Finally penetrated a previously unexplored area of the Object Model -
the Menus. Ran a loop on the application's Menus collection and wrote it
to a text file to get the official names. The official names of each
Menu's MenuItems are apparently verbatim as they appear in the panel.
This code (in VB.net, syntax in Vbscript or Javascript would be similar
or at least they'd both be referencing the same Objects) will run the
Add Unnamed Colors command.

Dim myMenu As InDesign.Menu = IDapp.Menus.Item("Swatches Panel
Menu")
Dim thisItem As InDesign.MenuItem = myMenu.MenuItems.Item("Add
Unnamed Colors")
Dim myAction As InDesign.MenuAction thisItem.AssociatedMenuAction
myAction.Invoke()

Kathe Todd

Audio Editions

kathe-t@audioeditions.com




-----Original Message-----
From: InDesign Talk [mailto:indesign@lists.lassosoft.com] On Behalf Of
William Adams
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 11:39 AM
To: InDesign Talk
Subject: [SPF - SPAM] - Re: [SPF - SPAM] - Re: Script to add unnamed
colors to the Swatch palette?

On Jun 15, 2010, at 2:27 PM, Robert Severn wrote:

> Pick swatch. Done. That's different to "selecting "New Color Swatch'',
changing Color Mode: to Pantone Solid Coated, selecting the desired
color and clicking OK (or Add". About 3 operations different.

Only if one is willing to sacrifice the screen real estate to the
Pantone Solid Coated library.

If not, it's:

Window
Swatch Libraries
Color Books
Pantone Solid Coated

then find the color

then fly-out menu
Add to Swatches (or double-click)

I'll grant that it would be nice if ``New Color Swatch'' wasn't a modal
dialog, but since I always have to summon up the Pantone Solid Coated
library palette, it's faster for me in InDesign (and there I don't have
to switch away from the ridiculous tiny rectangle view)

William

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William Adams
senior graphic designer
Fry Communications
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.


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