INDESIGN CS3: Loading the PLace Cursor with Multiple Files
INDESIGN CS3: Loading the PLace Cursor with Multiple Files
- Subject: INDESIGN CS3: Loading the PLace Cursor with Multiple Files
- From: Rick Gordon <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:01:36 -0800
Title: INDESIGN CS3: Loading the PLace Cursor with
Multiple Files
Is it possible to script InDesign CS3 to pass the Finder
selection (of images) to InDesign, resulting in a loaded place cursor
ready for the user to place?
I've just tried a short experiment, but don't have time to get
into it much now.
tell application "Finder"
set
vFinderSelectionList to selection
end tell
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3"
tell active document
tell
active spread
place (item 1 of vFinderSelectionList as alias) --FAILS
end tell
end
tell
end tell
The "place" line fails with the error "alias
\"<WHATEVER>.psd\" doesn't understand the place
message.""
Obviously that's just a test for the first image in a list
anyway, but can I assume:
1) I'd need to provide more attributes, and what would result is
a placed image, not a loaded place cursor ready for user
interaction
2) It may not be possible anyway, as the dictionary suggests that
the object of a place command should be an alias or a string, and does
not mention a list?
place alias or string :
The file to place. Supported by the following objects: spread, page,
master spread, page item, oval, rectangle, graphic line, polygon,
image, EPS, PDF, WMF, PICT, graphic, imported page.
[on
reference] : Where to place the file. Can accept: spread, page, master
spread, page item or graphic.
[place
point number or string] : The point at which to place (only
applicable if you are telling a page or spread to place)
[destination layer layer]
: The layer on which to place (only applicable if you are telling a
page or spread to place)
[showing options boolean] : Whether to
display the import options dialog
[autoflowing boolean] : Whether to autoflow placed
text
[with properties record] : Initial values for
properties of the new object
? list of reference :
The placed file. Can return: list of page items, graphics, movies,
sounds, stories or texts.
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RICK GORDON
EMERALD VALLEY GRAPHICS AND CONSULTING
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WWW: http://www.shelterpub.com
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