AI plug-ins 5.0 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 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.

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 5.0 plug-ins.

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 the priint:comet AI plugins here.
	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). CPageItem.moveTo has new parameters 'refPoint' and 'useBBox'. comet.runCScript now supports CProduct & list[CProduct] for variable transfer. 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
	New cScript functions	There are new cScript functions available: document::force_redraw frame::get_name frame::set_name list::reload placeholder::change_tags preferences::show_panel table::convert_to_footerrows table::convert_to_headerrows retint_dialog
	Table module improvements	table::columns performance improvements. Support for rotated cell content in 90° increments. Support for basic column fitting.