IndesingCS2 server scriptable pluign: how to import image file into a frame.?

Question

Hello<br />I am creating a scriptable pluign for indesingcs2 server.<br />Now I am stuck at importing a image file in a image frame on a document.<br />The code which was running fine for indesingcs2 desktop is given below.<br />/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ///////////<br />     IDFile sysFile = SDKUtilities::PMStringToSysFile(const_cast<PMString* >(&ImageFileNamewithcompletepath));     <br />     InterfacePtr<ICommand> importCmd(CmdUtils::CreateCommand(kImportAndLoadPlaceGunCmdBoss));<br />     if(!importCmd) <br />          return kFalse;          <br />InterfacePtr<IImportFileCmdData> importFileCmdData(importCmd, IID_IIMPORTFILECMDDATA); <br />     if(!importFileCmdData)<br />          return kFalse;<br /><br />     <br /><br />     //db is input.I got it using the techniques mentioned in the indesign-server-plugin-techniques.pdf<br />     //page 18..<br />     importFileCmdData->Set(db, sysFile, kMinimalUI);<br />     ErrorCode err = CmdUtils::ProcessCommand(importCmd);<br />     if(err != kSuccess) <br />          return kFalse;<br /><br />     InterfacePtr<IPlaceGun> placeGun(db, db->GetRootUID(), UseDefaultIID());<br />     if(!placeGun)<br />          return kFalse;<br /><br />     <br />     UIDRef placedItem(db, placeGun->GetItemUID());<br /><br />     InterfacePtr<ICommand> replaceCmd(CmdUtils::CreateCommand(kReplaceCmdBoss));<br />     if (replaceCmd == nil)<br />          return kFalse;<br /><br />     InterfacePtr<IReplaceCmdData>iRepData(replaceCmd, IID_IREPLACECMDDATA);<br />     if(!iRepData)<br />          return kFalse;<br />     <br />     iRepData->Set(db, imageBox.GetUID(), placedItem.GetUID(), kFalse);<br /><br />     ErrorCode status = CmdUtils::ProcessCommand(replaceCmd);<br />     if(status==kFailure)<br />          return kFalse;<br /><br />     return kTrue;<br />/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////<br />I used the same code for making scriptable plugin for indesignCS2 server as it doesn't involve use of any UI element.<br />But this code is not working.It doesn't crash or returns kFalse.<br />What i see after executing the plugin through script is a grey region for image in the graphics frame.<br /><br />I request if anyone gives me solution to this i will be highly grateful to him.<br /><br />Thanks and Regards,<br />Yogesh Joshi

Answer 1

Actually, your code is working fine, as there are no returned errors, asserts or crashes.
The reason you are just seeing a gray box, is that the display performance is set to the lowest level in InDesign Server for performance reasons.
Hint: Open the document in "desktop" InDesign, right click on the image, and look at the Display Performance settings for the image.
See
Ken Sadahiro, "[CS2 Server] Controlling display performance, how?" #1, 23 Feb 2006 8:01 am
You can of course programmatically change it to the normal or high res settings from within your plug-in, but it might slow down the performance of InDesign Server a bit.
One additional comment:
In your code where you do this:
importFileCmdData->Set(db, sysFile, kMinimalUI);
I would do this, just to be safe:
if (LocaleSetting::GetLocale().IsProductFS(kInDesignServerProductFS )) { importFileCmdData->Set(db, sysFile, kSuppressUI); } else { importFileCmdData->Set(db, sysFile, kMinimalUI); }