G+_Chris McGee (Sturm) Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask about it, but I'm going to do so, anyway. :~) I'm trying to teach myself ExtendScript so I can automate some very tedious tasks in Adobe InDesign CS6… I know it's based off of JavaScript and I've already gone through a lot of beginner's tutorials. I also know that there's a sort of "reference guide" available through Adobe's ESTK in their InDesign DOM, but I can't really understand that resource; it doesn't make sense to me. Is there something in-between a beginner's tutorial on JavaScript and that incomprehensible DOM? Perhaps a more accessible reference guide to ExtendScript's various functions, the methods and properties available for each one, how and when to use them, etc.? #ExtendScript #JavaScript #Adobe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Elizabeth Whitmire Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 I can't offer help because I don't know scripting. But I do have a question: would ExtendScript let you do stuff that Adobe CS6's built in "Actions" scripting won't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Chris McGee (Sturm) Posted May 16, 2013 Author Share Posted May 16, 2013 As I understand it, scripting for the Adobe products is not as easy as creating Actions inside the program, but it is orders of magnitude more powerful. For instance, you can have a single script perform tasks across several applications, whereas Actions only work within their respective programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Elizabeth Whitmire Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Oh that makes sense. Thanks :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Russell Heimlich Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I would start here just to get my feet wet. This should show you everything that is available to you. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16108012/extendscript-how-to-add-indesign-dom-to-extendscript-object-model-viewer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Chris McGee (Sturm) Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 Actually, I do have the InDesign DOM already built-in to ESTK via its Object Model Viewer; it's just pretty much incomprehensible to me. If I want to know what properties and methods are available for a TextBox class, the Object Model Viewer doesn't tell me. At least, I've never figured out how to get it to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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