[AS] Open without showing window in InDesign CS

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From: Ton_Kuypers
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:09

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One of the "slowdowns" in scripting InDesign is not being able to stop the
screen-redraw during the script.

To my big surprise there is an option in CS to open a document without
showing it:

tell application "InDesign CS"
    open "MacHarley:Users:ton:Desktop:Template.indt" without showing window
end tell


But... 2 questions:

1. How do you make it visible again? The "visible"-property is read-only...
2. Why can't I send my normal scripts to a "hidden"-opened file?

Eagerly awaiting a response...

Warm regards,

Ton Kuypers

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