Scripting Adobe inDesign CS?

Question

Trying to sort out a couple of scripts to speed up my workflow in Adobe CS.
I use a lot of great Photoshop droplets and a couple of Illustrator actions (very unpredictable) and would like to automate a few things in inDesign.
Is there any way to record scripts for inDesign as is possible for Finder operations?
Anyone know of a good resource online for this. Preferably prewritten, editable scripts.
I would also like to ultimately set up hot folders that will run a series of processes when a file is added. i.e., Append file name, trigger a Photoshop action on file and then move to a print server.
Folder actions from Automator/Script editor are promising but a bit unpredictable. For example if one moves a Folder that has a designated action to a new location it reapplies the folder action to all files contained as path to that file has changed.
Any help appreciated, I don't have the time to trawl through pages of tutorials!

Answer 1

You can access the InDesign Server COM object from Visual Basic in one of the following ways:
* CreateObject This points to a running instance of InDesign Server if it can find one; otherwise, it instantiates an instance of InDesign Server and points to the new instance. Example:
Dim idsApp As Object
idsApp = CreateObject("InDesignServer.Application.CS3")
* GetObject("name_of_configuration") This will attempt to point to the instance of InDesign Server that was started up with the corresponding "-configuration" param. If this instance does not
exist, an exception is thrown with the error: Cannot create ActiveX component. Example:
Dim idsApp As Object
idsApp = GetObject("hi")
* GetObject("configuration_portNum") This will try to point to the instance of InDesign Server that was started up with the corresponding -port param. If this instance does not exist, an exception is thrown with the error: Cannot create ActiveX component. Example:
Dim idsApp As Object
idsApp = GetObject("configuration_12345")
NOTE:
InDesign CS3 Server with MA updates applied is required in order to use GetObject() to target a specific instance of IDS. Also, you must run your VB application on the local system. IDS does not support targeting a specific instance of InDesign Server when running under IIS. Under IIS, you'll have to stick with the CreateObject() method.