Installing Transparency Flattener Preset for Indesign Server CS4
I'm trying to figure out how to install a transparency flattener preset for InDesign Server CS4.
I can see how they are installed for the InDesign app. Edit -> Transparency Flattener Presets...
But I'm not sure which directory to install these on for the server.
I've seen a post that mentions:
C:\Documents and Settings\<UserName>\Application Data\Adobe\InDesign\Version 6.0\en_US\Transparency Flattener Presets
/Users/<UserName>/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/Version 6.0/en_US/Transparency Flattener Presets
for the Desktop version. But when I place files here even for the CS4 Desktop, they don't seem to show up in the UI.
Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks,
Dennis
Thanks, to get this working in a server script, I ended up just programmatically creating the flattener preset, rather than worrying about the .flst files. (Java code below)
//Setup Transparency Flattener (if not in application)
FlattenerPreset flattenerPreset = app.getNamedChildFlattenerPreset("Test");
if (flattenerPreset == null) {
flattenerPreset = app.addFlattenerPreset();
flattenerPreset.setName("Test");
flattenerPreset.setRasterVectorBalance(VariableTypeUtils.createLong(100));
flattenerPreset.setLineArtAndTextResolution(2400.0);
flattenerPreset.setGradientAndMeshResolution(400.0);
flattenerPreset.setConvertAllTextToOutlines(false);
flattenerPreset.setConvertAllStrokesToOutlines(false);
flattenerPreset.setClipComplexRegions(false);
pdfPreset.setAppliedFlattenerPreset(flattenerPreset);
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