/porky

JavaScript ExtendScript Toolkit (ESTK) automation library with SQL database, JSON, XML, File, CSV access for Adobe InDesign

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porky is a JavaScript extension for Adobe InDesign and other Adobe products supporting ExtendScript

With porky you

  • automize workflows
  • code what computers are meant to do and not humans
  • add safety to recurring tasks
  • code less
  • connect to databases and various other data sources (SQL, XML, JSON, CSV, ...)
  • synchronize your layout by pushing a button
  • extend the possibilities of Adobe's ExtendScript
  • code completely in JavaScript

Please check the product website http://porky.io for code examples!

  • Documentation available unter http://porky.io/documentation/
  • Sample node.js socket server for handling MySQL, SQLite, JSON and XML sources available in src/bin

We also offer custom InDesign panel integration of porky and automation workflow consulting!

For details please contact us via anfrage@schreiber-freunde.de

60 seconds super simple installation

OS-X

  • Download this projekt and unzip the archive into your Adobe InDesign Scripts Panel folder
  • porky requires Node.js installed, so download and install the latest version from https://nodejs.org
  • In order to run correctly, porky needs the following npm modules to be installed:
    • request, sqlite3, mysql, pg, xml2js, htmlparser, markdown, brucedown and html-entities
    • navigate via terminal to the porky project folder on your file system where the file package.json is located and enter 'npm install'
    • all necessary dependencies will be installed automatically
  • Start Adobe InDesign
  • In the InDesign Scripts Panel double click the script located at /src/start-porky-data-source-access.jsx, now you have access to various data sources
  • Create a new InDesign layout document and start playing with the examples
  • Now: have fun and create workflows!

Windows

  • porky requires Node.js installed, so download and install the latest version from https://nodejs.org
  • for the rest see: OS-X installation
  • it might be necessary to set the system variable NODE_PATH correctly so it points to the folder node_modules and Node can find its installed packages

Changelog

Version 0.3.6 (2015-06-09)

  • improves error handling for ESTK part of lib

Version 0.3.5 (2015-05-29)

  • improves error handling in syncXMLElement(), code cleanup

Version 0.3.5 (2015-05-27)

  • code cleanup, integrates latest JSON-js library, replaces json_parse() with JSON.parse()

Version 0.3.4 (2015-05-26)

  • bugfix processJSON() parameter for local XML files

Version 0.3.3 (2015-05-22)

  • adds support for local XML and JSON files
  • code cleanup

Version 0.3.2 (2015-05-08)

  • fixes image download bug in placeHTML()
  • adds placeHTML() example script
  • cleans up include directive from #include to //@include to ease JSLint
  • changes placeholder image in createPlaceholderImage() to porky logo
  • adds possibility in createPlaceholderImage() to chose a target folder

Version 0.3.1 (2015-04-28)

  • adds console.log() features to Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit (ESTK)
  • code clean up

Version 0.3.0 (2015-04-20)

  • code base (data source access side) completely ported to Node.Js
  • adds new functionality
    • placeholderToInlineImage(targetObject, localImageFolder, downloadImage, httpSourcePort)
    • placeHTML(targetObject, htmlText, inlineStyles, blockStyles)
    • writeFile(fullFilePath, fileContent, lineEnding)
    • readFile(fullFilePath)
    • csvToTwoDArray(csvString, splittingOptions)
    • adds new dataSource.type markdownToHTML
    • adds new dataSource.type markdownToJSON

Version 0.2.3 (2015-03-30)

  • extends tagThis() support for text selection inside of table cells

Version 0.2.2 (2014-12-08)

  • adds new function fitTextboxHeightAndThread()

Version 0.2.1 (2014-12-01)

  • fixes bug for dataSourceType = JSON, returns correctly parsed JSON object

Version 0.2.0 (2014-11-26)

  • adds htmlToJSON as new dataSource.type
  • adds httpGetBinaryFile()
  • fixes syncXMLElement()
  • adds modifyFrame()

Version 0.1.9 (2014-10-31)

  • adds syncing feature …

Version 0.1.8 (2014-10-30)

  • adds function setSyncIdentifier()

Version 0.1.7 (2014-10-29)

  • fixes sync bug returning var assXMLElem = null

Version 0.1.6 (2014-10-27)

  • adds MySQL support

Version 0.1.6 (2014-10-24)

  • adds windows compatible version

Version 0.1.5 (2014-10-08)

  • adds info in Windows launcher script

Version 0.1.4 (2014-09-24)

  • fixes wrong variable declaration in example script

Version 0.1.3 (2014-09-18)

  • fixes relative/fixed path

Version 0.1.2 (2014-09-17)

  • fixes relative path in sync scripts
  • renames tests to samples and cleans up
  • removes copyright
  • folder cleanup
  • code review
  • adds license
  • adds license and link to documentation
  • ixes correct if/else …

Version 0.1.1 (2014-09-15)

  • adds grunt
  • Changes identing, adds grunt

Version 0.1.0 (2014-09-11)

  • fixes fitting issue in fitTextboxHeightToContent()