InDesign CS Scripting Problem

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#1

Hello,
I have a few scripts that were written to work with InDesign 2 and Filemaker to build a catalog. These work great in version 2 of InDesign, but my client recently purchased the new CS version. Now my scripts won’t work. Specifically I cannot override the master page items to unlock them when I create a new page based on a master page.

I’m looking for help with the correct syntax or sample code that will do this.

TIA,
Matthew

#2

Ooof. I’ve just run into this exact same issue. Was there any resolution on this?

–andy

#3

Look at the new “override” command. For example, if you want to override the front-most page item of the first master spread on page 1, you could use:

tell application “InDesign CS”
tell document 1
override page item 1 of master spread 1 destination page page 1
end tell
end tell

Shane

#4

Thanks!

#5

Is there a quick way to select which master page item I want to override if I don’t know its index? For example, I have one master page item with a label, but the following doesn’t seem to work:


tell application "InDesign CS"
  tell document 1
    tell page 1
      set myBox to (every page item of master page items whose label is "A")
      return myBox  -- returns {}
    end tell
  end tell
end tell
#6

Nevermind, I got it. It was a question of selecting:

(every item of master page items whose label is "A")

…and not every page item of…