Drive Adobe InDesign fom NAV

bhalpin

Hi.

I'm being called upon to somehow bridge NAV to InDesign (ver CS3). The idea is to create documents based on records in the NAV db.

I have no experience with InDesign (and just enough to be dangerous in NAV ) and I'm wondering if anyone out there has any pointers/tips/whatever to point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance.

Bob

Savatage

When I think Nav & Documents - I think "MS word" - Isn't InDesign a picture/graphics program?

garak

has the InDesign some dlls (Automations) that you can use?

bhalpin

Hi.

I just downloaded a trial version. I *think* there are dlls that I can use.

Oh, and InDesign seems to be the successor to PageMaker.

Bob

bhalpin

Yes, InDesign supports Automation.

I Have installed InDesign version CS3.

In C/Side I can declare a variable of type Automation, Sub-type 'Adobe InDesign CS3 Type Library'. Under the classes I chose 'Application'.

But, when I execute idApp(CREATE) I get the error:

Could not create an instance of the OLE control or Automation server identified by the GUID={666F676B-7790-4B6F-B691-EC43C6F94C18} 1.0:{296CAEB5-C99C-4B3E-9359-6E7D6EAE71FC}:'Adobe InDesign CS3 Type Library'.Application. Check that the OLE control or Automation server is correctly installed and registered.

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But, I seem to get a bit further using Tcl/Tk (a (great!) scripting language) with an add-on COM package. In that environment (which I have used very successfully to drive Excel and Word) when I try to instantiate an 'InDesign.Application', InDesign actually boots (ie: the application loads and I see it on the display). I get an odd error after that, and maybe that's part of the mix. ... ?

Hoping someone has some pointers ...

Thanks in advance.