Panelactions

Scripts that can be executed in InDesign from comet-panels.

Panel: Product Pool

COMET-PDF Rendering Test

Id: 9000

Starts a rendering on a locally installed comet_pdf-renderer based on the currently connected XML-project. Expects a priint:cloud-project-structure. Allows selection of multiple rendering-parameters.

Parameters	Explanation	Default
dlgCometPdf	Specify the path of your local PDF-Renderer
dlgJobname	Select the Job you want to run
dlgDocTemplate	Select the Document-Template
dlgBuildSript	Select the Buildscript to execute
dlgJobOption	Select the PDF-Exportoptions

PRIINT:CLOUD Rendering Test

Id: 9001

This action enables you to do rendering-requests to priint:cloud directly, based on the XML-project that is currently connected in the comet-plugin. The action expects a priint:cloud-project-structure and requires a file with api-credentials in a file .api.json in the root-folder of the project (see the deafult-project for reference). Multiple rendering-parameters can be customized within the possibilities of the project. The rendering will block the process of InDesign. Files of finished renderings will be placed in the folder of the selected job.

Parameters	Explanation	Default
dlgJobname	Select the Job you want to run
dlgProfile	Select the Rendering-Profile
dlgEnv	Select on which environment to run	prod, acc
dlgTrace	Rendering with Trace-mode? (checkbox)

Choose Datafile...

Id: 9002

Choose an XML-file as the new datafile for the Product Pool-panel. Copies the selected file as products.xml to the XCache-folder (~/Documents/XCache/products.xml).

Parameters	Explanation	Default
fileSelection	Select the file you want to use as new datafile.

Panel: Settings

Switch Comet Plugin Version...

Id: 9003

Switch between different versions of the Comet-Plugin that have been previously installed in InDesign. Creates a Shell-script that moves the plugin-folders within the InDesign-installation path. Requires entering a password in the Terminal because of command sudo mv .... Currently only supports MacOS.

Parameters	Explanation	Default
dropdownMenu	Select one of the versions found in the folder for inactive plugins of InDesign.

Find Font-Information

Id: 9004

Extract Information of fonts in the current project's comet/fonts folder and write them to fontnames.xml and fontdb.xml

Parameters	Explanation	Default
dropdownMenu	Select one of the versions found in the folder for inactive plugins of InDesign.

Panel: Templates

Create Domain...

Id: 11002

Create a new template-domain.

Parameters	Explanation	Default
dlgName	Enter a name for the new domain.