Hello,
I working on a project that requires barcode generation and placement into InDesign. I’ve got everything running except the pasting into InDesign. The barcode gets generated and placed on the clipboard and I want to paste it into a specific box on a page. Problem is, InDesign complains that it doesn’t understand the “paste into” or “paste” commands. Here’s the snippet:
--UPC image is already on the clipboard at this point
tell application "InDesign CS"
activate
set tDoc to active document
tell tDoc
tell page 1
set contents of text frame named "TFupc" to UPC
set contents of text frame named "TFcard" to CARD
set contents of text frame named "TFcopyrt" to dispCOPYRT
set contents of text frame named "TFprice" to dispPRICE
set contents of text frame named "TFmade" to dispMADEIN
set contents of text frame named "TFsize" to CSIZE
set contents of text frame named "TFcode" to CCODE
set contents of text frame named "TFcode" to CCODE
--These are the 2 lines in question
select page item named "upcPic"
paste into
end tell
end tell
end tell
The proper frame (named “upcPic”) does get selected. After the script errors out and exits, I can go to the File menu and choose Paste Into and everything works just fine, so I know the UPC image does get placed on the clipboard.
What am I missing?
Thanks in advance.