AI plug-ins 4.3 History

All plug-ins 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 must be installed in the default location /Library/Frameworks. Other Python installations are not supported.
- Universal (Since Mac OS 11 Big Sur) : Python 3.10.x.
  For one of our customers, this information was not enough: Yes, it must be exactly a version 3.10.x. We have tested 3.10.4 and 3.10.11.
- Otherwise : Python 3.8 (also exactly ;-))
Windows: On Windows, Python 3.10 is already included in the installation package. Further installations are not necessary.
Linux: /usr/lib/python3.8 (exactly)

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.

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
Executability	Until Catalina Mac OS X 10.15	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 plug-ins contains a corresponding note whether the plugin is Intel or Universal.

For the installation of the plug-ins we strongly recommend the installers provided by WERK II:

Illustrator

If a manual installation is necessary for any reason, it is important to replace all (but not more) plug-ins. Replacing individual plug-ins of different releases will crash InDesign. Here you can find complete zip sets of the plug-ins:

Illustrator

All plug-ins are checked against malware by Apple. However, since you did not get the plug-ins from the App Store, it is necessary to change the security settings of your System Settings:

Choose Privacy & Security in the sidebar
Click General on the top.
Under the point Allow apps downloaded from select Choose App Store and identified developers.

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 AI 4.3 plug-ins.

Revision	Case	Description
v4.3 R34671 23.04.2024	No Functional Changes
v4.3 R34458 12.03.2024	Python Improvements	The following improvements have been made to the Python integration: New functions: CDocument.getID CDocument.setID
v4.3 R34266 06.02.2024	Python improvements	The following improvements have been made to the Python integration: The following functions now additionally accept tuple[int, int, int, str] for the recordID parameter(s): placeholder.link placeholder.load placeholder.store CFrame.link CFrame.load CFrame.store placeholder.link parameter length now has a default of -1 to prevent confusion when loading text placeholders placeholder.load parameter start now has a default of -1 (Load all placeholders) runCScript has a new parameter logExecution (default False) to disable logging about the script run (execution time, script ID etc...)
	CScript improvements	There are new CScript functions available: file::download_webimages system::reload_globals run_python parameter flags can now be used to disable logging about the script run (execution time, script ID etc...)
	frame::get_rotate yields wrong values	The cScript function frame::get_rotate yields wrong values. Sometimes they are negative and sometimes completely wrong. [Fixed]
v4.3 R34034 11.12.2023	No Functional Changes
v4.2 R33833 13.11.2023	See History of v4.2
v4.3 R33655 23.10.2023	Docwatch	Docwatch is now supported, allowing the plugins to react to certain document events via cScript or Python. For more information see here.
v4.3 R33655 23.10.2023	See History of v4.2
v4.3 R33520 26.09.2023	See History of v4.2
v4.3 R33466 13.09.2023	See History of v4.2
v4.3 R33300 21.07.2023	No Functional Changes
v4.3 R33179 04.07.2023	Initial Version of v4.3	This is the first official release of priint:comet ID plug-ins v.4.3.
v4.3 R30993 23.06.2022	Comet Tests	Like in our priint:comet InDesign^® plugins, it is now possible to create test cases which can be automatically executed. For more information see here.
	Improved FrameTags panel	The frame tags panel has been improved: Working on multiple document objects at once Display of number of selected objects Copy and paste tags as JSON For more information see here
	New Python functions	There are new Python functions available: comet.publication.getAllParameters comet.publication.getAllPublicationTypes comet.publication.getAllWorkflowStates comet.publication.getParameters comet.publication.getWorkflowStates comet.publication.getWorkflowStatus comet.publication.getPublications comet.publication.toXMLStringList comet.publication.fromXMLStringList comet.publication.toXMLFloatList comet.publication.fromXMLFloatList comet.publication.toXMLIntList comet.publication.fromXMLIntList comet.publication.toXMLKeyValueList comet.publication.fromXMLKeyValueList comet.publication.toXMLIDType comet.publication.fromXMLIDType comet.publication.toXMLIDTypeList comet.publication.fromXMLIDTypeList comet.publication.toXMLParameter comet.publication.fromXMLParameter comet.publication.toXMLParameterList comet.publication.fromXMLParameterList comet.publication.toXMLPlanning comet.publication.fromXMLPlanning comet.publication.toXMLPlanningList comet.publication.fromXMLPlanningList comet.publication.toXMLPublication comet.publication.fromXMLPublication comet.publication.toXMLPublicationList comet.publication.fromXMLPublicationList comet.publication.toXMLPublicationType comet.publication.fromXMLPublicationType comet.publication.toXMLPublicationTypeList comet.publication.fromXMLPublicationTypeList comet.publication.toXMLWorkflowStatus comet.publication.fromXMLWorkflowStatus comet.publication.toXMLWorkflowStatusList comet.publication.fromXMLWorkflowStatusList CParameter.getValue CPublication.getValue CPublicationType.getValue CWorkflowStatus.getValue
	New CScript functions	There are new CScript functions available: floatlist::to_xml floatlist::from_xml floatlist::add_all floatlist::alloc floatlist::release floatlist::clear floatlist::length floatlist::sort floatlist::first floatlist::next floatlist::prev floatlist::last floatlist::get_pos floatlist::get floatlist::append floatlist::insert floatlist::remove floatlist::remove_pos keyvalues::alloc keyvalues::release keyvalues::put keyvalues::get keyvalues::remove keyvalues::contains keyvalues::clear keyvalues::length keyvalues::to_xml keyvalues::from_xml keyvalues::add_all keyvalues::get_keys keyvalues::get_values idtype::to_xml idtype::from_xml idtype::alloc idtype::clone idtype::release idtype::copy idtype::id idtype::id2 idtype::id3 idtype::stringid idtype::set_id idtype::set_id2 idtype::set_id3 idtype::set_stringid idtype::is_equal idtype::record_id idtype::group_id idtype::entity_id idtype::entity_class idtype::parent_record_id idtype::parent_group_id idtype::parent_entity_id idtype::parent_entity_class idtypelist::alloc idtypelist::release idtypelist::length idtypelist::first idtypelist::next idtypelist::prev idtypelist::last idtypelist::append idtypelist::insert idtypelist::remove idtypelist::remove_pos idtypelist::clear idtypelist::get idtypelist::get_pos idtypelist::find idtypelist::find_id2 idtypelist::sort list::sort list64::alloc list64::release list64::length list64::first list64::next list64::prev list64::last list64::append list64::insert list64::remove list64::remove_pos list64::clear list64::get priint::document_status priint::checkout priint::checkin priint::revert priint::create_metadata publication::alloc publication::copy publication::release publication::get publication::gets publication::set publication::sets publication::to_xml publication::from_xml publication::apply_parameters publication::checkout publication::collect_documents publication::get_all_parameters publication::get_document_workflow_states publication::get_document_workflow_status publication::get_label publication::get_master_documents publication::get_next_workflow_states publication::get_parameters publication::get_parameter_from_document publication::get_parameter_values publication::get_property publication::get_publication_id publication::get_publication_path publication::get_publication_types publication::get_rootpublication_id publication::get_subnodes publication::get_workflow_states publication::search publication::set_parameter publication::set_property publication::set_document_workflow_status publication::unsaved_commit publication::parameter::alloc publication::parameter::copy publication::parameter::release publication::parameter::get publication::parameter::gets publication::parameter::to_xml publication::parameter::from_xml publication::parameterlist::add_all publication::parameterlist::alloc publication::parameterlist::release publication::parameterlist::length publication::parameterlist::get publication::parameterlist::to_xml publication::parameterlist::from_xml publication::planning::alloc publication::planning::copy publication::planning::release publication::planning::get publication::planning::gets publication::planning::getlist publication::planning::getfloat publication::planning::to_xml publication::planning::from_xml publication::planninglist::add_all publication::planninglist::alloc publication::planninglist::release publication::planninglist::length publication::planninglist::get publication::planninglist::to_xml publication::planninglist::from_xml publication::publicationlist::add_all publication::publicationlist::alloc publication::publicationlist::release publication::publicationlist::length publication::publicationlist::get publication::publicationlist::to_xml publication::publicationlist::from_xml publication::publicationtype::alloc publication::publicationtype::copy publication::publicationtype::release publication::publicationtype::gets publication::publicationtype::to_xml publication::publicationtype::from_xml publication::publicationtypelist::add_all publication::publicationtypelist::alloc publication::publicationtypelist::release publication::publicationtypelist::length publication::publicationtypelist::get publication::publicationtypelist::to_xml publication::publicationtypelist::from_xm publication::workflowstatus::alloc publication::workflowstatus::copy publication::workflowstatus::release publication::workflowstatus::get publication::workflowstatus::gets publication::workflowstatus::to_xml publication::workflowstatuslist::add_all publication::workflowstatuslist::alloc publication::workflowstatuslist::release publication::workflowstatuslist::length publication::workflowstatuslist::get publication::workflowstatus::from_xml publication::workflowstatuslist::to_xml publication::workflowstatuslist::from_xml rect::first rect::alloc rect::clone rect::release rect::left rect::top rect::right rect::bottom rect::xcenter rect::ycenter rect::set_left rect::set_top rect::set_right rect::set_bottom rect::set_width rect::set_height rect::width rect::height rect::intersect rect::intersection rect::union_ rect::area rect::contains_point rect::contains rect::aspect_ratio rect::distance_to rect::move_rel rect::move_to rect::center_on rect::inset rect::is_equal rectlist::alloc rectlist::release rectlist::clear rectlist::length rectlist::bbox rectlist::first rectlist::next rectlist::prev rectlist::last rectlist::get_pos rectlist::get_pos_by_value rectlist::get rectlist::append rectlist::insert rectlist::append_by_value rectlist::insert_by_value rectlist::remove rectlist::remove_by_value rectlist::remove_pos stringlist::first stringlist::next stringlist::prev stringlist::last stringlist::sort stringlist::to_xml stringlist::from_xml stringlist::add_all