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How do I quit InDesign and open Illustrator using InDesign scripting? This is my code:

// closing the InDesign document here

myDocument.close(SaveOptions.NO);



// change the script's target to Illustrator

#target illustrator



app.documents.add(DocumentColorSpace.CMYK, width = 1024, height = 768); 

But here the script is not quitting InDesign, and only opening Illustrator. How can I resolve this?

You have to use BridgeTalk to communicate between Illustrator and InDesign.

Examples:

• http://forums.adobe.com/thread/287542


• http://ajarproductions.com/blog/2008/12/14/easy-and-readable-extendscript-to-jsfl-workflow/


• http://selfdocumentingcode.blogspot.com/2009/05/using-adobe-bridgetalk-synchronously.html

You should probably wait for a response from Illustrator before closing InDesign, so that you know the script is done executing.

@Padmashree --



Hmm, maybe it is possible that InDesign is interrupting your statement  myDocument.close ( SaveOptions.NO );  in some way?



Try this and see if it works:

 // the original interaction and warning settings of the application

var oldInteractionPrefs = app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel;



// prevent interaction and warnings from interrupting script

app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.NEVER_INTERACT;



// close the active document without saving

app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.no);



// reset interactions to original settings

app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = oldInteractionPrefs;

This is changing the "user interaction level" of the application to "NEVER_INTERACT" to ignore all modal dialog windows (error messages, other application alerts).


I found this solution here at:

• InDesign CS5 Script: How can I ignore the DTD when importing XML?


• and InDesign CS5 Script: How can I close all modal dialog windows in a document?
  

If you are using Win7 try next

var mySelect = app.selection[0].graphics[0].itemLink

var myFilePath = mySelect.filePath;

var myProg = "Illustrator";

var myFile = myFilePath; 

var myScript = "";

myScript += "Dim WshShellr";

myScript += "Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")r";

myScript += "ReturnCode = WshShell.Run (""""+myProg+".exe"""""+myFile+"""",1)r";

app.doScript(myScript, ScriptLanguage.VISUAL_BASIC);

I came across this thread just barely and was actually looking for a way to close Photoshop via extendscript. If that is what you were looking for use this:

    var idquit = charIDToTypeID( "quit" );



executeAction( idquit, undefined, DialogModes.ALL );