Re: InDesign scripting conundrum No 2
Re: InDesign scripting conundrum No 2
- Subject: Re: InDesign scripting conundrum No 2
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 20:10:30 +1000
On 13/4/02 10:11 PM +1000, David Lloyd, email@hidden, wrote:
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Here is another InDesign/ OS X snippet that's holding me up:
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tell application "InDesign 2.0"
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tell document 1
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set theText to name of
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(info for (path to scripting additions folder))
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set contents of text frame 1 to theText
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end tell
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end tell
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This just doesn't work on OS X, it leaves the text frame empty.
Here, it puts "ScriptingAdditions" in the frame, as expected.
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But I if change the line to:
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set contents of text frame 1 to theText as Unicode Text
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...it works, but...
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...it also places visible 'square' characters at random after the text.
Again, I get a simple "ScriptingAdditions", no odd characters.
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These characters prove to be ascii number 13s, (or return characters).
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The oddity is that it appends 2, 3, 4, 5 or none of these characters after
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the text randomly, sometimes none at all.
That sounds very odd. Maybe deleting prefs and reinstalling is in order. Did
you install while 10.1.3 was running?
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Once again, it's a OS X issue, it's OK on OS 9.2.2, where the Unicode bit
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isn't required.
I fear your OS X installation of ID is hosed, somehow.
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Shane Stanley, email@hidden
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