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Adobe InDesign CS4 Products SDK
(October 2008)
The Adobe InDesign CS4 Products SDK includes libraries, sample code, tools, and documentation for writing C++ based plug-ins for all CS4 versions of InDesign, InCopy. The CS4 InDesign product family release contains several strategic architectural enhancements designed specifically for developers and partners.
For example:
- InDesign Markup Language (IDML) providing support for external creation and editing of content outside of an InDesign application + Scheme Validation
- New Links architecture supporting URI links in a managed database and highly extensible new UI
- Download the InDesign CS4 Products SDK
- InDesign CS4 Products SDK Readme (TXT, 9k)
- What's new (PDF, 73k )
InDesign online developer training
Adobe from 2004 to 2005
Adobe InDesign CS3 Server SDK
(October 2007)
The Adobe InDesign CS3 Server SDK includes sample code, tools, and documentation for developing SOAP and Java based applications that drive InDesign Server. To obtain development copies of InDesign server, please enroll in the InDesign Server Developer Program.
- Download the InDesign CS3 Server SDK
- InDesign CS3 Server SDK Readme (TXT, 5k)
- InDesign CS3 Server Partner FAQ (PDF, 144k)
InDesign Server CS2 online developer training
A series of 9 presentations designed for developers new to InDesign Server, these presentations include an introduction to InDesign Server CS2, a technical overview, and a number of simple tutorial projects.
In the InDesign community
2006 CS Developer Summit
Features Ross McGuire describing how non-US developers can get support for plug-in development.
Using InDesign
InDesign Design Center
Tutorials, articles, movies, interviews, and more resources for using InDesign.
InDesign Design Center topics
- All InDesign topics
- Automation and scripting
- Collaboration and commenting
- Color and color management
- Cross-media authoring
- Drawing and vector graphics
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- Masks and transparency
- PDF creation
- Productivity
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Documentation
Documentation
InDesign Products (C++ Plug-ins)
- InDesign Products SDK ReadMe (TXT, 8k)
- Adobe InDesign SDK Getting Started Guide (PDF, 636k)
- What's New in Adobe InDesign CS4 Products SDK(PDF, 73k)
- Learning Adobe InDesign SDK Plug-in Development (PDF, 484k)
- Adobe InDesign CS4 Products Programming Guide (PDF, 16.1M)
- Adobe InDesign CS4 SDK Solutions Guide (PDF, 4.2M)
- Adobe InDesign CS4 Porting Guide (PDF, 712k)
- InDesign Support for Citrix® Presentation Server 4.0 (PDF, 106k)
InDesign and InCopy Scripting
- InDesign CS4 Scripting ReadMe (PDF, 108k) English
- InDesign CS4 Scripting ReadMe (PDF, 108k) French
- InDesign CS4 Scripting ReadMe (PDF, 234k) Japanese
- Adobe InDesign CS4 Scripting Tutorial (PDF, 1.1M) English
- Adobe InDesign CS4 Scripting Tutorial (PDF, 1.0M) French
- Adobe InDesign CS4 Scripting Tutorial (PDF, 1.2M) Japanese
- Download the InDesign Supporting Tutorial Scripts (ZIP, 11k)
- Adobe InDesign CS4 Scripting Guide: AppleScript (PDF, 952k) English
- Adobe InDesign CS4 Scripting Guide: AppleScript (PDF, 1.6M) Japanese
- Adobe InDesign CS4 Scripting Guide: JavaScript (PDF, 974k) English
- Adobe InDesign CS4 Scripting Guide: JavaScript (PDF, 1.6M) Japanese
- Adobe InDesign CS4 Scripting Guide: VBScript (PDF, 941k) English
- Adobe InDesign CS4 Scripting Guide: VBScript (PDF, 1.6M) Japanese
- Download the InDesign supporting scripting guide scripts (ZIP, 631k)
- Download the InDesign Sample Scripts (ZIP, 200k)
- Feature Development with Scripting (PDF, 330k)
- InCopy CS4 Scripting ReadMe (PDF, 76k) English
- InCopy CS4 Scripting ReadMe (PDF, 73k) French
- InCopy CS4 Scripting ReadMe (PDF, 183k) Japanese
- Adobe InCopy CS4 Scripting Guide: AppleScript (PDF, 1.0M) English
- Adobe InCopy CS4 Scripting Guide: AppleScript (PDF, 1.2M) French
- Adobe InCopy CS4 Scripting Guide: AppleScript (PDF, 1.2M) Japanese
- Adobe InCopy CS4 Scripting Guide: JavaScript (PDF, 815k) English
- Adobe InCopy CS4 Scripting Guide: JavaScript (PDF, 1.0M) French
- Adobe InCopy CS4 Scripting Guide: JavaScript (PDF, 973k) Japanese
- Adobe InCopy CS4 Scripting Guide: VBScript (PDF, 909k) English
- Adobe InCopy CS4 Scripting Guide: VBScript (PDF, 1.1M) French
- Adobe InCopy CS4 Scripting Guide: VBScript (PDF, 1.1M) Japanese
- Download the InCopy supporting scripting guide scripts (ZIP, 221k)
- Download the InCopy Sample Scripts (ZIP, 79k)
IDML (InDesign Markup Language)
- InDesign CS4 IDML ReadMe (PDF, 88k)
- Adobe InDesign CS4 IDML Language Specification (PDF, 4.5M)
- Adobe InDesign CS4 IDML Cookbook (PDF, 337k)
- Adobe InDesign CS4 DML Schema.zip (ZIP, 144k)
