[CS4] The showingWindow option in app.open doesn't hide all dialogs now

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2 total messages Started by Lawrence_H Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:29

#2360

Author: Lawrence_H
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:29

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In CS3, the following code would open any InDesign doc with no UI. Missing links and missing fonts dialogs were suppresed:

var myFile = new File("some location");
var showWindows = false;
var myDoc = app.open(myFile,showWindows);

In CS4, there's a new missing links alert. It's different from the CS3 alert - it just tells you how many links aren't connected to sources, and lets you click OK. It now shows up if you open a doc with missing links, even if you set showWindows to false.

You can disable it by going under Preferences > File Handling and turning off "Check links before opening document", but it would be nice if you didn't have to manually configure ID before running a script. Seems like app.open should suppress all dialogs if you tell it not to open the UI.

Lawrence

Re: [CS4] The showingWindow option in app.open doesn't hide all dialogs now

#2361

Author: Robert Tkaczyk
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:49

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this works fine in CS3 - should also in CS4:

  app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.neverInteract;

before app.open()

http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b6bfe4/0

robin

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