All plugins and renderers can be started without Python. The Python installation is checked only when Python is really needed (i.e. when a script starts with #!py). If the installation is missing, Python scripts return the error 1. For the first Python script, a corresponding warning message is also shown. The following Python versions are expected:
Whether a program can be executed depends more on the Operating System than on the hardware:
Executability | Until Catalina Mac OS X 10.15 |
Since Big Sur, Mac OS 11 | |
Intel | M Series | ||
Intel-Only Software | Yes | Yes | Rosetta 2 |
Universal Software | No | Yes, in Intel Mode | Yes, in ARM Mode |
We support Universal software from InDesign® and Illustrator® 2022 onwards. The Finder information of all of our plugins contains a corresponding note whether the plugin is Intel or Universal.
Because this file contains entries from our bug tracking system, the content of this file is partly in German.
The table describes the features and bug fixes of the priint:comet ID 4.2 plug-ins.
Revision | Case | Description |
v4.2 R32585 21.03.2023 |
TW 2505240 - Flowchart of Product Build-Ups |
It would be very helpful if there was an illustration (e.g. a flowchart) of how the product setup works. Here it is: productlis::establish. |
TW 2502727 - InDesign Server: placholder::change_tags does not change StringIDs |
placeholder::change_tags (frame, 0, "STRINGID", stringid); does work on InDesign® but not on InDesign® Server. This bug is fixed now. |
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TW 2317240 (2) - Issue with "itemlist::move_to" cscript function |
The parameter allPages introduced in the last release works without errors. Unfortunately, we continue to have problems with frames like in the screenshot: ![]() We get the following result: ![]() For InDesign®, frames belong to the page on which the larger part of the frame's BoundingBox is located. So the result is perfectly correct. But it is clear to us that it is difficult to move frames spread-wise. We have therefore added another parameter spreadWise to the itemlist::move_to function. If this parameter is set to 1, the following result is obtained: ![]() |
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TW 2499761 - Custom dialog tab order is wrong |
When creating a custom dialog using the dialog framework (through cScript or Python), the tab order inside the dialog seems to be random. It would be nice to have the tab order in order of creation of the widgets. The problem is solved now. |
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TW 2499754 - comet.gDocumentID not available |
In InDesign, when running a cScript through the Front Row panel or through a product pool panel action, the global Variable gDocumentID is not available, but only when I have a text cursor set into a text frame. The problem is solved now. |
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TW 2488257 - Color list has shifted |
It seems that the colors of page elements are shifted by one between PubServer setting and plugins. In the plugins an entry in the color list was missing. This is fixed. For an error-free color assignment, the color definition may also have to be corrected on the server side. In case of problems please contact our support again. |
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TW 2494613 - Moving objects during page build |
If a template contains only one frame and this frame is moved by a Layout Rule during the build, the build always starts on a new page after the product. After executing the Layout Rules, we are checking how the frame geometries have changed in the process. After that, the location in the build-grid is updated accordingly. For the check of the frame geometries the size was used so far - but with a merely shifted frame this remains unchanged. Hence the problem. The problem is solved now. |
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TW 2481524 - Issue with placeholder prefix |
I have a placeholders pre/post fixes defined like this: No, the definitions are well done. The problem was inside the plugins and is fixed now. |
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v4.2 R32423 01.03.2023 |
Availability of cScript functions TW 2469000 |
The list of cScript functions contains the new 'c/o' column with the availability in the different environments. May it be helpful. |
Distinct Results for xmlquery TW 2468999 |
The distinct keyword can be used to remove multiple entries from xmlquery selects. The problem is that results are already removed if they are the same in only one column. Using the new syntax distinct (colName [, colName]) the uniqueness can be restricted to a any number of specific columns now. |
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xmlquery : n-th sub-element TW 2470522 |
Using the new keyword child_N you can easily refer to the n-th child an an XML element with xmlquery now. |
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Copy/Paste Layout Rules TW 2465699 |
You now can copy/paste Layout Rules
between frames and text placeholders. To do that use the new fly-out menues
Copy, Paste and
Paste All
or the buttons |
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Python Enhancements |
The following improvements are now available for the Python integration:
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XPATH Improvements TW 2476833 |
Our XPATH implementation now also successfully executes statements where elements with different paths are found: foo//bar foo/following-sibling::bar foo/../bar |
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TW 2483539 - = - Placeholder not working |
I lock a local change of a placeholder using the = of panel ToDo List. But unfortunately the state of the placeholder is set back to 'Changed' on every sync. This bug is fixed. Attention: Defective placeholders must be decoupled once and then locked again using the = button of the ToDo List. |
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TW 2479367 - comet.link.collect unknown parameter identifier |
I noticed a possible bug when using Python or an error in the documentation. When running the comet.link.collect function, I actually wanted to pass named parameters to avoid having to write empty parameters in the function call. In the online documentation, the parameter for the placeholder IDs is called "placeholders"; in the VSCode plugin it is explained with “placeHolders”. http://kb.priint.com/comet/PyDoc/Module_link.html#comet.link.collect When executing both variants ... The correct keyword for the link.collect function is 'placeholderIDs'. The documentation is fixed now. |
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TW 2483408 - Different parameter names in comet.placeholder |
Mir ist bei den Python-Funktionen comet.placeholder.link und comet.placeholder.load
aufgefallen, dass die die Parameter zum Ausführen der Layoutregeln unterschiedliche
heißen (applyLayoutRules & applyRules):
Ich habe den Parameter für comet.placeholder.load jetzt umbenannt nach "applyLayoutRules" - damit ist der Parameter bei beiden Funktionen gleich benannt. Konsistenz ist mir immer enorm wichtig! |
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TW 2481622 - Layoutrule 'Unique Columns' changes all columns |
Even if I want to edit only one column range of the table, all column widths will be changed anyway. This happens whenever the table is to be brought to frame width at the same time. We have now changed the behavior of the rule so that only the specified columns are changed in the process as well. |
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TW 2483482 - table::broaden_to_frame for specific columns |
Using the function table::broaden_to_frame I can adjust the width of a table to the frame width (res. column width). The adjustment of the width is done either over one or all columns. Is there also the possibility to specify a range of columns (e.g. 2-5)? The function has a new parameter for this now in which a column list can be specified. |
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TW 2483472 - The left and right paragraph indentions are not taken into account by table::broaden_to_frame |
The function table::broaden_to_frame does not taken the left and right paragraph indentions into account. In case of paragraph indentions, the table becomes too wide. This problem is solved. |
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TW 2478006 - Some Panels do not Recognize InDesign Selections |
I probably came across a bug in the InDesign plugin that affects various panels. When a page element is selected in InDesign and one of a few specific panels is then opened, the element's Comet settings are not recognized and the panel appears blank. It's only after the InDesign is deselected and I reselect the element while the panel is open that the Comet settings appear. As far as I know, this affects the following panels, among others: design rules placeholder The bug occurs to me most of the time. During a test, I was in an offline XML project and logged on to a pub server. After that, the bug no longer occurred, at least in the design rules panel. It still appeared in the placeholder panel afterwards. I am currently using version 4.2 R32286 for InDesign 18.1 on Windows Boah, ... . We have tried to cover all situations and have fixed the 2 or 3 that did not respond |
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TW 2481524 - Placeholders Pre/postfix cannot set paragraph style for empty placholders |
I have a placeholders pre-fix defined by #pStyle "red". But if the placeholder is empty (e.g. = <0x200B> the "red" style is not applied. The problem is fixed now. |
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TW 2470692 - Wrong Result of Caculated Columns of xmlquery |
Functions like substr (child_2.value, 3, 3) are not computed correctly for result columns with dots (.) like child_2.value by xmlquery. The bug is an unexpected side effect of fix of Fogbugz Case 27192 (How nice the case numbers were back then) and exists since v4.1.7 R26955 (May 09 2020) The bug is fixed now. |
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TW 2465672 - Wrong output for Excel fractions with 3 digits |
Fractions with 3 digits produce a wrong output in excel::read. E.g. 5.123 is written as 5.12 instead of 5 100/813. This problem is solved. |
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TW 2465582 - Activating the metadata notes export for InDesign® Server |
Contrary to older requirements, the InDesign® Server shall now export Comet Notes in the metadata too. To ensure backward compatibility, this capability should be able to be set via a script command in the AfterLogin script. So we need a new script command for this. prefs::add_notes_to_metadata will do this job. |
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TW 2465546 - How to get the direct content of an Excel cell? |
Using the (fantastic) excel::read function, I can pretty much fetch the contents of an Excel cell as it is displayed in Excel. Is there also a way to get the direct and unformatted value? You can do that with the following parameter settings now:
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TW 2464390 - Wrong output for Excel fractions like 5 12/100 |
Excel cells with fractions like 'As quarter', 'As half', ... are unfortunately still output incorrectly. This 'problem' is solved now. |
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TW 2464386 - excel::get_format always returns an error |
The cscript function excel::get_format always returns an error. The problem is fixed now. |
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v4.2 R32286 07.02.2023 |
Templates with InDesign Version |
Templates can now be tagged with an InDesign version to protect against overwriting. This can prevent newer InDesigns from overwriting older templates and making them unusable for older InDesigns. See here for more information. |
Install License by Menu |
There is now a program menu to install priint:comet license files. We hope that this will make licensing easier:
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SSO Login TW 2190436 |
The plugins now support Single Sign On (SSO) as a login method for the PubServer. To do this, use the menu Plug-Ins -> Connect with Publishing Server (SSO)... . For SSO Logins the installation of PubServer 4.2.3136 is mandatory! |
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Placing Preview Images TW 2463012 |
You now can place images of the Previews panel directly into your documents. To do that, simply drag and drop image entries to empty places in the document. If at least one document frame is selected, the new frame is created as an exact copy of the first selected frame. Otherwise, a new frame of size 100x100 is created. The image is placed in the new frame with the settings of the Previews panel.
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Load Sub-Products by Script TW 2457826 |
Until now, only the top level products of the Product Pool could be loaded via script. Now you can load the subentries by script too. Please take care : The subentries must still be implemented in the panelstatements (and not in the findstatements like the top level script based statements).
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run_python extended | The cScript function run_python now supports IDType, IDTypeList, Product and ProductList as input variables. | |
Automatically Apply Parent Pages TW 2440594 |
If the page template of a page is changed by page::set_info, the parent page defined in the page template can now be applied at the same time. |
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TW 2451306 - InDesign Server crashes at Shutdown |
InDesign® Server 2022 always crashes during normal shutdown. I have tested with Mac OS Ventura. Here is the crash log:
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 AppFramework 0x1190b0a58 0x1190a0000 + 68184
1 AppFramework 0x1190b0a50 0x1190a0000 + 68176
2 SoapServer 0x10f5e0bf4 0x10f5a8000 + 232436
3 SoapServer 0x10f5e10cc 0x10f5a8000 + 233676
4 AppKit 0x19e7be360 -[NSApplication _handleEvent:] + 60
As you can see from the log, our plugins are not involved in the crash at all. And this is also confirmed if InDesign® Server is started completely without our plugins. Also then the crash is exactly the same. So unfortunately there is nothing we can do here. |
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TW 2459284 - Crash on python function CPage.setSize |
Using the Python function Page.setSize will reproducible crash InDesign. The error occurs on the Mac only. The bug is fixed now. |
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TW 2454990 - Return value of frame::place_pdf_with_crop |
In case of invalid page numbers the function frame::place_pdf_with_crop
behaves differently in InDesign® and comet_pdf:
The behavior is now consistent: In both cases the first page is automatically placed. The same applies to the function frame::place_pdf. Additionally, the functions now have an additional parameter to control the behavior in case of wrong page numbers. See here for more information. |
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TW 2453712 - file::pdf_count_pages returns an error |
PDFs with binary data generate an error when calling the function file::pdf_count_pages. The problem is fixed. |
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TW 2454898 - Wrong/Missing UI scaling in Key-Value-Mapping dialog |
The key-value-mapping dialog is not adjusted to the UI scaling. That's why you can't click the Okay button anymore. This is fixed. |
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TW 2461649 - Translations panel does not work anymore |
For some time now, the Translations panel seems to have stopped working. The Translations panel is a YLYSYK (You Look, You See, You Know) panel and has no documentation therefore. Unfortunately, there was nothing more with "You See". This is fixed now and the panel works as expected again. |
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TW 2458072 - productlist::append with not allowDoubles does not work |
If I use productlist::append with not allowDoubles, the list stays empty always. The problem is solved now. |
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TW 2451690 - Embed an inline image with <w2inline>. |
Is it possible to automatically embed an inline image created with <w2inline>? With the specification ... embed_image 1 ... in the <in> resp. <w2inline> tag this works now. |
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TW 2458070 - excelquery does not resolve alias names of files like "$DATAFILE" |
I have an excelquery like this: #pragma var "ROW" #pragma var "COLUMN" "$EXCELFILE" select "%s" with plain <Unquoted_ROW>, <Unquoted_COLUMN> EXCELFILE is defined in the Settings panels. But the statement failed because $EXCELFILE is not replaced in the path but appended to the path of my current xml folder. The problem is solved now. |
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TW 2453646 - Globally opened Excel files are closed only on logout |
Globally opened Excel files are closed only on logout. This could be a bit late if you have several (many) tables open. Is there any way to close the files sooner as well? Reading in the Excel files is quite fast. We therefore close globally opened Excels at the next Idle time now always. |
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TW 2453560 - excelquery crashes InDesign if 'script ID' is used in the statement |
I have an excelquery like this: "$DESKTOP/Formats.xlsx" select "%s" with tt "Table 1"!C17 script 905 This call crashes InDesign reproducibly. If I omit the script 905, it works. The script 905 does nothing: int main () { return 0; } Yes, this is a side effect of the Illustrator® integration for Excel. The bug is fixed. |
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TW 2451639 - Wrong results with excel::read for number variables |
When I use excel::read or excelquery with type kInt or kFloat as out value type, the result is usually wrong or empty. For example, if I have a cell with the value 5.12 in the representation 5 1/8, I get the result 5 for float (but not 5.12). This bug is fixed now. |
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TW 2451299 - Wrong results for excel::last_col et al. in case of images |
If the last/first column/row of an Excel sheet does contain images only (and no text in any cell), this column/row is not taken into account by the functions excel::last_col, ... . This is done now (but since you can not import images from the Excel file now, this fix will not have any effect). |
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TW 2446819 - Tag Replacements in Panel Publication Information |
The tags <ID>, <ID2>, ... are not replaced in the panelstatements 100 (and others) for loading the panel Publication Information. This is fixed now. |
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TW 2443017 - document::begin_sequence does not work |
I use the function document::begin_sequence in a Front Row action. Unfortunately, the call has no effect. Yes, the Front Row actions cover the action by its own (and additional) commend sequence. Unfortunately, this is necessary for a working One Step Undo. So you should avoid using document::begin_sequence in front row actions.
At this point we also cleaned up a bit and marked the functions
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v4.2 R32141 17.01.2023 |
Comet Notes Script Support TW 2389744 |
With a collection of new script commands it is now possible to select Comet Notes and link with new targets.
The script commands are available for both InDesign® and comet_pdf. |
Improved Excel Import |
The Excel import (e.g. excel::read) now reads all standard number formats and all date/time formats. Only user-defined numbers are not yet imported in an Excel-compliant way.
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Python Enhancements |
There are several new enhancements to the Python integration, inlucing a bugfix for the notorious 'ModuleNotFoundError'. |
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TW 2411359 - pyImport-Method: Import the same script file several times |
It is about the import via the comet.pyImport() method, of a file that has already been imported by another script. Apparently there is the problem that the already imported script cannot be recognized from the XCache. This problem is fixed. |
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TW 2418265 - Missing Template Type |
When I update a template, the preview of the template is animated in the panel, but the old preview is still displayed. Only when I reload the panel, the new preview appears. Also, in my Templates panel, the icon for the template type is missing. This happens when the configuration is incomplete. In this case the panel statement 23 was missing. This is of course a configuration error. Anyway, we now use a default statement anyway when panel statement 23 is missing. |
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TW 2301485 - Upload for Documents via Comet doesn't work |
It seems that the Comet Plugin has issues in keeping the correct document ids after a manual save. This needs to be discussed with WerkII to assure that they check for issues on their side. The problem was that we had mistakenly defined the integer parts of the document IDs in the script as char* strings. Because of this, the IDs were no longer correct, of course. The error is fixed. |
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TW 2419485 - Entering comments for Comet Notes is very slow |
Comments for Outlined Comet Notes could be made directly in the Comet Notes panel. This works, but it is very slow. Each letter takes about 2 seconds. The reason is that every change is immediately applied to the document and the panel. Of course, this takes a moment. But of course, 2 seconds is too long. We managed to shorten this so that you can write (almost) at normal speed. |
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TW 2419488 - Searching for the content of Outlines Comet notes does not work |
The content search for Comet Notes of the Comet Notes panel unfortunately ignores the comments of Outline notes. This is fixed. The search now also works for outline notes. |
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TW 2421484 - After deleting a placeholder variant, the placeholder list is loaded incorrectly |
When I delete a Placeholder Variant from the Placeholders panel, the placeholder list is reloaded afterwards. But then almost all entries are missing. Only when I press the magnifying glass again, I get all entries again. Yes, this is because the ALT key is held down to delete the variant - and it is still held down when the list is (automatically) reloaded. But Load+ALT means : Load the Recent Entries. So you see the recent entries now only. We solved this problem now and you will get the same panel entries as before the deletion of the variant now (except the one you've even deleted of course :-) ). |
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TW 2418340 - Printing unsigned ints in cScript |
Is ist possible, to format an integer value as unsigned in the wlog, printf, ... functions of cscript? Int numbers are internally represented in cScript as 64-bit numbers. These are gigantic numbers and there are actually no applications for unsigned in our environment. But if you really want to do that : with %u you can do it now. See here for more information. Try this: showmessage ("%d\n%u\n%x", 0x800000000000000F, 0x800000000000000F, 0x800000000000000F); |
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TW 2414344 - Crash on Mac when trying to reserve too much memory using alloc |
If the cScript alloc function is to allocate more memory than available, InDesign® crashes on the Mac. The reason for the crash seems to be different for Intel and M1:
We were able to work around the problem by reaching deep into the bag of tricks. 18 Exa-Bytes of RAM are still not available of course, but it no longer leads to a crash |
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TW 2413318 - document::get_links gives wrong results in case of inline frames |
The function document::get_links can shrink its results by a given page number and/or layer. This work perfectly if all the links (images) are 'normal' images frames. But if there are also some inlines with images, the results are wrong. The bug is fixed now. |
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TW 2371392 - TABs encoded as <0x0009> interfere with the ToDos panel |
If a placeholder is loaded with TaggedText and the text contains coded tabs (<0x0009>) then the TosDos panel always reports an error. The funny thing is that when comparing the document and database values, it still says that both values are equal. Yes, the problem is that TABs should not be encoded in TaggedText. If you replace <0x0009> with a TAB (\t), the problem no longer occurs. Nevertheless, we have adapted our string comparison (string::get_netweight) so that <0x0009> is automatically taken into account as well. This solves the problem even without any changes on your side. |
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TW 2363206 - Error message when placeholder list is loaded |
Every time I load the Placeholder list, I get a message that placeholder_variants.xml cannot be loaded. The error only occurs in PubServer/SOAP connections and only when the + button at the top left of the panel is enabled (blue). In this case, the panel tries to load all Placeholder Variants as well. If the system is not yet extended accordingly, this message appears. The problem is fixed now. You will now only get a corresponding message when you actually want to create a new variant (the small + at the bottom of the Placeholder panel), and not already when loading the placeholder list. |
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TW 2413275 - productlist::to_xml : Product Type missing |
In the xml created by productlist::to_xml the product type (normal, new, deleted, moved, page template) is missing. We have added this entry now. The value is also read by productlist::from_xml |
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TW 2403655 - gFrame not defined in Table Module methods |
Apparently, in the methods of the Table Module, the variable gFrame is no longer defined since v4.2. This is fixed. The variable is now defined again in Table Module Insert and Layout methods and contains a reference to the first frame of the tables text chain. |
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v4.1.8 R32064 20.12.2022 |
JSON Support in cScript | It should be published only in v4.3. But you can test it already today: The JSON support of cScript. A (not yet quite complete) documentation can be found here. |
TW 2384313 - Issue build up product position with function productlist::establish | Sometimes the next product of a build-chain after the one we build with the continue frame has the wrong position (not always but in some cases). The next product does not place in the position x and y of the page template element but got moved to the top with an offset. This problem is solved. |
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TW 2409139 - 'Keep Products Together' falls in an infinite loop with continuations |
The product build-up falls into an infinite loop in the following situation:
The problem is solved now. |
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TW 2409139 - 'Keep Products Together' falls in an infinite loop with continuations |
The product build-up falls into an infinite loop in the following situation:
The problem is solved now. |
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TW 2407430 - itemlist::adapt_by doesn't work for master page items |
itemlist::adapt_by fails while adapating
frames of This problem was a little bit more difficult to solve: Geometry operations always require the page of the frames. But master parent page frames do not have a page. To solve this problem, we had to dig a little deeper into the bag of tricks. It works now. |
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TW 2407421 - itemlist::adapt_by opens a new document | I tried to use the itemlist::adapt_by script command. This works. But it always opens a new document, which then becomes the new front document. When my script then continues to work, it continues to works there of course - and unfortunately not in my original document. Oh, the document was only open for testing purposes. Apparently no one has used this command until now. The problem is fixed. |
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TW 2406041 - W2ML import adds [Empty Placeholder] to originally unlinked frames | When I export an unlinked frame (e.g. no placeholder) to W2ML and re-import the W2ML again, the frame gets an "unlinked" marker afterwards in the document. This frame marking is now prevented. |
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TW 2405909 - Get the hosting app of a cscript | Is there a way to query the executing program of a script? Yes, you can use system::version:
But since the version number increases by 1 every year, this will no longer work in 5 years. To prevent this the parameter isServer is called hostApp now and returns the program type:
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TW 2407237 - cScript function document::get_styles always returns an error | The CScript function document::get_styles always returns an error even if the collected styles seem correct. The problem is fixed. |
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Python Enhancements |
There are several new enhancements to the Python integration. |
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TW 2385322 - Small typos in New Features and Bug Fixes splash screen. | I discovered two small typos in the latest New Features and Bug Fixes splash screen. As a result, 'Improved' and 'highlighting' are both misspelled. ... |
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TW 2372207 - Error while downloading actions from SOAP |
When downloading the actions from a SOAP (Pub Server) connection, the error -43 occurs from time to time. The error only happens on the Mac (tested with Mac OS X 10.14 - Mojave) and always affects diffferent files. Most of actions can be loaded, but in about 1 out of 100 cases this error occurs. We've' found a workaround that solves the problem after a long search. |
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TW 2384391 - linklist::insert_toc_entry ignores hidden frames | My document contains a number of hidden frames (hidden by itself!, not by the layer!). Unfortunately, these frames are ignored when linklist::insert_toc_entry is called. What can I do about this? If the value 8 is added to parameter flags of the function, the placeholders of hidden frames are also collected. This hint was unfortunately missing in the documentation (and has now been added.) So you can use the feature immediately even without new plugins. |
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TW 2384310 - What is the Xcell license for? | In the order dialog there is also a license for a product called priint:xcell. What is that ? This is the license for the priint:xcell plugin of the same name. At our CEO's request, we have now removed this entry. |
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TW 2384305 - Connection labels cut off and ellipsed incorrectly | Most panel have a label with the current data connection at the bottom. But on some panels the text overlaps the following button, is cut off incorrectly or ellipsized differently. I would suggest that the 'overset points' (...) are always in the middle of the label. I would like to have your problems ... Anyway, I have revised all the labels again accordingly. The labels should all fit now and are abbr...ed in the middle. |
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TW 2384294 - Help button missing in panel Placeholder Values | All other panel now have a small help button in the lower right corner. In the panel Placeholder Values this was probably forgotten, right? The panel even has FOUR help buttons - one for each category - the turquoise name of the category. You just have to click on it. But if it calms you down, we have additionally added another button at the bottom right :-) |
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TW tickets/2384289 - Help button missing in panel Web Images | All other panel now have a small help button in the lower right corner. In the panel Web Images this was probably forgotten, right? Yes, that's it. The Help button has now been inserted. |
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TW 2383447 - BuildSupport for Additional pages does not work correctly |
Unfortunately, the BuildSupport for Creating New Pages does not work properly yet. I only add a single product that creates another page with an additional frame. But unfortunately the product is built TWICE. And also the second product gets a following page with an additional frame. It's just like building the same product two times. Magic Moments :-) The problem is solved now. |
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TW 2382282 - UIDs missing for frames added in BuildSupport |
When I create new pages in the BuildSupport script and create new frames there, all these frames lack the display of the UID in the document. Is that a bad thing? No, that's not bad. But I fixed it anyway. |
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TW 2380771 - Export an XMLTree to JSON |
Is there any way to easily export an cScript XML tree to JSON? No, there is no possibility for this so far. But with the methods of the xmlnode module you could write it yourself with reasonable effort. We have also implemented the new xmlquery::to_json method. |
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TW 2379352 - xmlquery::open does not parse the tree |
The xmlquery::open function does not seem to read the XML tree ht immediately. Unfortunately, if you try to write a copy with xmlquery::write immediately after opening the tree, the copy remains empty. The tree is not read in immediately because at this point it is not yet clear whether xmlquery or XPATH should be used as the query language. Both methods require different internal representations of the tree and parsing the tree is therefore done first if necessary for performance reasons. Nevertheless, we have added another optional parameter to the function, which can be used to read the tree immediately when it is opened. For more information see here. |
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TW 2377657 - Comet Notes Panel - UI Bug |
Hi Team, I’m using “priint.comet 4.2 R31859” across InDesign® 2020 thru 2022 on MacOS. I’ve run into an issue where the Comet Notes panel has a display issue when there are many notes in the list. They crash behind the rest of the panel. FXD |
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TW 2377655 - English Translations in New Outlined-Comet Note tool |
In the latest build, “priint.comet 4.2 R31859” a new tool was introduced for Comet Notes. The translation of the fly-out menu is still in German. FXD |
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v4.2 R31940 28.11.2022 |
Docu Improvements |
The doc now comes with built-in syntax hilightning for cScript and XML. In addition, behind the functions, types, keywords and global variables of cScript there are tooltips and links that are activated on mouse hovers. Here's an arbitrary example script. To see the tooltips, please move the mouse over a cScript function, type or keyword. Nevertheless, the Copy buttons in the upper right corner of the code examples will continue to work. #include "internal/types.h" int main () { ItemRef frame = item::alloc (); int result; result = frame::create ( frame, kStar, 10.0, 210.0, 300.0, 400.0, 2, // Page "Layer 3", // Layer name 1, // Number of columns 0, // Vertical columns 12.3, // Column gutter 13, 40 // Sides and length ); if (result != 0) { showmessage ("Error %d" ,result); item::release (frame); return 1; } result = frame::create (frame, kLine, 10.0, 210.0, 300.0, 400.0, 2, // Page "Layer 3", // Layer name ); frame::stroke_rgb (frame, 255, 0, 0, 20.0); frame::color (frame, "", 1, 1); item::release (frame); return 1; } |
TW 2373192 - Get color name via table::cell::get_strokecolor_cmyk not working for InDesign® Server |
With the script functions table::cell::get_strokecolor_cmyk et al. the color name (swatch) can also be determined. This works with InDesign® but with InDesign® Server unfortunately not. This problem is solved now. |
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TW 2371903 - Buildsupport: Creating new frames for added pages only supports row wise 1:N element |
In the BuildSupport Script, additional frames can be created after creating new page. These frames are then properly placed in the current 1:N page element. Unfortunately, this only works for a row-by-row page elements. Is it possible to do this also for a column-wise elements? I've improved the behavior accordingly. |
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TW 2340355 - Frame set to ignore by Template Behavior not always being ignored |
The Template Behavior setting 'Ignore Frame'
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v4.2 R31859 09.11.2022 |
Documents > 2GB TW 2240846 |
The plugins now support documents whose ZIPs are larger than 2GB. Please note: From a user's point of view, such large documents are not a nice experience. These documents not only push InDesign® to its limits, also the times for packaging and loading these files become unbearably long. Usually it should be possible to reduce the size of the documents - e.g. do not embed images but link them or even do an intermediate export of the documents to IDML, that can work wonders here! If nothing helps, you can try to split the documents and combine the parts in books. |
Outlined Comet Notes |
Next to the Comet Notes button in the toolbar you can find
a new tool for so called Outlined Comet Notes now. The left one
is for the (old) Comet Notes with its text text inside, the right one is new and will create so called
outlined Comet Notes and arrows: To add a describing comment to the outlined notes, please use the new multi-line edit field at the bottom of the Comet Notes panel. Here's a screenshot of some new outlined Comet Notes. ![]() |
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Save Your Note Layouts |
The Comet Notes panel has four new fly-out menus now:
With the help of these menus you can manage the the default layout of your note types (stroke width and type, colors, corners, etc.). |
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New Default Layout of Comet Notes |
All Comet Notes are coming this rounded corners now (but you can easily change your default layout - see above). ![]() |
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Local File Name for Web Images TW 2235323 |
The download files of Web Images can now be provided with own name suffixes or even own file names and the display names are automatically sent through the translation process now. See here for more information. |
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TW 2343337 - Drag&Drop behavior changed in Comet 4.2? |
I have a template with a frame. This frame has a placeholder that does the following:
Really?! You add a frame, only to delete it again right away?! You're practically sawing off the branch you're sitting on? And then the tree and the saw are to blame? Yes, that used to be possible in the past - but at the high price of crashes if you were just a little careless. Anyway, we got the problem solved with some effort. |
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TW 2355829 - file::size returns wrong values for files > 2 GB |
The function file::size unfortunately returns wrong results for files larger than 2 GB. This bug is fixed now. |
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TW 2355822 - file::read/write delimited by 2GB |
The cScript functions file::read and file::write are obviously delimited by a file size of 2GB. Could that be? Yes, that is unfortunately the case so far. The problem is that the corresponding functions of the MacOS API for reading and writing files are limited to 32 bit lengths. We were able to work around this problem and can now read and write files larger than 2 GB. |
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TW 2343799 - Language consistency for placeholder visibility options |
I was writing some documentation and discovered that the language used for the placeholder visibility options is different between the InDesign® toolbar and the menu bar/ right click context menu:
The menu bar/ right click gives us:
But the toolbar gives us:
Is it possible to make the language match between these two elements? Both 3rd entries are called now Show [Placeholder] with Status. |
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TW 2345447 - Unclear Tool-tips in Template Behavior |
I was trying to better understand smart templates and found an unclear tooltip for the frame settings in the Template Behavior Panel. I have included a screenshot below. For the third column (Text Continuation), the tool tip refers to three settings: Black Triangle, White Triangle, and Empty. However, there is not a black triangle in the current UI, and what is described as "White" may be incorrect. The help text is changed to Filled resp. Empty Triangle now. |
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TW 2354189 - Mysterious results with textmodel::get_linenr in table cells |
When I call textmodel::get_linenr with a text position inside a table cell, I get a line number that is greater than the line number of the entire text. Yes, the line numbers in the table cells isaresimply incremented after the primary text. Of course, you can't do that much with these numbers. In table cells, therefore, the line number within the cell is now returned. |
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TW 2317240 - Issue with itemlist::move_to cscript function |
If the list of frames contains frames from multiple pages, the function itemlist::move_to moves only the frames from the page of the first frame. The frames are not moved individually but as a 'group'. Therefore it makes no sense to move frames of different pages at the same time. But we improved the function to move the frames page-wise. |
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TW 2294420 - Multiple containers for same URL in Web-Images |
When I insert multiple Web Images with the same URL and password into the document, each frame gets its own container in the panel. Yes, this is because in each frame the password is coded differently. The issue is fixed now. |
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v4.2 R31755 17.10.2022 |
Keep Products Together |
Products can be kept together with their successor product in such a way that both products are placed on one page when building-up products now. See here for more information. |
Search Placeholders by ID TW 2258240 |
You now can search placeholderers in Placeolders panel by their IDs too. Simply add a =, >, >=, <, <=, or ? before the ID(s) you wich to search for using the search field Name. According hints are also given on the tool tip of the search field. | |
Search Templates by ID TW 2274805 |
You now can search templates in Templates panel by their IDs too. Simply add a =, >, >=, <, <=, or ? before the ID(s) you wich to search for using the search field Name. According hints are also given on the tool tip of the search field. | |
Info Label for Placeholders TW 2256689 |
With the use of Infos2 you now can add a
visible label to frame placeholders. If such a label
is defined, the content of label is show at the frame if the
placeholders are set to visible:
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TW 2270048 - Longer Labels for Search Fields of Preview Panel |
To support a little bit longer search field labels in thr Previews panel we rearranged the Previews panel a bit. If you change the panels width, the following is done with the controls on the top of the panel:
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TW 2258237 - Unvisible Nails and Magnets Cursors |
When I use a larger UI scaling in InDesign® 2022, the cursors of the nails and magnets become invisible. This problem is fixed now. Workaround: Turn off Scale Cursor Proportionally in your InDesign® preferencens. |
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TW 2276331 - Pop-up Dialog Title for assigned user in Comet Notes |
I think the translation key may have be misconfigured for this dialog when assigning a user for a Comet Note. Could you look into it for the next release. Or, is there a global way we can change it for our customer? We’re getting ready for UAT for them and want to have a good user experience. FXD |
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TW 2237675 - Crash in Products of Document |
Pressing the << key of panel Products of Document while holding down the ALT key will crash InDesign®. This is fixed. |
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v4.2 R31701 29.09.2022 |
Set/Get Line Ends |
We have now implemented the following functions for to set/get line ends (arrows): |
Python enhancements |
There are several new enhancements to the Python integration:
For more information see here. |
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run_python expanded | The CScript function run_python now supports passing a wide range of custom global variables to the Python script | |
URL Previews Naming |
You now can use Web Image URLs with //// delimited display names in the Previews panel. In addition, if the previews name is empty, the Web Image display name is used as the previews names in panel. |
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TeamWork 2228178 - Passwords in URLs of previews should not be shown in the panel 'Previews' |
The passwords in URLs of previews should not be shown in the panel 'Previews'. We replace the passwords in the Previews panel now by '***'. The same we did in the help text, in the Preview Details panel, in Web images and for the log file. |
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TeamWork 2218097 - Preview Details doesn't show URL defined images |
Unfortunately, when I select a preview entry with an URL image, no image is displayed in the Preview Details panel. FXD |
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TeamWork 2215600 - gRun not available in the "Document double-click" script |
Since the change to the PlugIn version R31400 and InDesign ® 2022 we have the issue that "gRun" is no longer recognized in the double-click script (1002). Please for info and/or examination. gRun is defined in panel actions and placeholder scripts only, see here. For the sake of peace, we now define the variable with the value 0 in all other scripts as well. |
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TeamWork 2217911 - Decode Base64 like SOAP |
Base64 decoding is Base64 decoding but just in case: To check the SOAP log files I want to be sure, that I use the same Base64 decoder like SOAP. Is there a way to do this with cScript? In principle there is the function decode_base64 for this. Anyway, I have added another parameter there. If this parameter has a value unequal 0, now exactly the same Base64 decoder is used, which is also used by gSOAP. |
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TeamWork 2220370 - Page reorganization with hidden frames |
Our customer thinks that it used to be possible to use a page layout or page reorganization in such a way that the distance to the next product was not increased by hidden frames. This is a regression of fix FogBugz 32585 We reverted the change and are exploring other options |
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TeamWork 2189569 - Image pixels information issue in Preview panel |
The images of my Previews panel all show 1 x 1 px as image size. This always happens when the preview entries are configured via the PubServer with Java. The default size of the images here is always set to 1 x 1. To fix the error, the following lines should be added in the Java method:
preview.setWidth(0); Then the InDesign® plugins will automatically calculate the sizes correctly. To avoid this fix in the future, the plugins will now calculate the image sizes also if the 1 is given for image dimensions. |
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TeamWork 2175270 - Previews of Media Proxy URLs in Preview Panel are not loaded |
In the Preview Panel I can define URLs for the images. This works and I can link my document frames against this images. Nice! But unfortunately I can see no preview of in the panel itself. This only happens with so-called Mediaproxy URLs with the specification ?downloadUrl=http... . The bug is fixed now, we had defined the cookie needed in these cases incorrectly. |
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TeamWork 2176688 - Crash when attempting to manipulate gProductsDirect |
Everytime I use the gProductsDirect list provided in Build Support Scripts my InDesign® crashes immediately. The problem is fixed now. |
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TeamWork 2199751 - Selected entry in Previews panel issue |
We have found an issue in selected product in the product pool while testing the Previews panel new feature. ■ Preproduce steps
■ Problem In the preview panel, it doesn't change anything, it still shows images belong to the first product ■ Expectation In the preview panel, it should show all images having in the second product. This is fixed now. |
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TeamWork 2212861 - Product frames get torn apart when new page is created during product build |
It is possible that during a product build, a template containing of multiple frames next to each other gets torn apart when a new page is created. Some frames are moved to the right by the width of the newly created page, resulting in a product which never fits any page element. Afterwards the build process is cancelled. For this to happen the following conditions have to apply:
When creating a page in InDesign, frames not on the left page (>50% of area) get moved to the right by the width of the newly inserted page. This is an InDesign behavior. We build a hopefully correct workaround around this behavior. |
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TeamWork 2179205 - Python scripts through CometSOAPService cause InDesign® server to hang. |
When e.g. triggering a Python rendering script through priint planner which fails for any reason, the InDesign® Server becomes unresponsive afterwards. Also it seems the script is triggered twice. FXD |
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TeamWork 2212849 - Product build calculates grid position wrongly |
During a row-wise product build it can sometimes happen that the grid position of the next product is calculated wrongly when layout rules change the size of the current product in the situation kAfterBuild. This then causes wrong placement on a newly created page. FXD |
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TeamWork 2174313 - InDesign® Translations panel crashes when dragging |
In comet InDesign® the translations panel seems to crash when I undock it. FXD |
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run_python provides wrong values for gLen |
When using the CScript function run_python in a text placeholder which has loaded text before the call, the value of gLen is wrong and reflects the initial value before replacing the text FXD. We now properly update the value of gLen before executing the Python script |
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v4.2 R31400 12.08.2022 |
Exclusive Layout Rules |
You now can mark Layout Rules as to be Exclusive. If at least one Layout Rules is mark as Exclusive, all other layout lules are ignored until the exclusivity is taken away from all layout rules. See here for more information. |
Teamwork 2168042 - Auto-create Missing Page Template not working for ODBC |
The newly introduced feature that I can automatically create missing page template documents via ALT click on the fly unfortunately does not work for ODBC connections. FXD |
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TeamWork 2158311 - Comet-Notes page preview not updated |
It's only a small update issue: If I select a Comet Note of type 'Page' I can see a small screenshot of the page in panel 'Comet Notes'. Then I change a frame of this page and select the note again. But the page screenshot remains the same. Only when I select another page note, the image changes. Really, a very small 'bug'. It is a side effect of the fix for FB 27451 and could be fixed now. The page preview will now be updated correctly. |
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TeamWork 2161175 - Cannot download mediaproxy URL |
priint:comet URLs for the media proxy cannot be loaded if the download URL contains encoded characters of the like %3A. These characters are apparently converted back before the download. In the example the %XX's are re-translated into their original letters. But the included download URL must be passed on unchanged:
https://aaa.bbb.de/...?downloadUrl=https%3A%2F%2F... Yes, in the plugins any corrections are made to the URLs. This was exactly the default in other cases and without these corrections these URLs will no longer work. Since we can't decide which parts of a URL need correction and which don't, I suppress the correction in all URLs that contain the text ?downloadUrl=http (in exactly this notation!) after consulting our IT. This solves the problem (again : for exactly such URLs). See here for more information. |
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TeamWork 2153471 - Template Metadata 'Used in Placeholder' |
In the template metadata dialog, in the lower part there are some settings for 'The template is to be used the placeholder of a repeating element'. What is this for? This is an old setting that automatically links (or creates) a placeholder to the template that supports the template as a repeating element. This setting is no longer needed and the entire block is removed from the dialog therefor. Here's a screenshot of the new templates metadata dialog:
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TeamWork 2148251 - Placeholder Panel menu 'Initial Placeholder Versions' |
What is the Placeholder panel fly-out menu 'Initial Placeholder Versions' for? The menu come from the early days of our plugins, when the definition of the placeholders has grown again and again. The submenus were used to add the new data to the missing placeholders already set in documents. That was all a long time ago and noone will have placeholders that old anymore. We have therefore now removed these menus. |
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TeamWork 2147806 - Reorganization from a certain entry of the Product List |
In the panel Products of Document, I can start the reorganization only from a certain entry (product or page template). In the productlist::reorganize script command, I can only specify a starting frame, but not a list entry. But my list entry would be a page template (and therefore naturally has no frame) - because I want to reorganize from this page. I have added a corresponding parameter to the function. If the new parameter firstEntry is not empty and contained in the product list of the call, the reorganization is only started from this entry. The specification of the first frame is ignored in this case. |
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TeamWork 2140174 - Placeholder Description not shown anywhere anymore |
I remember that the description of a placeholder was shown as a tooltip in the placeholder list. But that apparently doesn't work anymore. The hints are now shown again. |
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TeamWork 2140164 - Placeholder Options Magnifier Glass not working |
Under som e circumstances the magnifier glass of the Placeholder Option panel does not work. In the log I see error messages like these:
select class, type, id, ...,
objectnameidprefix, postfix, ... node
metadata.placeholder where id > 0 orderby id Yes, the problem occurs with XML offline and SOAP when the placeholder definitions contain the attributes postfix, prefixifempty, .... The problem is solved. |
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TeamWork 2133774 - ☢ InDesign® Crashes on Startup with comet installed |
If you have selected a publication when closing InDesign® (selected is sufficient, the publication does not have to be open), InDesign® cannot be started afterwards. Only a single start without the priint:comet plugins solves the problem. InDesign® tries here to restore the old list selection. This is not possible, of course, because the publications are not loaded at all. No idea why InDesing® is so brash and optimistic here. We have to disappoint InDesign® at this point and now expilcitly resolve the list selection again when restarting. This solves the problem. |
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TeamWork 2135492 - rect::alloc behaves unexpected |
The rect::alloc function apparently corrects the input values so that a rectangle is created that is as correct as possible. E.g., the input (0.0, 20.0, 0.0, 0.0) creates the rectangle (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 20.0). That's actually only fair from the InDesign API behind it. But we now set all components individually, then you can also define 'wrong' rectangles. |
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TeamWork 2137578 - ☢ Text Layout Rule Search And Replace crashes InDesign® |
Everytime the layout rule Search and Replace should be executed, InDesign® chrashes immediately. The bug ist fixed now. |
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TeamWork 2135276 - frame::set_corner only set the left top corner |
Even if I choose 'all corners' the function frame::set_corner only sets the top left corner of the frame. This is apparently a new bug in the InDesign® API. It definitely worked in the past. But the workaround is of course simple :-) The bug is fixed. |
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v4.2 R31313 25.07.2022 |
Online Help in Panels |
All priint:comet panles now have a ? link at the bottom right to display an appropriate help. May it be helpfull :-) In the Table Module and PlaceHolder Options panels, the help can be opened by clicking on the (green-blue) subheadings. |
TeamWork 2129575 - Image-Infos in previewpanelstatements ignored |
I include the following image info in my PreviewStatement: "", 234, 567, 360, 24, // Format, Width, Height, Resolution, BitDepth But in the panel my values for width, height, ... are not displayed. This is because the given format is empty. In this case, we charge for the image info inside the plug-ins. I know that I wrote in the doc that the internal calculation is only done when all the entries are empty (or 0). This remark was actually wrong, but anyway, we only fill in the values of the internal calculation that you have not filled now. Here's an example: "", 234, 0, 360, 0, Here we will only calculate the image format, height and color depth. For the image width and resolution, we will use your information, whether it is correct or not. |
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TeamWork 2129536 - Error 35 (SSL connect error) while downloading preview URL |
My URLs of the preview palette unfortunately always generate the 35 error (SSL connect error), but if I use the same URL for a Web Image, the download works. The bug is a side effect of Case 2129681 (file::download ends with error 35 (SSL connect error), see below. We have created the workaround here, but please keep in mind the following hint from the Previews Documentation: Attention : Despite all efforts, it may happen that URLs cannot be resolved. Non-resolvable URLs are not subject of the WERK II support! Please feel free to contact our support in these cases, but please understand that we treat enhancements in this area as (chargeable) feature requests. |
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TeamWork 2129681 - file::download ends with error 35 (SSL connect error) |
I try to download an URL using file::download. But unfortunately this always ends with the error 35 (SSL connect error). I have tried a lot with combinations of the CURL options, but nothing helps. Can you please help me here? We ran into a bug in the CURL version we are using here, which we had already fixed for the Web Images some time ago: The communication endpoint (the so-called peer) checks the incoming SSL certificate, but is configured in such a way that the certificate check may also be omitted. On the client side, this is controlled by the CURL option CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER. When the verify value is 0, the connection succeeds regardless of the names in the certificate. At least according to theory :-) But in the used CURL version 7.55 setting the option to 0 does not work. Instead of setting the value to 0, you must omit the option completely. Then it works. What a trick. The error is fixed. |
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TeamWork 2121598 - Python method CFrame.getTextModel not working |
The Python method CFrame.getTextModel seems not to work.
An error has crept in during a revision of our internal error handling and affects the following functions:
Thesse bugs are fixed. |
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TeamWork 2127615 - Custom Value of FuncVar is reset always to empty |
When I set the value of a function variable to 'Custom', any existing old value is removed. Is it not possible to keep the current value with this action? We can do that as well. If a value is already entered, this value is now automatically taken over by the inline edit. Then you can change the value. |
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TeamWork 2127589 - FuncVar : Automatically show inline for 'Custom Value' |
In the function variables one can set the value 'Custom'. To set the value then, the column 'Custom Value' must be clicked three times. Then an inline edit appears where you can enter the value. Can't the inline edit appear automatically? Yes, we can. This is how it is done now. |
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TeamWork 2125819 - Readability of the function variables in Placeholder Options |
When the Function Variables are locked, the values of the function variables are unfortunately grayed out and therefor difficult to read. Unfortunately, the locked state is the normal case. Is there anything that can be done here? Yes we can, the values of the list are now no longer disabled - but they can also not be changed when the lock is closed. When trying to change a value, only a warning appears. |
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TeamWork 2125783 - Placeholder Options panel too high |
The panel Placeholder Options with the function variables is unfortunately so high that it no longer fits on every screen. Is there anything that can be done? We have re-designed the panel a bit, so that it is now a little less high. Hopefully that fits then. |
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TeamWork 2121405 - Create PageTemplate Document from Defintion |
Sometimes there is no document for a Page Template. Product Build-Ups and 'Show Page Elements in document work this way, but if you want to change the page template, of course this does not work. You now can ALT double click such entries. A new document with all defined elements is then generated automatically. |
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TeamWork 2121415 - kEnd does not work Table Layout Rules |
The textmodel variable kEnd does not work properly in Table Layout Rules. FXD |
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TeamWork 2117655 - Too many function variables |
If a Function Variable has more than 30 values to choose from (we have heard of up to 2,000 (sic!) values), you should talk to your IT about user experiance. Regardless of your IT, a dialog instead of the dropdown will automatically appear when clicked. This list can be easily narrowed down to a manageable length using the Value search field. Additionally you can reorder the list with DragAndDrop and with ALT+arrow keys. Maybe this creates a better overview. With a click on the word Value you can restore the original sorting. Double clicking a list entry will take this value. By clicking 'Okay' the first selected (or first) entry of the list is used as value. |
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v4.2 R31168 08.07.2022 |
Web Images Proxy |
Web Images now can use proxies. See here for more information. |
FogBugz 32618- ☢ Loading Previews or documents from databases crashes InDesign® |
With SQL data connections, as soon as a preview or a document has to be loaded from the database, InDesign® crashes. The problem is fixed. |
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FogBugz 32619- No content transfer for template changes |
If the reorginzation is not started at the first entry of panel, 'Products of Document' makes InDesign® crash. The problem is fixed. |
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FogBugz 32603- ☢ No content transfer for template changes |
If the reorganization has to change a template, the frame content is no longer transferred correctly. The error occurs for frames with continuation only. The problem is fixed. |
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FogBugz 32523 - HTML to Tagged errors with repeating <b>'s and <i>'s |
We have discovered some bugs when converting HTML with repeated <b> and <i> tags to TaggedText. These errors are fixed. |
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FogBugz 32553, 32468 - ☢ Preview Panel image replacement not working in 4.2 |
I cannot tell if this is a change in functionality, user error, or a bug. In 4.1.8 and prior, I could use the preview panel to replace an image on the page with one of the others shown in the panel by clicking the blue left facing arrow in the panel. However, 4.2 (any build so far), that same button (now with updated icon) does not yield the same result. Nothing happens. Is this a change to the function in 4.2? am I doing something wrong? is this a bug? It was a bug - and is fixed now. |
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FogBugz 32565 - dialog::wcheckbox not working |
Apparently the dialog::wcheckbox function does not work properly. In any case, the status of the checkboxes does not change as a result of these calls. This problem is fixed. |
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FogBugz 32460 - Frame reduced in height during drag and drop - second try |
After we fixed this problem in the last release, it apparently still exists. O sorry, this was a problem with our source code management system. We fixed the bug again and it should work now. |
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FogBugz 32583 - \ in HTML missing in html::to_tagged |
Backslashes given with \ in HTML are missing in the tagged text of html::to_tagged. If the character is doubled, it appears once. The problem is solved now. |
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FogBugz 32564 - ☢ Mac problems with Python functions |
Python functions with int variables lead to errors during execution. This becomes clear e.g. here: swatch.redefine(comet.kSwatchSpaceRGB, (255, 0, 0), 0) A message appears that the first parameter is 0 and therefore outside the allowed range. Corresponding errors are triggered by all functions with comparable parameters. The problem occurred on Mac OS only and was caused by different definitions of the integer data type used on Mac and Windows. The errors are fixed. |
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FogBugz 32556 - Template settings dialog minimum size too big |
When editing the settings of a template using the templates panel it is possible to set a minimum expected height and width. These fields require at least a minimum value of 10pt - there are cases where we need an even lower minimum size. We lowered the minimum to 3 pt for each dimension which is the minimum size for an InDesign® frame you can set in the UI. |
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FogBugz 32547 - build support script not working |
It seems the return value for build support scripts is not evaluated in 4.2 InDesign® plugins and comet_pdf. This was a regression where the script result was not properly evaluated from the build support script. |
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FogBugz 32591 - Table module ends with the unexpected error 403 |
In my table module configuration I call a so called Table module cell content action action. The actions ends with the following lines : wlog ("", "##### END TABLE CELL tc_combined_ids()n");
return 0;
But in the log file I see the following error messages:
##### END TABLE CELL tc_combined_ids() Obviously, something went wrong here internally in the plug-ins. The error occurred from v4.2 only and is fixed now. |
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FogBugz 32588 - Pre/Postfix remains after changing placeholder |
When I change a text placeholder with prefix and/or postfix via the Placeholder panel, the old prefix and postfix texts remain in document. But the placeholder itself has no more pre/postfixes in Placeholder Options. Yes, this behavior is not quite consistent. When relinking or removing placeholders via the Placeholder panel, any pre/postfixes are therefore now automatically deleted. |
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FogBugz 32586 - Remove Red Dots from the whole document |
Since v4.1.8 R29511 we have the possibility to remove the red dot artefacts from the text selection or the from all selected frames. Is there a way to remove the red dots from the whole document too? We changed the behaviour a little bit: If any text is selected, the red dots from this text are removed. If you have no text selection, the red dots from the whole document are removed (instead of cleaning the selected frames only). See here for more information. |
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FogBugz 32585 - Invisble frames not taken in account for bbox of build products |
In product build ups, invisible products are not taken into account for the geometric size of the product. But if the next product should be placed, the invisible frames prevent placements to this position. Invisible frames are now included in the size calculation of the product. |
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v4.2 R30871 20.06.2022 |
linklist::collect Treshold |
I sort my linklist::collect entries by kSortRowwise. This works, but if a frame is just one point below another, it immediately belongs to the next 'row'. Is there any kind of tolerance that can be built into this? We have now added a tolerance that can be defined in linklist::collect. Default is 0. For more information see the documentation of linklist::collect. |
Add Pages while Building Products |
Additional pages can now be added to built-up products in the Build Support Script. See here for more information. |
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Sort Links Dialog |
With the new Sort Links Dialog document placeholders can be sorted manually before editing. For more information see document::sortlinks_dialog. |
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FogBugz 32529 - Reorganize a Single Page Crash InDesign® |
On Comet 4.2 (InDesign® 2020 – 2022) R30779 reorganizing a single page crashes InDesign® for both Windows and MacOS. comet 4.1.8 does not appear to present the same behavior. I've included the InDesign® comet log from 2020 and a screen recording of InDesign® crashing after the last product was moved. Also included is the crash log. I'm running on MacOS Monterey on an M1. The behavior was also observed on an Intel Mac and a windows machine. The problem is solved now. |
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FogBugz 32528 - Templates resetting on page reorg |
The content of friendly frames is no longer taken over when changing templates during reorganizations. The problem is an unexpected side effect of the fix of case 31735 (v4.1.8 R30323, 2. march 2022) and is fixed now. |
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FogBugz 32504 - Wrong values in gRun |
Unfortunately the (originally) negative values like -2, -3, ... are wrong in gRun and are delivered as 'unsigned' with the values 4294967294, ... . The problem occurred only on the Mac and is now solved. |
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FogBugz 32506 - Still Having Problems with Passwords in Web Image URLs |
We still habe problems with the encrypted passowords in URLs of Web Images. The fix of case 32406 is working: BUT : If the encrypted pwd ends with a slash itself, you will get 4 slashes and your method with the three slashes around the encrypred pwd will fail. What a hassle. We would most like to write the password unencrypted into the document. But okay, we solved this problem too. |
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FogBugz 32498 - Web-Images and VerifyHost problems |
Sorry to say, but the following URL cannot be loaded:
The problem is apparently that the server rejects requests with VerifyHost turned off. But that was the default setting for the Web Images (because other queries have asked for exactly that). But of course, we can not look at the URL of the image, which piggy you would like. So we try both now: First with verify host, afterwards without. This solves the problem. |
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FogBugz 32469 - Product Template & Description ID Colliding |
I have a small feature request: Could a change be made so the template ID number not obscure descriptions? Currently the readability is impacted with longer descriptions. I reduced the font size of the template IDs a bit and corrected the line breaks. This solves the problem. |
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FogBugz 32460 - Frame reduced in height during drag and drop |
I have a page filling frame in a template. When I drag and drop a product with this template, this frame is always reduced to to a height of 500pt. If I use the same template in the product build, the height stays correct. We had limited the frame size to 500pt in Drag And Drop. This is fixed. |
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v4.2 R30779 23.05.2022 |
InDesign® 2022 (17.2) |
All new priint:comet plug-ins (starting with release) for Adobe InDesign® 2022 and Adobe InDesign® Server 2022 require version 17.2 of Adobe InDesign® and Adobe InDesign® Server. With older versions of Adobe InDesign® 2022 and Adobe InDesign® Server 2022, the new priint:comet plug-ins will no longer start. |
Python not Required Anymore |
Python Support on MacsFor the Mac InDesign® 2022 plug-ins of the last release R30683 it was mandatory to have Python 3.10 installed. Without the installation of Python 3.10, the plugins could not be started on the Mac. We are pleased to inform you that this restriction is no longer necessary: The plug-ins will start now even if no Python is installed. Python scripts are terminated with an error in this case. If you wish to run Python scripts, the following Python versions must be installed:
In all cases, the installation must be located at the default path /Library/Frameworks. Deviating Python installations are not supported. Python installer can be found at www.python.org. |
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Native Apple Silicon Support |
Native Apple Silicon (M1) SupportSince a while Apple Macs are delivered with Apple Silicon M1. Apple said that this chip has the world's fasted CPU core "in low power silicon", and we also think our new Macs are quite fast! Well, this architecture change requires some software changes. Adobe InDesign® release 16.3 onwards, InDesign runs in native mode on Apple computers using the Apple Silicon M1 chip. Today we are proud to announce that our comet plug-ins for Adobe InDesign® 2022, Adobe InDesign® Server 2022 and Adobe Illustrator® 2022 are available in native versions for Mac OS 12 (Monterey). To install these so called universal plug-ins use the installers with Universal (or ARM for releases pior R30370) in their names. These plug-ins will work natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon M1 based Macs with Mac OS 12 (Monterey) at least. Please note, that the universal plug-ins will not run on Mac OS versions prior Mac OS 12, not even on Mac OS 11 (Big Sur)! Please use the 'normal' installers in these cases and activate the Rosettta 2 mode in case of Big Sur für InDesign resp. Illustrator. |
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New CScript functions | There are new cScript functions available: | |
Stamping Frames | With the new stamp functions, frames can be edited sequentially by clicking. See here for more information. | |
FogBugz 32376 - gRun not defined while building products |
The variable gRun is not defined while building products. FXD |
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FogBugz 32415 - Wrong Z order of master page items |
Loading the placeholders of master page items (e.g by app.comet.build with option "localize-masteritems:true;") may change the Z order of the master frames. This is fixed. |
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FogBugz 32406 - cURL Error 3 while downloading Web Images |
I have an Web Image URL containing a user name and a password. The password is kindly encoded when writing to the document. But apparently the encoding can contain characters that break the URL, e.g. some additional /s. This bug is fixed now. Encoded password are enclosed in /// now automatically. Here's an example: http://paul:///AU+mn2/87c/Ppm8=///@priint-grid-mediaproxy-service:80 |
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FogBugz 32401 - Get placeholder prefix via linklist |
Is there any way to determine the pre/postfix of a placeholder I got by linklist::collect? We have added the following new functions to do that: |
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FogBugz 32400 - Immediately apply placeholder prefix |
I change the prefix of a placeholder using placeholder::change_tags and the slot "Prefix". This changes the placeholder correctly - but unfortunately the new prefix is only applied when the placeholder is reloaded. Is it possible to apply the prefix immediately? Until now, this does not work. But if you add "+Apply" to the prefix slots now, the new prefix will be inserted into the document immediately. See here for more information. |
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FogBugz 32368 - Not able to show Publication Info Previews |
We are trying to show the preview in the publication info panel, we used panel statements 100 and 101 for the same. So far we are not able to get the same as there not much information is available regarding these panels can you please let us know in which structure these two panels receive the response. The problem occurs in PubServer/SOAP connections only. The panel now can show publication previews in PubServer/SOAP connections too, see here for more information. Please note that creating Publicatiou previews is not supported in SOAP/PubServer connection for now! |
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FogBugz 32388 - Preview Panel Crashed |
The following situation leads to a crash of InDesign®:
This problem is fixed now. |
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v4.2 R30683 04.05.2022 |
Python Enhancements |
There are several new enhancements to the Python integration:
For more information see here |
New CScript functions |
There are new cScript functions available: |
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Native Apple Silicon Installer |
There are installers for the native Apple Silicon plug-ins now for InDesign® 2022 and InDesign® Server 2022 as well. From MacOS 12 (Monterey) use the installers with the name suffix ARM to install the so called universal versions of the plug-ins. These plugins will run on both Intel and Apple Silicon (M1) machines. But please note : The universial plugins will not run on system prior Monterey!. For versions prior Monterey (MacOS 12) please use the 'normal' installers without the ARM suffix. |
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FogBugz 32340 - frame::get_rotate returns 0.0 already |
The function frame::get_rotate always returns the value 0.0 since some time. Tested with v4.1.8 R30603. FXD |
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FogBugz 32339 - document::sync::create_variant ignores default paramters |
The doc says that all parameters of the document::sync::create_variant function have default values. But if I don't specify any parameters, I get the error parameterMissingErr. At least the first parameter must have a value. FXD |
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FogBugz 32336 - Building products with table templates will crash InDesign® |
In the Comic showcase there is a template (Vorlage 01 li) that contains a table template. When I try to build a product (a comic) with this template, InDesign® crashes immediately. If I use another template without a table, everything works. The error occurs in V4.2 with Apple M1. FXD |
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v4.2 R30603 12.04.2022 |
Mac M1 Native Support |
We proudly present our first version of native InDesign® 2022 plugins for the Mac M1 with this release. An installer will be available in the next release, until then please follow these steps for installation:
If you wish to use ODBC data connections (CoreService or CoreService [Database]), iODBC drivers and the connectors must be reinstalled to support Universal apps. |
FogBugz 32289 - Crash while completing a Comet Note |
In the new ToDos panel, Comet Notes are now also shown. And with a right-click I should be able to set the note to Done. But in this case InDesign® crashes immediately. The target layer for 'Done' Comet Notes must be configured in the data pool by panelstament 151, see here for more information. Of course, a lack of the script should not immediately lead to a crash. This is fixed now. |
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FogBugz 32284 - <Tags> in double-click script not resolved |
Defined <tags> can be used in the double-click scripts of the Publications panel. Unfortunately, these tags are no longer replaced in v4.2. FXD |
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FogBugz 32274 - Incorrect display of Publications |
Sometimes the list entries of the publication palette are indented faslsch. The error occurs only with SQL connections. FXD |
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FogBugz 32218 - UI Scaling Bug with priint:Comet 4.2 R 30482 |
Using a screen scaling factor greater than 100% produces graphical bugs in the priint:Comet plugin connection UI. FXD |
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FogBugz 32215 - 4.2 Comet "New Features" takes you to 4.1 release notes |
I just installed the official release of Comet 4.2 (InDesign® CC 2022, MacOS) R30482. I noticed the magenta links take you to the 4.1 release notes (https://kb.priint.com/comet/news_4.1.html), not 4.2 (https://kb.priint.com/comet/news_4.2.html) It's a minor issue, but could cause confusion for users. FXD |
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FogBugz 32186 - Error while downloading ~_R.png version of customized product icon |
The newly introduced _R images of the Product Pool unfortunately cause problems. On Windows, they only generate annoying error messages. On the Mac, after loading the products, none of the InDesign® menus work. The error only occurs with PubServer connections. The error is fixed. |
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v4.2 R30464 23.03.2022 |
Customized Rollover Icons |
The Product Pool panel now supports also customized icons for selected list entries. The only thing you have to do is providing a ~_R.png image along with the other icon(s). See here for more information. |
FogBugz 32121 - Crash when using gProducts in 'Pagetemplate applied' script |
When I use gProducts in a Page Template Applied script, InDesign® immediately crashes. This does not occur until v4.2 R30060. FXD |
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FogBugz 32050 - system::version gives wrong answer in InDesign® 2022 |
The script function system::version gives the answer 16 in InDesign® 2022. Shouldn't that be 17? Yes, 17 would be correct. The error only occurred under Windows and is fixed now. |
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FogBugz 32049 - v4.2 of ID2022 writes to log file idlog_cs16 |
The v4.2 version of the plugins uses the wrong default log path Lidlog_cs16.log (instead of cs17) in InDesign® 2022. The bug is fixed (but in reality it should be called idlog_v17.log. But I'm afraid that renaming it will only get us into trouble with customers). |
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FogBugz 32045 - Info about missing license in panel priint:adjust |
In the priint:adjust panel, almost all buttons are disabled for me. What is the reason for this? A priint:adjust license is required for the panel. Only the buttons for nails and magnets (around the preview) can be used with a priint:comet license. If a priint:adjust license is missing, an according note is now shown at the top of the panel now. |
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FogBugz 32027 - frame::fit_image does not work anymore |
In v4.2 of the plugins, the function frame::fit_image with method 5 (comet placement) unfortunately no longer works. The bug is fixed. WorkaroundPlease also enter the parameter size with the default 0.0: frame::fit_image (gFrame, 5, 5, 0.0);
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v4.2 R30323 02.03.2022 |
Hello, this is the first release version of priint:comet v4.2 InDesign® plug-ins. | |
FogBugz 31856 - Crash after adding priint:adjust action to frame |
I have some priint:adjust actions in my data pool. When I assign such an action to a frame using the priint:adjust panel, InDesign® starts behaving strangely:
The problem is solved now. |
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FogBugz 31832 - productlist::remove not working |
The productlist::remove function does not seem to work. My list has the same length after calling this function. (and, uh, I'm sure the item to be removed is actually in the list). The error only occurs in v4.2 and is now fixed. |
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v4.2 R30121 09.02.2022 |
No Functional Changes |
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v4.2 R30060 03.02.2022 |
All previous versions of the priint:comet plug-ins contain a serious bug that can cause your entire hard drive including all mounted drives to be deleted. Although the error only occurs in the following situations you should urgently replace older priint:comet plug-in versions. Calls to cScript function document::update_url_links Calls to cScript function itemlist::update_url_links Fly-out menu Update All Web Images of panel Web Images If you can not or do not want to update the priint:comet plug-ins, you should at least remove the plug-in URLink from their installation! |
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Find Python Functions |
The search of the cScript documentation now also searches within the Python documentation. |
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Python Links in Doku |
cScript functions with a Python equivalent now have a corresponding reference into the Python documentation. Vice versa, the Python documentation contains corresponding links to the cScript functions. |
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v4.2 R29595 16.12.2021 |
FogBugz 31425 - Notes with page index created on wrong page |
The page numbers of the notes.xml are 1-based. Unfortunately,
however, the page numbers are apparently evaluated by index (so
0-based) the plug-ins. So a note of the second document page lands
after a re-import on the page with the index 2 -
and unfortunately this is page 3 in the document.
FXD. |
v4.2 R29266 19.10.2021 |
Basic License Extension | The priint:comet BASIC license has limited product build-ups and reorganizations to one page until now. In double-page documents, this restriction has been extended to double pages since now. |
v4.2 R29216 30.09.2021 |
FogBugz 31007 - Comet Notes on the paste board will lose their positions on Hide/Show |
Comet Notes that are completely in the paste board are shown at an incorrect position after a hide and show again. fxd |
FogBugz 29776 - New Comet Notes are always 'Information' only |
Comet notes created with the "New Comet Note" tool always have the status 'Information'. Better would be 'Task', right? Yes :-) Done. |
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FogBugz 29772 - Comet-Notes page preview missing |
The Comet Notes panel should show a preview of the page for page notes. But it doesn't - the preview is empty. FXD |
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FogBugz 29771 - Cannot set state 'Ignore frame' in panel 'Template Behavior' |
If the data pool does not support the Templates:hasShapes property, the frame cannot be set to "Ignore" in the template behavior. The corresponding setting is then disabled. FXD |