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This example demonstrates a way to control Adobe InDesign from Perl. Tested on MacOS X 10.5.7 and INDD.
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#!/opt/local/bin/perl -w # ^^^ your hashbang may vary use strict; use warnings; `/usr/bin/osascript <<-HereDoc tell application "Adobe InDesign CS4" do script " // start your javascript code controlling InDesign here var myObject = app.selection[0]; // grabs selected object in INDD alert(myObject); // show object kind // javascript code ends here " language javascript end tell HereDoc`;