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scripting - copy to clipboard
Hi I just wondered if anyone knows how to copy to the clipboard with InDesign scripting? Surely this must be possible - I just can't seem to find any way of doing this Kind regards Duncan Kind Regards Duncan- duncdude
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- Forum: Adobe: InDesign
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InDesign javascript scripting
Hi I wondered whether anyone could help me do the following: I need to write a Javascript script to iterate through all the text frames of all the pages of the active document i.e. for (p=0; p < app.activeDocument.pages; p++) { for (t=0; t < app.activeDocument.pages.textFrames) {...- duncdude
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- Forum: Adobe: InDesign
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MS Exchange 5.5 = no internet (Mac OS X)
Hi Strange one this - i have just had a chat with a friend of mine who tells me that the company he is working for loses the ability to connect to the internet when using MS Exchange 5.5. Apparently they have to quite Exchange to allow internet access. They are using 10.4.1 (Tiger) Internet...- duncdude
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- Forum: Microsoft: Exchange
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MS Exchange 5.5 = no internet
Hi Strange one this - i have just had a chat with a friend of mine who tells me that the company he is working for loses the ability to connect to the internet when using MS Exchange 5.5. Apparently they have to quite Exchange to allow internet access. They are using 10.4.1 Internet access is...- duncdude
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- Forum: Macs and iPhones
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replacing content of a particular line number
i'm sure this is a pretty straightforward question - but i can't seem to work out this problem supposing i have a textual data file '3cols.txt' as follows:- 123 abc DEFG 234 def GHIJ 345 ghi JKLM 456 jkl MNOP 567 mno PQRS and i need to replace the 4th line with:- 456 new...- duncdude
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- Forum: UNIX Scripting
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A,C,T & G - counting ocurrences in columns
Hi Have just solved this problem in the Perl forum - but i think it would be ideal to crack this problem with an awk script Basically need to count the number of times A, C, T & G appear in each of the columns sample data:- ACGTGACC TGCAGATT TAGTTTGA TTTTCAAA GACTTCAG CCAGTTTA TTACTTTG... -
A Challenge...
I have just been reading a debate as to whether it is best to learn C or C++. While i am not too interested in which is best i am shocked by the amount of code required to perform a simple task As this debate went on one individual lay down the gauntlet to try to prove that C++ was more compact...- duncdude
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- Forum: UNIX Scripting
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Quark & The Web
Does anyone know of any software that enables modification of Quark EPS files over the web?- duncdude
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- Forum: Quark: QuarkXPress
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Word -> Quark ... FREE application
As far as I understand it seems impossible to import Word files into Quark while retaining the bolds and italics and have the text arrive in Quark in no style - thus allowing a style to be applied after the import has been done. It is for this reason I wrote an application to solve this problem...- duncdude
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- Forum: Quark: QuarkXPress
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Securing a UNIX Perl script
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to secure a script so that anyone trying to open it will simply see jibberish - i.e. would it be possible to wrap a script up using something like Platypus I would like to do this with a CGI script in particular Many thanks Duncan -
Lunch at the 'Tek-Tips' Restaurant
Hi everyone I wonder if anyone can help me with this problem. I have been trying - with various levels of success - for a couple of weeks Basically I would like to write a Perl script that would dynamically create a staff rota for a restaurant each week I have a friend - Sophia - who is a... -
join - outputting too few lines
Why doesn't this work (properly) - can anyone help me? users.txt jdoe cpurcell ltorvalds shadow.txt hjablome:$1$89ekDhxk$MMKcoULbeURwAV4owiqB/:12585:0:99999:7::: jdoe:$1$jn53vLCl$P/ZtXVPEWvIb518O3vr.:12585:0:99999:7::: cpurcell:$1$gggLxru$XATg1YNJGi2IuiYCZSaZe.:12587:0:99999:7...- duncdude
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- Forum: UNIX Scripting
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ls | grep 'switches'
I am getting into this UNIX stuff and i'm loving it - BUT it's a complex beast Could someone please tell me if this is the most compact ls command I can write in the terminal to display all the files with the word the in the text:- ls | grep -d skip --binary-files=without-match 'the' * This...- duncdude
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- Forum: UNIX Scripting
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Server Push
I would like to write a web script that would utilise server push - similar to the way a live eBay auction works. I've tried and found that Internet Explorer does not support it. The Macintosh doesn't come up with an error - but doesn't work and PC's display an error explaining that I.E. does... -
Subquery not working
Hi Can anyone please help me with this... i can't seem to get it to work!? SELECT parexel_staff.name, parexel_skills.skill, parexel_activity.date FROM parexel_staff, parexel_skills, parexel_activity WHERE parexel_staff.name = parexel_activity.name... -
toolkit - please help!!! (regex)
Hi Neil Need help from the regex guru - which is you!!! Please can you help me with my thread:- http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?SQID=829334&SPID=219&page=1 I would be very grateful for any comments Kind Regards Duncan -
Perl script -> Applescript
I have a spam filter that I have written that I would like to work with Outlook Express and I would really like to get it implemented... can anyone help? come on clever dudes - I really need your help! To elaborate - I get about 100 spam emails a day and I have come up with this:- @spam_words... -
Perl Outlook Express anti-spam OS9
Does anyone know if I can 'control' Outlook Express with Perl on my Mac OS9 machine? I have written a very condensed spam filter which I would like to use and have no idea how to implement it! Kind Regards Duncan -
Xpress Tags
I have worked with alot of designers and setters of the years and I am amazed at how few realise that it is possible to wrap codes around text BEFORE it gets into Quark to enable automatic pagination using Xpress Tags I have been using Xpress Tags for years and it always shocks me when I see...- duncdude
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Variable Interpolation (simple?)
How would it be possible using a loop to replace the values of 1-9? $fld1=trim ($fld1); $fld2=trim ($fld2); $fld2=trim ($fld2); $fld3=trim ($fld3); $fld4=trim ($fld4); $fld5=trim ($fld5); $fld6=trim ($fld6); $fld7=trim ($fld7); $fld8=trim ($fld8); $fld9=trim ($fld9); to be something like...
