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November 18, 2008
Using Eclipse to edit IDML
In some of my MAX presentations, I edited IDML files in Flexbuilder. Since a couple of folks asked for instructions on how to set Flexbuilder up to do this, I'll post it here. It's actually pretty simple...
IDML (InDesign markup language) is an XML representation of an InDesign document. You can export an InDesign document to IDMLM, edit the XML inside the IDML, and and the re-import into InDesign to create a modified version of the original InDesign document. I use Flexbuilder to open the IDML package, make changes, and resave.
August 30, 2005
Here's how to get the InDesign Debug version
One of the big advantages of the ASN developer program is access to the InDesign debug project. Access to the debug is controlled, and is different than access to the freely available InDesign SDK.
August 23, 2005
Whence the HLA (High Level API)?
I've had a fair number of questions about obtaining the High Level API
- aka "HLA". Sad to say, it's not available anymore. It was an
experiment in simplying the InDesign SDK, and developers that tried it
weren't satsified. We are constantly looking for ways to make
developers more productive, so we may revisit this concept in the
future. But for now, it's not available.
August 20, 2005
InDesign Debug version vs Adobe Updater
Adobe uses an automatic update mechanism to make sure that customers have access to the most recent version of software. However, this updater is not able to distinguish between the release version of InDesign, and the debug version of InDesign. You should not allow the automatic updater to update the InDesign debug version.