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Article #20185Re: Scripting the printing of a Book
From: Michael Allison
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 14:52
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 14:52
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Ok, I think I know what's going on. I am able to print the book by using:
tell application "Indesign 2.0.1"
print book 1 with dialog
end tell
You can not reference a book by using the terminology "active book" or "active document. So that solved my terminology problem.
My second problem is with setting an Active Priner Style. I tried setting up my script with the following:
tell application "Indesign 2.0.1"
tell print preferences of book 1
set active printer style to "MyPrinterStyle"
set the print file to MyFilePath
end tell
Print book1 without print dialog
end tell
Everytime I run this script I get a Type 2 error. The problem seems to lie in setting the print preferences for this book. I've noticed that when you go under Printer Styles with a book open, all the styles are greyed out, but when you have a document open, they are not. Could this be a bug. I'd love for someone else to confirm this or maybe there is another way I should be scripting these commands.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Michael Allison
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