I found this script that would be useful in creating slugs (file/project information for a particular project) in InDesign.
Unfortunately, when I try to run it, I get this error message:
"Adobe InDesign CS2 got an error: Can't set contents of every page item whose label = "slug logo title" to "Company Name, Proof, etc"."
If someone could help advise me where I'm going wrong I would greatly appreciate it.
Here is the applescript I have created:
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
set myDocument to active document
set mySlugText to "Company Name, Proof, etc"
--Doc Bleed & Slug area setup
set thisDocHeight to page height of document preferences
set slugHeight to 5.25 --all measurements in picas
set thisDocBBleed to (document bleed bottom offset of document preferences)
set thisDocBSlug to thisDocBBleed + slugHeight
set slug bottom offset of document preferences to thisDocBSlug
--Text box for the book title & ISBN
set slugTitleHeight to 1.25 --pi
set slugTitleWidth to 25 --pi
set slugXTitleOffset to 1.25 --pi
set slugYTitleOffset to 1 --pi
set mySlugTitleBounds to {thisDocHeight + thisDocBBleed + slugYTitleOffset, slugXTitleOffset, thisDocHeight + thisDocBBleed + slugYTitleOffset + slugTitleHeight, slugXTitleOffset + slugTitleWidth}
tell every page of myDocument
set titleRect to make new text frame with properties {stroke color:swatch "None" of myDocument, geometric bounds:mySlugTitleBounds, label:"slug logo title", fill color:swatch "Paper" of myDocument}
end tell
set contents of every page item whose label = "slug logo title" to mySlugText
end tell
