Custom SOAP icons show nothing for HiDPI display mode.

[Fixed]

The placeholder eye icons on the placeholder entries on the placeholder panel cannot be activated

[Fixed] - This was just a display error and the icon should be working again

The placeholder load button in the lower left corner of the placeholder panel is not working.

[Fixed]

The edit->priint:comet menu entries for logging into SQL databases or SOAP are enabled even though a connection is already active

[Fixed]

When I select 2 image placeholders and load product data from the product pool, one of my images becomes deselected.

[Fixed]

• frame::gettext

Apparently the info @@SEQ, @@LABEL, ... which can be defined in file-based FrontRow scripts are not evaluated correctly in the Mac version of the plugins. Whatever I write, unfortunately nothing changes in the panel representation of the script.

[Fixed]

The problem was not the Mac version. The problem was file scripts with non-UTF characters, which can occur in the Mac ASCII set. Therefore the error has been seen only here.

When a FrontRow button is clicked, the script is executed twice always.

[Fixed]

The error only occurs on the Mac and is fixed now.

When there is no connection the Front Row panel is locked like other panels. Since there is now the feature of offline script folders, can this panel be unlocked when no data connection is available?

[Fixed]

The menu 'Insert Comet Text' to insert HTML formated text from the paste board into the document does not work on Mac. On Windows, the same text works perfectly.

[Fixed]

I cannot set paragraph and character styles on Mac, if they have their standard names Paragraph Style N resp. Character Style N. Under Windows this works.

[Fixed]

Only integer values are accepted in the Row height and Column width fields of panel Tables.

[Fixed]

With period (.) instead of comma (,) it would have worked. The specification now also accepts the comma as a decimal separator.

In the Tables panel there are two fields for row height and column width (see screenshot below). On Windows, the values of the first selected table cell are displayed there. On Mac, the fields remain empty.

[Fixed]

The values are now also displayed on the Mac.

On Windows, I can use the Row Height and Column Width fields of panel Tables to change the corresponding values in the selected table. On the Mac this does not seem to work.

[Fixed]

Column widths and row heights can now also be set by the edit fields on the Mac.

Unfortunately, the $COMET alias path defined in cScript returns the Plug-Ins folder and not the Comet plug-ins folder.

[Fixed]

When importing images (e.g. in a graphic cell of a table), the program asks twice for the file itself and eight times for the file type. 

[Fixed]

This was a very specific Mac file problem (who wants to know : keyword xattr). The problem is solved now.

For setting the cell insets, you can either change all 4 values at once or each value individually. For this purpose there is an icon with a chain symbol. Unfortunately, the icon does not change after changing its behaviour.

The icon is now clearly grayed out in single mode.

FogBugz 30497 

To set the font of new table cells when creating tables or inserting new rows or columns, proceed as follows:

1. Select the text tool
2. Select a piece of text with the desired properties
3. Then create the table or insert rows or columns

The new cells will have the same text settings as your last text selection:

• Paragraph Style
• Character Style
• Local Overrides

• FogBugz 30280 [Fixed] Illustrator Table Module: Cannot directly change custom color.

I am encountering issues while assigning a placeholder value a custom attribute. I am able to unlock and type my value as expected, but the field clears when I alt-click the lock to accept the change. If I select a frame where a placeholder has already a value in the custom filed, I can edit it as expected, but alt-clicking the lock reverts it to the original value. 

The problem occurs with the update to Illustrator 25.3 and only on the Mac and affects all TextEdits of all panels. The implementation of the edit fields is based directly on the Mac OS core. Somehow, Adobe has managed to change this behavior. We have now adapted our implementation to this. The edit fields now work again on the Mac.

Published as Hot Fix R28684 (20. Jun 2021) too.

• Line size controls The Tables panel now has controls for row heights and column widths for selected lines
• FogBugz 30278 [Fixed] After moving an illustrator artboard containing a table, the undo command fails to move the artboard back into the original position.
• Fixed conversion to graphic cell silently failing
• Fixed Table line sizes sometimes being wrong after a resize of a line
• Fixed pt and px units being different for the Table UI elements (they are the same in Illustrator and InDesign)
• Fixed tables being created on the topmost layer instead of the active one
• Fixed not being able to create or modify a table when the topmost layer is locked
• Fixed a bug causing strokes to be offset
• Fixed a bug where header and footer rows would not properly apply cell strokes
• Fixed a bug where manually applying cell styles with stroke settings would result in wrong stroke attribute
• Fixed tools missing icons on Mac OS
• Fixed Standalone mode crashing on creating a table
• Fixed cell merge not working
• Fixed Mac UI of panel Tables
• Okay and Cancel buttons in dialogs on Mac swapped (Okay button is now on the right)

• frame::refpoint

I am encountering issues trying to create and apply layout rules in the Illustrator comet plugin.
I am able to select layout rules from the dropdowns as expected, but the rules I've created disappear after I deselect the text frame.

[Fixed]

It seems the 30 day trial period has ceased working for new installations

[Fixed]

The layout rule 'Fit frame' can cause an endless loop when the text never fits

[Fixed]
We now give up after trying to enlarge the frame by a factor of 64

The layout rule 'Fit frame' sometimes leaves a minimal overset

[Fixed]
We now add an additional minimal margin to the text size so the overset is properly resolved

This is fixed

FogBugz 30250 - Illustrator Table Module defaults to top layer instead of active layer

When creating a new table the table is placed on the top (Z Order) layer instead of the active layer as expected. 

If the top layer has visibility off then the table is not placed and the cursor stays loaded. I saw this behavior in both the mac and PC versions.

This was actually non-trivial. The Illustrator API always creates all art objects on the topmost layer and there is no way of circumventing this behavior. Creating art on a locked or invisible layer silently fails and so does table creation and modification. We now unlock and unhide the topmost layer if necessary and restore the state after our operations are done.

• Improved handling of custom colors in styles
• Fixed a bug causing merged table cells to have wrong fill positions when resizing the table

We would like to selectively de-activate (and re-activate) layout rules.

For this purpose there is now the new function system::suppress_layout_rule

Layout rules that are turned off are not automatically reactivated when a connection is disconnected. But actually all properties are reset when logging out?

[Fixed]
The suppressed execution time points for layout rules are now reactivated when the data connection is disconnected.

Illustrator files saved by the cScript function document::saveas cannot be placed in InDesign because of missing PDF compatibility

[Fixed]
We now save files this way with PDF compatibility turned on.

• The Table creation tool can now be used to create a square table when holding down the shift key while dragging
• The Table resize tool can now be used to proportionally resize the table when dragging at one of the corner points when holding down the shift key while dragging
• Pictures in graphic cells can now be properly replaced by converting the to graphic cells again using the Tables panel
• Fixed placement and rotation errors when inserting rows and columns into a rotated table
• Fixed a placement issue while inserting rows or columns next to a cell with stroke overrides
• Added several translations to UI elements
• Fixed german translations for fill patterns being reversed for rows and columns
• Fixed pattern changes for fill patterns causing previews to update twice
• Spin boxes on tables panel should now accept keyboard inputs properly
• Improved handling of stroke overrides when inserting rows or columns
• Fixed a potential endless loop when inserting cell text
• Default cell and table style names are now displayed translated (for display only)
• New cell and table styles now have localized names
• Fixed table style dialog not properly showing the italic on override labels next to cell style application dropdowns
• Add/Remove Header and Footer row spinboxes on tables panel are now functional
• Fixed adding header rows when none exist yet

It seems that when logging into a pubserver which has panel rights configured for the user, all panels are locked regardless of configuration.
The panels also don't unlock when logging out.

[Fixed]

It is not possible to enable or disable logfile writing when no license is present, making licensing issues hard to debug

[Fixed]

• Added a Cell select tool to ease the process of selecting table cells. For more information see here
• Added separate table license to be able to run the table module in standalone mode
• Performance improvements
• Improved handling of T join strokes
• Improved handling of custom colors in configuration
• Fixed cell override settings sometimes not getting properly applied
• Fixed wrong indication of wether a value was overridden in the cell setup dialog
• Fixed table resize tool allowing to scale the table below minimum size
• Added several translations
• Added icons for cell and table styles panel

• table::insert_rows
• table::insert_cols
• table::get_cellsize
• table::get_cellinsets
• table::get_style
• table::apply_style
• table::rows
• table::columns
• table::remove_rows
• table::remove_cols
• table::resize_rows
• table::resize_cols
• table::set_text
• table::merge
• table::apply_cellstyle
• table::colorize
• table::stroke
• excel::count_sheets
• excel::nth_sheet
• excel::write
• excel::save
• excel::i2col
• excel::col2i
• excel::get_merge
• excel::get_colwidth_pt
• excel::get_color
• excel::get_border

• Preliminary documentation (Work in progress!)
• Cells styles should now be properly reapplied on change
• Performance improvements accross the board
• Strokes can no longer be set to 0 width (which left them in an invalid state). If you want 0 width strokes, choose 'None' as the color.
• Cell stroke overrides have been reworked and are now applied per stroke part and are properly resolved when using the cell setup dialog.
  You will have to reapply your stroke overrides
• Table edit tool now gets disabled when changing the active document, preventing errors and document corruption.
• Improvements to how stroke joins are handled

When installing a new AI version, the preferences from the old version can be migrated. It seems the logfile path is migrated entirely, including the old version number which is confusing since e.g. ILLU 25 then writes to illulog_24.log.

[Fixed]

It seems that when using dynamic definition for function variables, the cache for the called actions is never cleared, not even on login/logout, so AI has to be restarted.

[Fixed]

We now clear the cache for function variable dynamic definition actions on login, logout and when pressing the 'clear cache' button on the Placeholder Values panel

It seems AI immediately crashes when enabling the display of comet groups in the document.

[Fixed]

It seems the menu entry Object->priint:comet->Comet groups->Create is always greyed out, making creating new comet groups only possible through scripting.

[Fixed]

When using the cScript function excel::read to get styled text out of an Excel cell as HTML, the color values sometimes contain invalid values like rgb(0, 144, 3464575665)

[Fixed]

There is a new way of inserting HTML text into the document.

The prefix %!T+_html_ now inserts text while preserving all overrides at the insertion point.

The prefix %!TT_html_ now removes all overrides from the insertion point and applies the default values when the insertion text is unformatted.

See here for more information

There is a new menu function under Type->priint:comet->Insert comet text which inserts text into the document at the current caret, or replacing the current selection. Styled text can be inserted using the usual prefixes like %!TT_html_ .

• document::is_valid

The following text script always crashes Illustrator:

#include "internal/types.h"


int handleOkButton(char * id)
{
    showmessage("Hello");
    return 1;
}

int main ()
{
    String dialogSpec = string::alloc();
    StringList dropDownEntries = stringlist::alloc();
    int index = 0;
    char *resolution = alloc(100);

    xml::get_document_attribute(gDocument, "imageResolution", resolution);
    if (strcmp(resolution, "loRes") == 0)
    {
        index = 1;
    }

    stringlist::append(dropDownEntries, "hiRes");
    stringlist::append(dropDownEntries, "loRes");

    dialog::title(dialogSpec, "Bildauflösung setzen");
    dialog::size(dialogSpec, 360.0, 150.0);
    dialog::label(dialogSpec, "label1", "Auflösung:", 40.0, 20.0, 80.0, 30.0);
    dialog::dropdown(dialogSpec, "dd1", dropDownEntries, index, 120.0, 20.0, 200.0, 30.0);
    dialog::dialogbuttons(dialogSpec);
    dialog::listen("kOk", handleOkButton);
    dialog::show(dialogSpec);

    stringlist::release(dropDownEntries);
    string::release(dialogSpec);
    release(resolution);

    return 0;
}

Fixed

For this reason we no longer support Illustrator verions below 24.3!

• frame::image_getpath
• page::get_str
• page::get_str_by_index
• document::getid
• document::setid

We use gStart and gLen in some of our existing actions. While these are not available in Illustrator since we don't have any text placeholders, could they be provided for compatibility reasons?

We now provide both variables, but the values are always -1.

It seems some panels like document attributes, placeholder, etc.. do no longer get properly updated when the front document changes since Illustrator 24.

[Fixed]

In the English version of Illustrator there is already a plugin called Adjust. This results in a conflict with our Adjust-plugin. When Illustrator is started, the Adobe plug-in and our plug-in are started alternately. We have therefore renamed our plugin priint_Adjust.

The cScript function frame::replace crashes for non-empty text frames when inserting at position 1 and replacing the entire text.

Also when using other indices, the behavior function inserts texts at unexpected points.

[Fixed]

When inserting formatted text via HTML, the overrides at the insertion point should be applied to the entire text. Currently every override seems to be removed, resulting in unformatted text unless explicitly stated in the input.

[Fixed]

When inserting formatted text via HTML, character styles are not properly reset after a closing </span>.

[Fixed]

The cScript function frame::replace does only replace text in the provided frame. When the frame is part of a chain and we want to replace the entire text (0, -1), only the text from the provided frame is deleted.

[Fixed]

The cScript function stringlist::get sometimes adds strange text to the result string, e.g. '<0x04>' before the actual text. This only happens on Mac.

[Fixed]

Plugin identifiers for logging purposes in the Illustrator 2021 plugins still have the old 2020 identifiers, e.g. 'com.priint.illustrator2020.coreservice'

[Fixed]

cScript function document::open does not evaluate the parameter 'appendToRecent'

[Fixed]

• system::session_id

The cScript function frame::replace crashes for non-empty text frames when inserting at position 1 and replacing the entire text.
Also when using other indices, the behavior function inserts texts at unexpected points.

[Fixed]

The default expiration date for license orders is 103 years into the future where it should be 3 years.

[Fixed]

Illustrator 2020 and 2021 won't start. Error messages about missing entry points.

[Fixed]

The document attributes panel doesn't show any entries.

[Fixed]

The batch mode now handles every file inside the input folder, instead of just Illustrator files.

This way you can use e.g. product data files as batch inputs instead of the input being document centric.

Since the batch mode now handles all file types, the files are no longer automatically opened in Illustrator.
If you want to use Illustrator files as batch input, you have to adapt your batch actions to properly open and close the input files!

For more information see here

• frame::remove
• placeholder::get_value
• placeholder::sget_value
• placeholder::is_valid_funcvar
• placeholder::get_funcvar_val
• placeholder::set_funcvar_val

A new plugin is available: Settings

The plugin provides a panel for managing global variables for scripts and statements.

For more information see here

• frame::duplicate
• frame::is_group
• file::getdatafile
• file::enable_datafile
• file::setdatafile
• page::set_size

[Fixed] Line edits on panels cannot be properly focused

[Fixed] Deleting a frame tag through the panel can result in deleting multiple ones

[Fixed] Modal dialogs can disappear underneath panels

We have improved HiDPI support for Windows. Fractional interface scalings like 1.25, 1.75 etc.. should now work better.

Some known issues remain

The plugins for Mac OS are now completely notarized by Apple. The statement

sudo spctl --master-disable

to switch off the checking of third-party software (gatekeeper) is no longer required. Please choose App Store and identified developers in your Security & Privacy of the System Preferences:

The Gatekeeper requires an active Internet connection the first time new plugins are started. Unfortunately, the so-called staple procedure (with which the gatekeeper can check new software even without an Internet connection) can not be performed with plug-ins because stapeling is not supported for plug-ins by Apple.

Please note: The process of notarization is very complex and can take up to 4 days. Hot fixes and intermediate builds can therefore not notarised. Similarly, plug-ins that you receive before the actual release date may not yet be notarized.

Deleting history entries now requires the ALT key to be pressed instead of the ALT key deleting every entry

cScripts now support global variables from datafiles.xml (XML Offline, SOAP) or the 'globals' table (SQL).

These variables are read-only for now

[Fixed] Deleting login history entries is not possible

[Fixed] Storing a new login history entry selects the wrong one afterwards

[Fixed] Potential crash with placeholder panel when changing connections

[Fixed] Several unimplemented cScript functions which should return nullpointers returning -1199 instead (makes error checking impossible)

[Fixed] Custom product pool icons no longer work

[Fixed] cScript function placeholder::load does nothing

[Fixed] Images lose their comet group after loading

[Fixed] ToDoList panel does not properly synchronize the selection when multiple todo entries are from a single frame

A new plugin is available: URLLink

This plugin provides the ability to link document images to URLs, including automatic downloading and checking for updates.

For more information see here

URLLinks can also be checked using the To Do List

Starting with this release we support Excel and CSV files as data sources for placeholders. (See the new cScript functions excel::~ and csv::~ for more information.)

• document::linked_urls
• document::embedded_urls
• document::check_url_links
• document::update_url_links
• document::remove_url_links
• document::get_image_url_folder
• frame::has_linked_url
• frame::has_embedded_url
• frame::check_url_link
• frame::update_url_link
• frame::remove_url_link
• frame::get_url
• itemlist::linked_urls
• itemlist::embedded_urls
• itemlist::check_url_links
• itemlist::update_url_links
• itemlist::remove_url_links
• prefs::set_urllink_timeout
• prefs::set_urllink_folder
• prefs::get_urllink_folder
• excel::open
• excel::first_row
• excel::last_row
• excel::first_col
• excel::last_col
• excel::read
• excel::get_type
• excel::get_font
• excel::get_format
• excel::get_formula
• excel::get_rowheight
• excel::get_colwidth
• excel::write
• excel::save
• excel::close
• csv::open
• csv::read
• csv::write
• csv::save
• csv::close
• dialog::listen
• dialog::wascancelled
• dialog::wasconfirmed
• system::time_scan

Illustrator constantly claims that plugins have changed and a restart is needed at program start

[Fixed]

Illustrator crashes when trying to use gFrame as a function argument when nothing is selected

[Fixed]

License key is wrongly displayed in about dialogs

[Fixed]

cScript functions prefs::add_w2ml_to_snippets, prefs::snippet_match and prefs::snippet_filter raise error messages when called e.g. during login scripts.

[Fixed] These functions are now no-ops which do nothing but no longer cause error messages

With v4.1.7 new license numbers are required. All previous plugin and comet_pdf license numbers will not work anymore!

In the license order dialog (Help->priint:comet->Order software) you can now order new licenses:

• priint:comet Illustrator basic : Full access but feature restricted for coming features

• priint:comet Illustrator pro : Full access but editing of scripts not possible in the UI

• priint:comet Illustrator developer :Full access including editing of scripts

• textmodel::length
• textmodel::set_font
• textmodel::get_font
• textmodel::set_parastyle
• textmodel::set_charstyle
• textmodel::get_parastyle
• textmodel::get_charstyle
• placeholder::store

We now support doubleclick actions in the product pool

• dialog::title
• dialog::size
• dialog::label
• dialog::confirmbutton
• dialog::checkbox
• dialog::textfield
• dialog::multilinetextfield
• dialog::floatfield
• dialog::intfield
• dialog::dropdown
• dialog::rcheckbox
• dialog::rtextfield
• dialog::rmultilinetextfield
• dialog::rfloatfield
• dialog::rintfield
• dialog::rdropdown
• dialog::rconfirmbutton

• document::pdf_export
• symname
• reflection

• Front Row
• Products
• Document attributes
• Frame tags

• frame::image now respects the 'boundingBox' parameter, no longer always placing the image at maximum size
• Images loaded through placeholders without cscript are now always placed to proportionally fit the size of the replaced image

• frame::set_script_tag
• frame::get_script_tag
• frame::count_script_tags
• frame::get_nth_script_tag
• frame::get_cometgroup_member
• frame::is_member_of

• itemlist::add_to_cometgroup
• itemlist::remove_from_cometgroup
• itemlist::get_cometgroup
• itemlist::are_members_of
• itemlist::get_cometgroup_members
• itemlist::create_cometgroup
• itemlist::resolve_cometgroup
• itemlist::remove_cometgroup
• frame::get_cometgroup
• frame::add_to_cometgroup
• frame::remove_from_cometgroup
• textmodel::scale_text

• Object->priint:comet->Comet groups
• View->priint:comet->Comet groups

• Dynamic list properties are now available
• Layout rules which are no longer available for the current connection are disabled from editing and displayed in red
• Layout conditions now display the situations of their child rules
• Custom layout rules are now available for all situations when the parameter is not explicitly set

For more information see here

• itemlist::get_pos

Fixed a bug where pressing buttons which bring up a dialog multiple times in quick succession would cause the dialogs to be scrambled. This was fixed for the following occasions:

• Adding new Front Row entries
• Editing Front Row scripts
• Adding new document attributes
• Editing scripts in the Placeholder values panel
• Adding a new history entry in the login dialog