priint:comet renderer 5.0 History

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:

Mac: Python 3.12.x must be installed in the default location /Library/Frameworks. Other Python installations are not supported. We have tested 3.12.6.
Windows: On Windows, Python 3.12 is already included in the installation package. Further installations are not necessary.
Linux: /usr/lib/python3.12

By the way, you can have any other, even newer Python version(s) installed. These versions are ignored by the priint:comet plug-ins and by comet_pdf.

Please note: In contrast to v4.x, v5.0 requires the Python version 3.12.

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 pdf renderer 5.0.

Revision	Case	Description
v5.0 R35572 16.10.2024	First Release of v5.0	We are pleased to present the First release of version 5 of comet_pdf here.
	Accessibility Structure	Comet_pdf now support the Accessibilty Structure (PDF/UA) of PDF. See here for more information.
	Python improvements	General improvements: All plug-ins new use Python 3.12. For more information see here. Debugging is now available. For more information see here. Performance improvements of up to several hundred percent when running many scripts. Support for serial placeholders. Improved documentation - Added dark mode, improved readability, added several examples, restructuring. CPageItem.getType can now return whether a pageitem is a text on a path. CFrame.setImage has new constants for image placement (backwards compatible). Breaking changes: See porting guide for more information. Constants moved from comet module to comet.constants module. prefs.setPanelEnabled has been deprecated. CGroup.getGroup has been removed. New modules: comet.constants comet.debug comet.file comet.panel comet.pagetemplate New classes: CMagnet CScrap CSpread CDocLink New functions: __repr__ functions for all comet classes, returning a comprehensive string representation containing additional meta information about an object. debug.breakpoint debug.getServerPort debug.isClientConnected debug.isServerStarted debug.setServerPort debug.startServer debug.waitForClient dialog.selectImage file.download file.downloadWebImages file.getDataFile file.PDFCountPages file.setDataFile getVersionMajor getVersionMinor host.getSessionArgument pagetemplate.getElementCount pagetemplate.getElementInfo pagetemplate.getInfo panel.isEnabled panel.isVisible panel.reloadList panel.setEnabled panel.setVisible placeholder.getFuncVarValue placeholder.setFuncVarValue progress.unit publication.checkinByID publication.checkoutByID publication.collectDocuments publication.getProperty publication.revertByID publication.setProperty CCrossRef.getSourceFrame CCrossRef.getSourceIndex CCrossRef.getSourceLength CDocLink.getFrame CDocLink.getPath CDocLink.getState CDocLink.getType CDocLink.relink CDocLink.update CDocument.getCometGroups CDocument.getDocLinks CDocument.getMasterPageItems CDocument.getSpreads CDocument.redraw CFrame.isNote CFrame.removeMagnets CFrame.setBarcode CFrame.setMagnet CFrame.showsTextEnd CHyperlinkDestination.getName CMagnet.getSource CMagnet.getTarget CMagnet.getType CMagnet.isImage CMagnet.isRotationOnly CPage.getSpread CPage.loadMasterItems CPageItem.getAlternativeText CPageItem.setAlternativeText CPageItem.getParent CPageItem.getPDFAccessibility CPageItem.setPDFAccessibility CPageItem.getWrap CPageItem.getWrapIgnore CPageItem.isMasteritemOverriden CPageItem.isOverridenMasteritem CPageItem.overrideMasteritem CPageItem.removeMasteritemOverride CPageItem.setStroke CPageItem.setWrap CPageItem.setWrapIgnore CProduct.setID CQuery.setMethod CScrap.isValid CSOAP.call CSOAP.getList CSOAP.getMessage CSOAP.setLanguage CSOAP.uploadMetaData CSOAP.uploadTemplates CSpread.getDocument CSpread.getPages CSpread.remove CTable.convertToBodyRows CTable.convertToFooterRows CTable.convertToHeaderRows CTable.getSkipFirstHeader CTable.getSkipLastFooter CTable.mergeEqual CTable.mergeEqualInFrame CTable.setSkipFirstHeader CTable.setSkipLastFooter CTextModel.collectLinks CTextModel.copy CTextModel.cut CTextModel.insertProducts CTextModel.paste CTextModel.redraw
	Articles Script Support TW 3052499	For the accessibility structure of the final PDFs we also need to have script support of the articles structure of the documents. The following functions are available now for this purpose: Articles document::get_articles document::articles::count document::articles::get_nth document::articles::find Article document::article::create document::article::remove document::article::set_pos document::article::get_pos document::article::get_name document::article::set_name document::article::get_use_for_export document::article::set_use_for_export Members document::article::get_members document::article::member::add document::article::member::remove Member document::article::member::get_pos document::article::member::set_pos
	Alternative Text for Frames TW 3045637	In InDesign®, an 'Alt Text' can be defined for a frame via the Object Export Options ... -> Object Export Options dialog. This definition is inserted into the accessibility structure of the PDF in PDF export. We now also support this in cScript and in comet_pdf. frame::set_alt frame::get_alt frame::set_pdf_accessibility frame::get_pdf_accessibility
	TW 3168605	In InDesign®, an 'Alt Text' can be defined for a frame via the Apparently the function server::load_placeholder_str replaces ALL unknown <tags> with empty strings in comet_pdf v5.0. However, only the KNOWN tags should be replaced. This error does not occur in v4.3 and the InDesign plugins v5.0. The problem is solved now.