CS2, CS3 & CS4 upgrade questions

Is it possible to have both CS2 and CS3 installed and functional on the same Windows machine at the same time? Same question with CS3 and CS4 and, if it can be done, are there any known issues that result?
I need to migrate our graphics station to the newer CS3 (and eventually CS4 ... probably around the time CS10 is released), but I can't afford to lose access to projects during the much slower than normal process of getting the newer version fully ready to go (i.e., all plugins and the many custom files they use within my projects accessible by the newer version). Sorry for the 101 question ... I work in corporate video now and our facilities are way behind the curve so I have now become that way too.

As Navarro said: Should be no problem. Be aware, though, that several of the "Edit original" and "Open in Bridge" type functions will always resort to the most modern version and these functions thus will not work fully in older versions. If e.g. you chose to "Browse Presets" in AE CS3 with CS4 already on your system, it would open Bridge CS4 and you would be able to view the presets, but could not apply them with a double-click as you would otherwise. Also expect some confusion when working with MPEG stuff. You may get warnings about missing CoDecs in Encore and Premiere or weird licensing warnings ("not included in trial version" and such...)
Mylenium

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CS2/CS3/CS4: Cannot get file path in Unicode of the current document on Windows

Hi All,
In my automation plugin I need to have full absolute path of the opened document with any possible non-English letters. Using SDK examples Listener and Getter that come with Photoshop SDK the full absolute path which I obtain is in the default ANSI code page (CP_ACP) and I can convert it to Unicode using MultiByteToWideChar() API. However this works well when I have corresponding to document name language set in the "Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Advanced -> Select a language to match the language version of the non-Unicode programs you want to use." For example if name of the document has Russian letters and chosen language in "Regional and Language Options" is also Russian the described conversion works well. If I change "Regional and Language Options" to English for example, full path returned by Photoshop SDK API (AliasToFullPath in PIUFile.cpp) for the document with Russian letters will contain "????????.psd" symbols.
So I need to have an ability to get absolute file path in Unicode. Is it possible in Photoshop CS2/CS3/CS4 for Windows? I have searched forum and SDK but could not find info on it.
Is it possible to have native HANDLE of the opened file to get file info using Windows API?
Please advice.
Below given slightly modified code from Photoshop CS3 which I use to get absolute file pat of the opened document.
Thanks and regards,
Sergey
std::string outFilePath;
int32 theID = 0;
SPErr error = kSPNoError;
error = PIUGetInfo(classDocument, keyDocumentID, &theID, NULL);
if (error == kSPNoError)
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error = PIUGetInfoByID(theID, classDocument, keyFileReference, &theFileHandle, NULL);
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int32 length = sPSHandle->GetSize(theFileHandle);
Boolean oldLock = FALSE;
Ptr pointer = NULL;
sPSHandle->SetLock(theFileHandle, true, &pointer, &oldLock);
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Hi All,
Does anybody know, whether it is possible to get Unicode file path of the current document in Photoshop via Photoshop SDK API or without them?
Thanks,
Serhiy

All copies illustrator crash, cs2 cs3 cs4 Leopard 10.5.8 powermac 1.8 dual

I crashes every time i open it. it suddenly started happening. i could get just past the opening pane at first allowing me to choose what kind of document to open print rgb etc, the it stopped doing that. i get the opening pane the it crashes, it aslo happens in past copies cs2 cs3 cs4 non of my illustrator copies will open

It could be an issue with your font caches. Go get fontnuke and try deleting all your system and application font caches.
It doesn't sound like a preference issue if it's affecting all the other versions. Do you have the suite installed? Is Photoshop working properly?

Need to Uninstall CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 - Uninstall Tool Missing

We've been with Adobe for a long time.
We're upgrading computers and Mac OS on all to Mavericks.
Would like to clean up in the process.
Would like to thoroughly UNINSTALL all CS, CS2, CS3, and CS4 products on all computers.
We are currently using CS5. And, after installing Mavericks, will install CS6 Design Standard.
Most threads point to using the UNINSTALL TOOL ... but no one seems to have a link to where to get it?
It is not in the folders that everyone says it should be. I do not have it.
I hesitate to just DRAG the folders to the trash. I'd prefer a tool that will UNINSTALL proper plists, etc. ... not just trash the AP folder.
Anyone?

I have already been there.
1. In my Adobe Installers folder, there are only alias' folders for "Add or Remove Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium", for "Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium", for "Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium" and for "Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit 2.1". When I "Show Original" and go there and try to OPEN the folder to run the uninstaller ... nothing opens. When I search for "Adobe Uninstaller", nothing is found.
2. I have downloaded and run the Cleaner Tool for CS3 and 4 ... but it was very very fast (didn't see a progress bar while it was working as expected) and CS3 and 4 are still in my applications folder. There was a message on one of them something about "support file missing".
So, this doesn't seem to have worked ... again.
In our office, we used to "trickle down" computers. The person with the oldest computer gets the new on and his goes to someone else. The problem with this has been that the person giving away the computer has been required to "clean it up" before passing it on and people haven't known HOW to do this. Thus, the missing uninstallers, etc.
So ... I want to delete (thoroughly) CS, CS2, CS3 and CS4, including Bridge, Device Central, Extension Manager, Drive, Fireworks, Flash, Media Encoder, Stock Photos, Version Cue, SupportAdvisor ap.
Can I simply "drag to trash"? I suspect not. But unistallers don't seem to be present and cleaner tool doesn't seem to work.
Are the instructions for "manual" removal of all files?
Thank you.

CS4 Upgrade Questions

Hello,
My Dad currently has a version of CS3 witch he hardly uses. I'm wanting too upgrade that too CS4 but I have a few questions.
Firstly when I get the CS4 upgrade disk can I just put it straight into my Mac and install it, all Photoshop will ask of me is the serial number too CS3 too check I am eligible too upgrade correct? That's all the Adobe website is saying I will need. (The current CS3 we have is also a Mac version)
Also can I go on to then register CS4 too myself? Have it as my product with my contact details and email address etc? Or will I not get asked that during installation? Will it automatically register it too the owner of the CS3 serial(my dad?).
And would I be correct in thinking that CS3 serial could not be used again in the future too upgrade from but could still be installed on 2 machine's?
Many thanks for any help in advance.
Ben

You are entitled to one upgrade.
When I installed CS3, I was asked for my previous serial number, which is on the box or in the documentation of the older product.
Were I you, I'm not sure I'd upgrade to CS4 though. There are lots of reports of it having major issues with both Leopard and Snow Leopard. I am sticking with CS3 for now.
CS4 lets you paint directly on 3D models, wrap 2D images around 3D shapes, convert gradient maps to 3D objects, add depth to layers and text, get print-quality output with the new ray-tracing rendering engine, and enjoy exporting to supported common 3D formats; the new Adjustment and Mask Panels. It's a 64-bit application in Windows Vista and not OS X.
Adobe's Facebook page suggests that CS5 will come out this year and they're working to improve the application. I'd like to see a 64-bit Mac application that doesn't crash like CS4 is said to do on Snow Leopard.

Manage multiple versions(ID CS,CS2,CS3,CS4) of INDD files Indesign proxy for PC

Dear scripters,
I have multiple version of ID installed in my system. I have ID CS,CS2,CS3 and CS4. While I am opening (double click) the ID CS file, automatically the file opening in CS4. For solving this problem I have searched in the forums I found there is a program called INDESIGN PROXY for MAC OSX. It manages the problems well.
Now I am in the process of developing the application same like that for windows using VB. Here is my observation about Indesign proxy.
1. While user double clicks the Indesign file the argument is not passing to the Indesign.exe, but the argument passes to the Indesign proxy. Something like this
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS4\InDesign.exe" "%1"
to this
"C:\Program Files\IDproxy\proxy.exe" "%1"
2. The proxy exe lists all the version of IDs in a dialog box. If user selects CS2, the proxy exe passes the command argument something like this
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS2\InDesign.exe" "%1"
3. Now the file will open in correct version.
I am comfort with VB forums and coding but I am struck getting the file path while user double click's the file. I short need to get the file path of "%1" argument.
I think I am detailed.
Kindly advice me how can I proceed more?
Thanks
regards
a r u l
vpublish.net

I don't think it's a mistake.
"InDesign CS4 (3.0)"
means: this is the OM for InDesign 3.0 (i.e., InDesign CS) that is contained in InDesign CS4.
Wait -- do you mean there might be a difference between "the OM for InDesign 4.0 (i.e., InDesign CS2) that is contained in InDesign CS4" and, say, "OM for InDesign 4.0 (i.e., InDesign CS2) that is contained in InDesign CS5" ?
Why on earth would anyone need that? I imagine it's not because even with versioning the 'older' scripts may not behave the same -- there must be dozens of mails about versioning not working ... I mean, if Adobe knows what causes older scripts to stop working (because, if I understand you correctly, they retroactively change it in the documentation for older versions), wouldn't it be yet easier to not cause those changes?

CS3/CS4 Upgrade

I installed CS3, I then bought a copy of CS4 upgrade and started to install it.
Part way through, when it asked for CS3 serial number the only product option was CS3 Extended. I then realised that the upgrade copy I had bought was CS4 Extended upgrade.
I then aborted the upgrade.
The splash screen on CS3 about Photoshop now shows it as CS3 Extended even though it is just the normal version.
I bought a normal version of CS4 upgrade but it will not recognise the serial, it wants a valid CS3 Extended serial.
I uninstalled CS3 & CS4 Trial and then re-installed CS3, still the same problem with the solash screen showing it as CS3 Extended.
If I uninstalled CS3 again and deleted all registry entries to Photoshop would this solve my problem?
I have also tried the Adobe cleaner tool but this still left registry entries for Photoshop

If I uninstalled CS3 again and deleted all registry entries to Photoshop would this solve my problem?
Not at all. You need to delete the PCD database and any otehr asociated licensing and product identification files or simply manually deactivate everything, choosing to eradicate any stored serial numbers. Still, it wouldn't do anything for you, if you still had the wrong serials. Therefore do the only sensible thing - call phone support to sort this out. Nobody here can do that for you.
Mylenium

CS2 CS3 CS4 on Lion

How can I install CS2 or CS3 or CS4 on Lion OS?

Perhaps this can help? Error "has not been signed by a recognized distributor" | Launch Adobe applications | Mac OS - http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/error-signed-distributor-mac-os.html. If not are you receiving any specific error messages?

Versiones de Indesign CS2, CS3, CS4

Como utilizar el master hecho en indesign cs4 en alguna version anterior como cs3 deperdida, hay alguna manera?

arturogarciamorales wrote:
Como utilizar el master hecho en indesign cs4 en alguna version anterior como cs3 deperdida, hay alguna manera?
Arturo, creo que no estás en el foro correcto; y además, tu pregunta no es clara. ¿A qué "master" te estás refiriendo, a las páginas maestras, o a otra cosa?
Te sugiero poner tu pregunta en uno de estos dos foros, explicando más claramente qué es lo que quieres hacer:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/international_forums/espanol?view=discussions (en español, pero no dedicado específicamente a InDesign, sino que para todos los productos Adobe); o bien,
http://forums.adobe.com/community/indesign/indesign_general (específicamente para preguntas sobre el funcionamiento de InDesign, pero en inglés).
Además, te sugiero que, si preguntas en el foro en inglés, pases primero tu pregunta por algún programa traductor (hasta Google tiene uno); así te asegurarás que la lean. El resultado no va a estar en buen inglés, y probablemente hará sonreir y talvez hasta reir a los de habla inglesa, pero con un mínimo de buena voluntad (que abunda en estos foros), te entenderán.
Basically, I'm suggesting Arturo to post his question, either in the forum in Spanish, or in the specific InDesign forum, while at the same time explainig more clearly what he wants/needs to do. Finally, I suggest to pass his question through a translation program before posting it in a forum in English.

Cs3-cs4 upgrade clips out of synch

Working on a cs3 PPro project, going very well! Updated to SC4 to take advantage of its improved 3D modeling capabilities. However I note that now my sc3 project, once set up in cs4 is now out of synch. Edits aren't where I placed them - I assumed you could transfer cs3 to cs 4 no problems.

Normally, CS3 Projects do translate to CS4 Projects well. General wisdom is to complete in the version that was used to start, but I see your point on wanting to move up here.
Maybe give the specifics of this Project and its Assets, as there could be something there.
Also, did you Open the CS3 Project into CS4, or did you Import it. Might want to try the other way, depending on what you did.
Good luck,
Hunt

Open CS5 Documents in Earlier Versions (CS2, CS3, CS4)

I am currently working on some documents in CS5.
Others need to access these files but they are not on CS5.
Is there a way to save down the files from CS5 so they can use them in the earlier versions?
Or is there another way besides saving down that I can give them the files for their use?
Thanks for the help!

Yes there is. How many older versions do you have installed on your computer? (You need all of those you mentioned expect for the very oldest one.)
Just like most software that produces extremely complicated files, InDesign cannot 'save as' any old version. There simply is no way to 'convert' most new features into stuff that works with an older version of the program -- think of spanned columns, cross references, grep styles, footnotes, tables.
You can export your document to a format that can be opened with ONE (1 -- that's one, not two or three) previous version. All features that were new in your current version will silently disappear, and will not show up or be visibile or leave any remark or note in the document when opened in the older version.
Apart from that, there have been updates of other parts of the program, even though to the casual user they appear to work the same. One I know of is the Paragraph Composer -- this has been changed from CS3 to CS4, meaning that if you open and edit text from a CS3 document into CS4, it will be reformatted. In the other direction, the same will happen.
Given all this, are you absolutely sure you want to even try this? There is absolutely no guarantee exporting down to one older version will create a usable document. Saving down two, three or more versions is hopelessly optimistic for anything more complicated than a plain-text newsletter.

Running Photoshop CS3 & CS5 - upgrade questions

Hi all,
So I understand that you can run both photoshop extended CS3 and CS5 on the same system (not at the same time), but I would like to clarify a few things.
My boss purchsed CS3 extended, and we run it on two systems here at work. When he purchased CS3 he called Adobe and they gave him a second CD key to use on the second system. If we purchase the upgrade to Photoshop Extended CS5 (not creative suite), will it
- not remove CS3 when we installed
- work on both systems
- will it require entering the CS3 CD key that each system uses, or will it just use the one already in use on the computer?

Andy from Oz wrote:
At the moment, 1 computer is 64-bit, and 1 is 32-bit. We may upgrade the second to 64-bit soon, which is running the second serial. Is there any way to check what it its? I'm guessing not...
What do you mean "check what it is"? You're looking to see what the serial number it was activated with is? Are you saying you've lost that number?
There's a serial number displayed in the Help - System Info dialog, but it's not one and the same as the one used to activate the software. Adobe themselves may have some transform they can run on that number, I don't know.
-Noel

[CS1][CS2][CS3][CS4][VB][VBS] flipped GraphicLines - bug ...

hi
could you please run this script:
set myindi=createobject("InDesign.Application")
set mydoc=myindi.activedocument
for a=1 to 10
set myLine = mydoc.pages.item(1).graphiclines.add
myline.geometricbounds = array(0,50,200,a*10)
next
(I think converting it to JS shouldn't be a problem)
script "should" draw 10 lines from (50,0) to (a*10,200) - ten lines starting in the SAME point and going down - something like this /|\
could anybody please tell me WHY result is totally insane ?
robin
www.adobescripts.co.uk

JS draws me a nice picture. In what way is your result bizarre?
By the way, how case-sensitive is VB? You create the line as myLine, then address it as myline -- could that be the problem?
maybe "nice" - but not what I want ... now I need to find workaround - I need to LOSE extra time ... WHY ?
robin
www.adobescripts.co.uk

Upgrade question CS3 E to CS5 E

Has anyone else noticed that CS3 Extended shows up as an eligibility in the chart for CS5 extended but doesn't show up on a version to select in the pre-order cart?
Here's the question. I know it's eligible but since it's not listed and the documentation says to be sure to pick the correct upgrade path to get the correct installer...would that mean to select Photoshop CS2, CS3, CS4 or go with CS4 Extended since CS3 Extended is placed in the same slot in the upgrade eligibility chart with CS4 Extended. To me it makes sense that it would be CS4 Extended but thought I'd ask if anyone else knows for a certainty.
I checked the cart for Photoshop CS5 standard and CS3 Extended is listed in cart for in the same version slot as CS4 Extended.

I take that to mean that I can check the upgrade that says from Photoshop CS3 to CS5 Extended. The fact that I have CS3 Extended shouldn't matter...same price anyway was just confused that CS4 Extended had it's own upgrade path while CS3 Extended wasn't listed.

Upgrade CS2 to CS4 or CS5?

I have CS2 and with my new Win7 laptop its time to upgrade.
I'm not a power user but like to dabble in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Firefox and Acrobat.
Is there any reason (possibly other than cost) not to go to CS5? Will I get good deals on CS4 and is that the right path for my needs and environment?
Thanks
Tom

You will not find any great savings on a legit copy of CS2 to CS4 upgrade. The price is the same for a CS2 to CS5 so you might just as well go that route.
You can get Design Premium at Amazon for about $780 with free shipping: http://amzn.to/ai66DQ
Don't be sucked in by ebay offers. You'll wind up very sorry.
Bob

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