Category Archives: Scripters & Developers

Soxy For Windows 0.2.0b Has Been Released!

Posted on October 29, 2009 by joris

Download it here : https://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/downloads/lightning-brain-soxy There’s a common problem when there are multiple versions of applications like Adobe® InDesign®, QuarkXPress®, Adobe Illustrator®… installed on the same computer. Double-clicking a file’s icon will often cause the wrong application version to launch. As … Continue reading →

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APID ToolAssistant updated

Posted on September 14, 2009 by kris

We’ve just released an update to the APID ToolAssistant plug-in – version 1.0.47. This plug-in has no end-user features; it is mainly an invisible, yet critical component of many popular InDesign plug-ins, both developed by us or by other software … Continue reading →

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Things that didn’t work – BootCamp and Backup

Posted on June 18, 2009 by kris

I thought I’d share some failures with the world – this might save someone some headache and hassle, who knows. Here’s the deal: I had Windows Vista installed on a BootCamp partition on my MacBook Pro. I am pretty religous … Continue reading →

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Soxy 0.1.5 Released

Posted on June 1, 2009 by kris

Soxy for Macintosh has some new features. The latest version knows how to handle InDesign .jsx script files. Instead of stashing your .jsx files into the InDesign Scripts Panel folder, you can now simply tell the Mac Finder to assign … Continue reading →

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Soxy 0.1.3 beta has been released

Posted on May 5, 2009 by kris

Soxy 0.1.3 is available for download, testing and purchase! It’s InDesignProxy on steroids. If you have a Macintosh with more than one version of applications like Adobe® Illustrator®, Adobe InDesign®, QuarkXPress®… installed, and you want to avoid accidentally resaving, say, … Continue reading →

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You liked InDesignProxy? Meet Soxy!

Posted on April 30, 2009 by kris

You have a Macintosh. You handle files from in various formats, created with a range of versions. So you have more than one version of Adobe Illustrator, or more than one version of InDesign, and maybe a few different versions … Continue reading →

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APIDToolAssistant updated for CS4

Posted on November 7, 2008 by kris

The APIDToolAssistant 1.0.46 has been released. More info can be found here. Download APID ToolAssistant (version 1.0.46. Includes versions for Mac, Windows, InDesign CS, InDesign CS2, InDesign CS3 and InDesign CS4). This version is of interest to end-users and scripters alike. It … Continue reading →

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FileMaker 7.x or 8.x, Leopard and Instant Web Publishing (IWP)

Posted on November 1, 2008 by kris

(Added note 6-Nov-2008: Please check the added notes at the end of the article. Yes, FM 8.x works too, and I’ve also added a way to do the patching much faster) Recently, I was testing some ideas with various versions … Continue reading →

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How to add InDesign page item adornments using scripting

Posted on October 15, 2008 by kris

Ingredients – Adobe® InDesign® CS or higher (the APIDToolAssistant plug-in is available for InDesign CS, CS2, CS3, CS4, Mac and Windows). – A licensed copy or a demo version of APIDToolAssistant 1.0.46 or higher. It also works with unlicensed versions, … Continue reading →

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GREPGrokker updated

Posted on August 30, 2008 by kris

We’ve got version 3.0 of GREPGrokker available – click here to check it out. This one’s main new feature is that it uses a brand new GREP engine we’ve developed, which allows it to emulate InDesign’s GREP functionality much better than … Continue reading →

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