How to create our own plugins in adobe indesign?

Question

I want to create my own plugin, Is there any tutorial available. I want to do it in java. Thanks in Advance.

Answer 1

Hi! There is many tutorials available for beginning Adobe InDesign Client Development. The major one being on their website under the Developer Network section: https://www.adobe.com/devnet/indesign/getting_started.html

To begin building a client plug-in follow these steps:

1. Download the InDesign Product SDK and InDesign Desktop Application (if not already downloaded).
2. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/indesign/sdk/eula_cs6.html - SDK
3. Take a look at the development guides for knowledge on the Development Tools and Concepts.
4. https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/indesign/pdf/getting-started.pdf - Getting Started with the Adobe InDesign CS4 Product SDK
5. This introduces the files in the SDK, overview of the dev tools, and demonstrates how to compile and build.
6. https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/indesign/pdf/learning-indesign-plugin-development.pdf - Learning Adobe InDesign CS4 Plug-in Development
7. Set up your development environment
8. Refer to The Getting Started tutorial (Step 2)

Please note that the steps above are for developing entire plugins in a C++ environment.

To use JavaScript for Scripting with InDesign you can follow the tutorials and guides below:

1. Adobe InDesign CS4 Scripting Tutorial - https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/indesign/pdf/indesigncs4_scriptingtutorial.pdf
2. Adobe InDesign Example / Tutorial Scripts (zip) - https://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/devnet/indesign/downloads/indesign_scripting_tutorial_scripts.zip
3. Adobe InDesign - JavaScript Guide - https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/indesign/pdf/indesigncs4_scriptingguide_js.pdf

If you have any further questions, feel free to send me a message or reply here.

Best of luck!