The main Document object

Fields

Name	Type	Triggers	Description
pages	Pages		Document's pages list
paragraphStyles	ParagraphStyles		Document's ParagraphStyles list
characterStyles	CharacterStyles		Document's CharacterStyles list
colors	Colors		Document's Color List (including "custom" colors, which are not displayed in the ColorList input panel)
layers	Layers		Document's Layers list
variables	Variables		Document Variable Definitions and values
fonts	Fonts		Document's Fonts list
alternateLayouts	AlternateLayouts		Document's Alternate Layout list
preflightPreferences	PreflightPreferences		Document's Preflight Preferences
preflightResults	PreflightResults		Document's Preflight Result list
bookMarks	BookMarks		Document's BookMarks list
adSettings	AdSettings		Document's AdSettings
frameConstraints	FrameConstraints		Applied Frame constraints on document level (all sub-levels inherit from this)
id	string		Document ID
name	string		Document name
path	string		Document relative path
zoom	number		Current document zoom (percentage)
width	unit	DocumentDimensionsChanged	Document Width
height	unit	DocumentDimensionsChanged	Document height
documentAssetDir	string	DocumentDefaultDirectoriesChanged	Document's asset directory
userAssetDir	string	DocumentDefaultDirectoriesChanged	User asset directory
userGroupAssetDir	string	DocumentDefaultDirectoriesChanged	User group asset directory
facingPages	bool	DocumentDimensionsChanged	Document contains facing pages (spreads)
bleedLeft	unit	DocumentBleedChanged	Left bleed
bleedTop	unit	DocumentBleedChanged	Top bleed
bleedRight	unit	DocumentBleedChanged	Right bleed
bleedBottom	unit	DocumentBleedChanged	Bottom bleed
slugLeft	unit	DocumentSlugChanged	Slug left
slugRight	unit	DocumentSlugChanged	Slug right
slugTop	unit	DocumentSlugChanged	Slug top
slugBottom	unit	DocumentSlugChanged	Slug bottom
flapWidth	unit	DocumentFlapChanged	Width of flaps, for book cover guides
flapWrap	unit	DocumentFlapChanged	Wrap of flaps, for book cover guides
spineWidth	unit	DocumentSpineChanged	Spine width for cover guides
spineHinge	unit	DocumentSpineChanged	Spine hinge for covor guides
constraints	DocumentConstraints		Document Constraints
viewPreferences	ViewPreferences		Document's ViewPreferences
horizontalSpine	bool	DocumentSpineChanged	Draw spine guide as horizontal rule, rather than default vertical
allowWorkSpaceChanges	bool	WorkSpaceChanged	Allow workspace administration, based on user privileges, or view simulation
commonStrings	CommonStrings		Placeholder object for common localized strings
importWarnings	ImportWarnings		Document's ImportWarnings list
initialLayout	AlternateLayout		Document's initially loaded Alternate Layout
savedInEditor	bool		If true, the document has been saved at least once in CHILI editor (rather than having been created using an external application such as the InDesign Extension). External applications which edit the document's XML should set this value to 'false' for best results. As this property was added in version 1.1.2. documents created/saved before this version will not have the property set.
dataSource	DataSource		Document's DataSource Settings
frameContentConstraints	FrameContentConstraints		Frame content constraints on document level (all sub-levels inherit from this)
baseLineGridOptions	BaseLineGridOptions		Document BaseLineGrid Options
allowContentAdministration	bool	WorkSpaceChanged	Allow content administration, based on user privileges, or view simulation
simulateUser	string	WorkSpaceChanged	Simulate user view for the current editor session
textLanguage	string		Default text language (ID or XX System name of language)
chiliVersion	string		The version in which the document was last saved
eventActions	DocumentEventActions#/Cooklist/DocumentEventActions		Document's EventActions list
foldSettingID	string	DocumentFoldingSettingsChanged	Document's default Folding Settings ID
foldDocIdentifier	string	DocumentFoldingSettingsChanged
threeDModelID	string	DocumentThreeDModelChanged	Document's default Folding Settings ID
threeDModelDocIdentifier	string	DocumentThreeDModelChanged
maxCliTimeout	number		Used for timing if CLI is not responding. And to test if document loading in CLI is taking too long.
saveInactiveTextPositions	bool		Variable used to skip saving unused alternate layouts / pages / frames (to increase performance)
copyFittingStyles	CopyFittingStyles#/Cooklist/CopyFittingStyles		Document's Copy Fitting Style list

Functions

Called from JavaScript using editor.ExecuteFunction("object_descriptor", "FUNCTION_NAME", args...)

Name	Arguments	Description
Save		Saves the document (asynchronously). When finished, the DocumentSaved event is triggered
Revert		Reverts the document to its last Saved state
PlaceContent	xml (string)	Ads pages and frames based on XML descriptions (see External XML in the API Guide)
SetCursor	name (CursorType)	Sets the current cursor
OpenDocument	docID (string)	Opens the new document in the existing Editor instance (without needing to relead the Editor swf)
CreateTempPDF_FromXml	[pdfSettingsXmlString (string) targetFrame (string)#/Cooklist/pdfSettingsXmlString (string) targetFrame (string)]	Initiates PDF creation within the editor, based on the temporary (unsaved) status of the current document
CreateTempImages_FromXml	[pdfSettingsXmlString (string) imgProfileID (string)#/Cooklist/pdfSettingsXmlString (string) imgProfileID (string)]	Initiates PDF creation within the editor, based on the temporary (unsaved) status of the current document

Inherits from

> DocumentBase#/Cooklist/DocumentBase

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