script - 100 names, 1 per page

Hi there, Is there a script which helps you import a text or excel file (or similar) with 100 names in it. Which inDesign automatically divides into 1 name per page? Just like below

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Buggy version of ExtendScript Toolkit MAC

Hi, just asking: will there ever be a new version of the mentioned program? I am having the following issues on the Mac - Version: loading the program already takes ages, it is loading all the object...

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Broken 3.5 download link

I'm trying to download the Extend Script 3.5 from here: ExtendScript Toolkit Archives But the povided link for Windows zip file is broken....

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i have problem in layout

this is my script that remove and add buttons when resize window. but i've problem in layout window i think. when i resize it i see window boundary jump ....

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ExtendScript Toolkit for Adobe CC 2018

Does Adobe still offer this product? I'm on a mac running 10.13.6ThanksRandy

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ESTK doesn't show any CC apps (except itself)

Hi all, I have CC 2019 (inc. Photoshop, Lightroom).I've just installed the ExtendScript Toolkit CC from the CC app but when I run it, all I have in the target application dropdown is the tool itself...

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Script working for one panel and not another

Hello, I've designed a panel that includes a text area. I'm trying to write a function that collects the text in this panel, and saves it in a JSON file in the same directory that the PPro.proj file is...

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Trying to make Audition script (details in description)

Hi, I'm trying to make a script for Audition that would (in this order):Cut off the last ten seconds of a songHalf the length of the songAdd a 5 second linear fade out at the end of the edited song...

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FlashBuilder ... how screwed am I?

So, .. many years ago, I built 3 products on FlashBuilder 4.5 .. they have been chugging along, doing fine, I've done occasional updates etc. Eventually, I have had to upgrade the laptop, and needed to...

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How to view ExtendScript OMVs without ESTK?

I'm new to scripting, so please forgive me if I get the jargon wrong or miss something totally obvious.  I like to write the odd script for Photoshop etc, but I'm not able to install ExtendScript...

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Why is treeview widget not supported by Photoshop only?

InDesign, Illustrator, and AfterEffects are supported, but only photoshop is not supported.It seems that it became unsupported when moving from Flex to Mondo, but I would like to know the reason why...

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