ESTK object model viewer has no documentation!

I can't find the relevant information about Indesign,Incopy and idserver script objects.
The viewer enlists:
(and nothing else)
my current setup:
I installed ESTK 3.5 directly on my dev machine, e.g. downloading estk from (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/scripting.html)
+ patched it to 3.5.1 (avaiable from same web page).
So far, I haven't installed Indesign cause it's a dev machine. I wonder if this is an issue.
How can I install the missing documentation?

T, the general idea is you get the documentation for the programs you install on your system, the moment you first run them. The documentation gets generated automatically. My versions contain the exact same data as visible in the OMV, but in a different format.
It's usually not necessary to obtain the help of all versions and of all programs -- in fact, there is no reason at all! Of course you can write a script for other programs, but there is no way to run them!
"NO documentation" is simply not true. Check this page: http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/scripting/ -- click the tab "Scripting resources" to see the huge list of free docs Adobe provides to anyone.

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