[MacRuby-devel] Scripting Bridge

Tue Nov 1 12:23:08 PDT 2011

I talked with Laurent and it said that the fact that the object type is
SBObject is probably done on purpose by the inDesign API.

- Matt

On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Matt Aimonetti <mattaimonetti at gmail.com>wrote:

> I generated the header file and looked at the description and I think that
> the issue us that the returned value isn't cast:
>
> @property (copy) id appliedFont;  // The font applied to the find glyph
> preference, specified as either a font object or the name of font family.
> Can return: font, string or nothing.
>
> "id" in Objective-C means refers to an object that isn't typed (could be
> anything). That might be the reason why you get an object that isn't cast.
> There is a workaround and it's to use the properties hash:
>
> framework 'Foundation'
> framework 'ScriptingBridge'
>
> app = SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier('com.adobe.indesign')
> load_bridge_support_file 'inDesign.bridgesupport'
> doc = app.activeDocument
> doc.allParagraphStyles.each do |style|
>   puts style.name
>   puts style.properties["appliedFont"].name
>   puts "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
> end
>
> In my case it returns the following:
>
> [No Paragraph Style]
> Minion Pro Regular
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> [Basic Paragraph]
> Minion Pro Regular
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> The available properties are:
> OTFContextualAlternate
> OTFDiscretionaryLigature
> OTFFigureStyle
> OTFFraction
> OTFHVKana
> OTFHistorical
> OTFJustificationAlternate
> OTFLocale
>  OTFMark
> OTFOrdinal
> OTFOverlapSwash
> OTFProportionalMetrics
> OTFRomanItalics
> OTFSlashedZero
> OTFStretchedAlternate
> OTFStylisticAlternate
> OTFStylisticSets
> OTFSwash
> OTFTitling
> alignToBaseline
> allowArbitraryHyphenation
> appliedFont
> appliedLanguage
> appliedNumberingList
> autoLeading
> autoTcy
> autoTcyIncludeRoman
> balanceRaggedLines
> basedOn
> baselineShift
> bulletChar
> bulletsAlignment
> bulletsAndNumberingListType
> bulletsCharacterStyle
> bulletsTextAfter
> bunriKinshi
> capitalization
> characterAlignment
> characterDirection
> characterRotation
> cjkGridTracking
> composer
> desiredGlyphScaling
> desiredLetterSpacing
> desiredWordSpacing
> diacriticPosition
> digitsType
> dropCapCharacters
> dropCapLines
> dropCapStyle
> dropcapDetail
> endJoin
> fillColor
> fillTint
> firstLineIndent
> fontStyle
> glyphForm
> gradientFillAngle
> gradientFillLength
> gradientFillStart
> gradientStrokeAngle
>  gradientStrokeLength
> gradientStrokeStart
> gridAlignFirstLineOnly
> gridAlignment
> gridGyoudori
> horizontalScale
> hyphenWeight
> hyphenateAcrossColumns
> hyphenateAfterFirst
> hyphenateBeforeLast
> hyphenateCapitalizedWords
> hyphenateLadderLimit
> hyphenateLastWord
> hyphenateWordsLongerThan
> hyphenation
> hyphenationZone
> id
> ignoreEdgeAlignment
> imported
> index
> jidori
> justification
> kashidas
> keepAllLinesTogether
> keepFirstLines
> keepLastLines
> keepLinesTogether
> keepRuleAboveInFrame
> keepWithNext
> keepWithPrevious
> kentenAlignment
> kentenCharacterSet
> kentenCustomCharacter
> kentenFillColor
> kentenFont
> kentenFontSize
> kentenFontStyle
> kentenKind
> kentenOverprintFill
> kentenOverprintStroke
> kentenPlacement
> kentenPosition
> kentenStrokeColor
> kentenStrokeTint
> kentenTint
> kentenWeight
> kentenXScale
> kentenYScale
> kerningMethod
> keyboardDirection
> kinsokuHangType
> kinsokuSet
> kinsokuType
> label
> lastLineIndent
> leading
> leadingAki
> leadingModel
> leftIndent
> ligatures
> maximumGlyphScaling
> maximumLetterSpacing
> maximumWordSpacing
> minimumGlyphScaling
> minimumLetterSpacing
> minimumWordSpacing
> miterLimit
> mojikumi
> name
> nextStyle
> noBreak
> numberingAlignment
> numberingApplyRestartPolicy
> numberingCharacterStyle
> numberingContinue
> numberingExpression
> numberingFormat
> numberingLevel
> numberingRestartPolicies
> numberingStartAt
> objectReference
> overprintFill
> overprintStroke
> paragraphDirection
> paragraphGyoudori
> paragraphJustification
> parent
> pointSize
> position
> positionalForm
> previewColor
> rensuuji
> rightIndent
> rotateSingleByteCharacters
> rubyAlignment
> rubyAutoAlign
> rubyAutoScaling
> rubyAutoTcyAutoScale
> rubyAutoTcyDigits
> rubyAutoTcyIncludeRoman
> rubyFill
> rubyFont
> rubyFontSize
> rubyFontStyle
> rubyOpenTypePro
> rubyOverhang
> rubyOverprintFill
> rubyOverprintStroke
> rubyParentOverhangAmount
> rubyParentScalingPercent
> rubyParentSpacing
> rubyPosition
> rubyStroke
> rubyStrokeTint
> rubyTint
> rubyType
> rubyWeight
> rubyXOffset
> rubyXScale
> rubyYOffset
> rubyYScale
> ruleAbove
> ruleAboveColor
> ruleAboveGapColor
> ruleAboveGapOverprint
> ruleAboveGapTint
> ruleAboveLeftIndent
> ruleAboveLineWeight
> ruleAboveOffset
> ruleAboveOverprint
> ruleAboveRightIndent
> ruleAboveTint
> ruleAboveType
> ruleAboveWidth
> ruleBelow
> ruleBelowColor
> ruleBelowGapColor
> ruleBelowGapOverprint
> ruleBelowGapTint
> ruleBelowLeftIndent
> ruleBelowLineWeight
> ruleBelowOffset
> ruleBelowOverprint
> ruleBelowRightIndent
> ruleBelowTint
> ruleBelowType
> ruleBelowWidth
> scaleAffectsLineHeight
> shataiAdjustRotation
> shataiAdjustTsume
> shataiDegreeAngle
> shataiMagnification
> singleWordJustification
> skew
> spaceAfter
> spaceBefore
> spanColumnMinSpaceAfter
> spanColumnMinSpaceBefore
> spanColumnType
> spanSplitColumnCount
> splitColumnInsideGutter
> splitColumnOutsideGutter
> startParagraph
> strikeThroughColor
> strikeThroughGapColor
> strikeThroughGapOverprint
> strikeThroughGapTint
> strikeThroughOffset
> strikeThroughOverprint
> strikeThroughTint
> strikeThroughType
> strikeThroughWeight
> strikeThru
> strokeAlignment
> strokeColor
> strokeTint
> strokeWeight
> tabList
> tatechuyoko
> tatechuyokoXOffset
> tatechuyokoYOffset
> tracking
> trailingAki
> treatIdeographicSpaceAsSpace
> tsume
> underline
> underlineColor
> underlineGapColor
> underlineGapOverprint
> underlineGapTint
> underlineOffset
> underlineOverprint
> underlineTint
> underlineType
> underlineWeight
> verticalScale
> warichu
> warichuAlignment
> warichuCharsAfterBreak
> warichuCharsBeforeBreak
> warichuLineSpacing
> warichuLines
> warichuSize
> xOffsetDiacritic
> yOffsetDiacritic
>
> That's probably enough info for you to use ;)
>
> " My current project requires a JPEG
>> export and an IDML (InDesign's package XML for 3rd parties) export and I
>> cannot get the Dictionary standard "exports" to work."
>
>
> Can you explain a bit more about what you call the standard exports to
> work? I *might* be able to help.
>
> I had started writing a very simple parser for the sdef header file, but I
> never finished the project nor released my code since nobody seemed to need
> it.
> It would certainly be nice to have the equivalent of AppleScript Editor's
> dictionary viewer but with the MacRuby method names. It shouldn't be hard
> to do, but I really don't have much time to work on it at the moment. If
> anyone is interested, please let me know, I can assist you.
>
> - Matt
>
> p.s: To generate the bridgesupport file I run the following commands:
> $ sdef /Applications/Adobe\ InDesign\ CS5.5/Adobe\ InDesign\ CS5.5.app/ |
> sdp -fh --basename inDesign
> $ gen_bridge_metadata -c '-I.' inDesign.h > inDesign.bridgesupport
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Spencer Rose <dspencerr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hey Matt,
>>
>> Thanks for the response.  I had already read and done the tutorial there.
>> It was very helpful.
>>
>> The problem is not so much the weakness of Scripting Bridge, it is the
>> difficulty in knowing all of the method calls and their syntax available
>> from InDesign.
>>
>> Following an earlier thread in here i used "myIndesign.methods(true,true)"
>> and now have a list of methods, but that list is completely devoid of
>> really
>> import actions like "open" & "export" and the documentation in the
>> Scripting
>> Dictionary for InDesign which I have been using for Javascript & Apple
>> Script
>> does not translate straight across.  The code I used to start
>> experimenting
>> with speaking directly to the InDesign DOM and getting its info was as
>> follows:
>>        @id =
>> SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier('com.adobe.indesign')
>>        doc = @id.activeDocument
>>
>>        pgph = doc.allParagraphStyles
>>
>>        pgph.each do |style|
>>           puts "#{style.name}"
>>           puts style.appliedFont
>>        end
>>
>> I get the name of the Paragraph Style, but the appliedFont just prints an
>> SBObject.
>>
>> This is a really small example, but is the basis for my work because I
>> will need
>> to get font names, styles, kerning, margins, the text of stories and
>> coordinates
>> of text boxes and a lot more  information.  My current project requires a
>> JPEG
>> export and an IDML (InDesign's package XML for 3rd parties) export and I
>> cannot get the Dictionary standard "exports" to work.  I really like
>> macRuby and
>> have totally jumped on it. Your book is awesome and has helped a ton.
>> But I worry that it is not sufficiently evolved for me to use it
>> on a project needing this level of control and access to InDesign
>>
>> Thanks in advance, Spencer
>>
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