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APID ToolAssistant - 1.0.46

Runtime component for Rorohiko's plugins.

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Release Date:	2008-12-07
License:	Freeware
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Product Description:

Formerly known as Active Page Item Runtime.

Most of Rorohiko's plug-ins rely on this APID ToolAssistant plug-in to be installed.

What's new in this version:

CS4 compatibility
Improved speed on document load if multiple .spln files are installed.
Fixed a few crashes
The 'delete' event is currently inoperative.
Scripted page adornments. You can now use scripting (ExtendScript / AppleScript / VBScript) to add little text labels or little icons page items to show additional info to the end-user. These adornments are non-printing. They can be either text (a string), a little PNG image, or both (text on top of a PNG image). Very cool, very useful.
Added a bunch of new 'story' events
Custom context-click menus now also work without having any page items selected
Guides can now also have context-click menus
You can now install your .spln files anywhere in the plug-ins folder, and APIDToolAssistant anywhere else - making .spln files now behave a lot more like 'real' plug-ins.
You can now set a PNG logo to be shown in the 'beg' dialog for your spln
You can access the file path of your .spln file from an event handler script (e.g. to access associated resources)
There are new functions around document GUID: you can call a function to find the GUID of the frontmost document, the active document (these are not necessarily the same), or the containing document GUID of any page item.
The Undo/Redo menu now shows the proper names of your scripted menu items instead of the bland 'Undo Scripted Operation'.
You can now dynamically remove menus that you've added
You can now control the showing of checkmarks in menus and context menus
You now have more control over the order of placement of menu items
You can now access InDesign's serial number from scripting (e.g. to implement seat/license-dependent functionality)
Previously, using an .spln file caused a copy of the complete encrypted script to be embedded in every single document. That does not happen any more - which greatly reduces the footprint APID leaves on document sizes.
You get 'modified' events when a page item is detached/attached/reattached from/to a master page.
More info can be found at http://www.rorohiko.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=APIDDoc

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Adobe InDesign CS, CS2, CS3 or CS4

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No complaints about the software - Version: 1.0.46, 12/7/2008 10:29PM PST

kobalt

I love Rorohiko's plugs and this app which makes them work in InDesign - so no complaints about any of that.

Why this version 1.0.46 of the APD ToolAssistant now shows up here as being released today beats me. It's been available from the devs since November 7 this year.

http://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/indesign-downloads/