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• • November 5, 2010 at 4:04 pm #57600
    Anonymous

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    When I run the following C#.net code, I end up with an in design document with blank gray pages. Any ideas of what I could be doing wrong? I am using a trial version of IndesignServer CS5.

    string iddFilePath = @”c:test.indd”;

    string pdfFilePath = @”c:test.pdf”;

    var myApp = (InDesignServer.Application)(System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.BindToMoniker(configName));

    var myDoc = myApp.Documents.Add();

    var myPage = (InDesignServer.Page)(myDoc.Pages.FirstItem());

    myApp.PDFPlacePreferences.PDFCrop = idPDFCrop.idCropMedia;

    int counter = 1;
    int firstPage = -1;
    while (true)
    {
    if (counter > 1)
    myDoc.Pages.Add();

    myApp.PDFPlacePreferences.PageNumber = counter;

    var pdfPage = myDoc.Pages[-1].Place(pdfFilePath, new int[] { 0, 0 });
    pdfPage = pdfPage.Item[1];

    if (counter == 1)
    {
    firstPage = pdfPage.PDFAttributes.PageNumber;
    }
    else if (pdfPage.PDFAttributes.PageNumber == firstPage)
    {
    myDoc.Pages[-1].Delete();
    break;
    }

    counter++;
    }
    myDoc = (InDesignServer.Document)(myDoc.Save(iddFilePath, false, string.Empty, false));
    myDoc.Close(InDesignServer.idSaveOptions.idNo,iddFilePath, string.Empty, false);

  • November 8, 2010 at 11:29 am #57617
    Anonymous

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    If I create an Indesign document using the client object in this manner, it works:

    System.Type type = System.Type.GetTypeFromProgID(“InDesign.Application.CS5″, true);
    dynamic inDesignClient = System.Activator.CreateInstance(type, true);

    var myDoc = (InDesignServer.Document)inDesignClient.Documents.Add();

    // import pdf into doc …

    But if I use the server object, then the entire document is gray:

    System.Type type = System.Type.GetTypeFromProgID(“InDesignServer.Application.CS5″, true);
    dynamic inDesignClient = System.Activator.CreateInstance(type, true);

    var myDoc = (InDesignServer.Document)inDesignClient.Documents.Add();

    // import pdf into doc …

    The problem is, I want to do it through the server, not the client.

    Any thoughts?

  • November 9, 2010 at 4:51 pm #57635
    Anonymous

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    I have the same problem if I use a SOAP call to the server to run the script

    Code call to soap service:

    IDS.ServicePortTypeClient client = new ServicePortTypeClient();
    string errorString;
    IDS.Data scriptResult;
    IDS.RunScriptParameters runScriptParameters = new RunScriptParameters
    {
    scriptLanguage = “visual basic”,
    scriptFile =
    @”C:placemultipagepdf.vbs”
    };

    int result = client.RunScript(runScriptParameters, out errorString, out scriptResult);

    and here is the script

    Rem PlaceMultipagePDF.vbs
    Rem An InDesignServer CS5 script
    Rem Places all of the pages of a multi-page PDF.

    Function main()
    Set myInDesign = CreateObject(“InDesignServer.Application.CS5”)
    myFileName = “C:UserstdycavinuDesktopDevelopmentDocumentsPNI AccountOrder API Guide.doc.pdf”

    myNewDocument = True
    Set myDocument = myInDesign.Documents.Add
    Set myPage = myDocument.Pages.Item(1)
    myPlacePDF myInDesign, myDocument, myPage, myFileName
    myInDesign.Documents.Item(1).Save(myFileName & “.indd”)
    End function

    Function myPlacePDF(myInDesign, myDocument, myPage, myFileName)
    Rem idPDFCrop.idCropMedia = 1131573325
    myInDesign.PDFPlacePreferences.PDFCrop = 1131573325
    myCounter = 1
    myBreak = False
    Do While myBreak = False
    If myCounter > 1 Then
    myDocument.Pages.Add
    End If
    myInDesign.PDFPlacePreferences.PageNumber = myCounter
    Set myPDFPage = myDocument.Pages.Item(-1).Place(myFileName, Array(0, 0))
    Set myPDFPage = myPDFPage.Item(1)
    If myCounter = 1 Then
    myFirstPage = myPDFPage.PDFAttributes.PageNumber
    Else
    If myPDFPage.PDFAttributes.PageNumber = myFirstPage Then
    myDocument.Pages.Item(-1).Delete
    myBreak = True
    End If
    End If
    myCounter = myCounter + 1
    Loop
    End Function

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