on open theseDocs

global fileKinds
set fileKinds to {“InDesign® CS2 Document”, “InDesign® CS3 Document”, “InDesign® CS4 Document”}

if (count of theseDocs) > 1 then
display dialog “Only drop one document at a time on this droplet!” buttons {Cancel} default button 1 with icon 0
end if
repeat with aDoc in theseDocs
set aDocInfo to info for aDoc
if kind of aDocInfo is not in fileKinds then
display alert “Please drop only InDesign documents on this droplet!”
else if kind of aDocInfo is equal to item 1 of fileKinds then
tell application “Adobe InDesign CS2″ to open aDoc
exit repeat
else if kind of aDocInfo is equal to item 2 of fileKinds then
tell application “Adobe InDesign CS3″ to open aDoc
exit repeat
else
tell application “Adobe InDesign CS3″ to open aDoc
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
end open

We’ve been hard at work on Son of InDesignProxy, now nicknamed Soxy – a more powerful, commercial version of InDesignProxy.

In addition to InDesign files, Soxy also supports Illustrator .ai files, QuarkXPress files, PDF files.

You can also use ‘Edit Original’ in InDesign and have it open a placed .ai file in the proper version of Illustrator.

We have a time limited beta version available for download – check

http://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/lightning-brain-soxy/

Cheers!

Kris

Just wanted to say: InDesignProxy 1.0.7 is available for download. Grab it from this page (also, there’s more info there):

http://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/?p=125

Cheers,

Kris

It also adds support for a few other file name extensions (e.g. .indt) and fixes issues that occurred when there were non-ASCII characters in file or folder names.

More info at

http://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/?p=125

Cheers,

Kris

The issue was a flaw in the InDesignProxy bundle construction. Like nearly all Mac applications, the InDesignProxy application icon is not really a single file. It is actually a folder (a.k.a. ‘package’) in disguise, and such ‘packages’ need to be constructed to Apple’s exacting rules.

There was a tiny detail that was ‘off’ in the previous version’s package structure. As far as I can tell, this made the Finder decide “Nah, I am not going to ‘Always Open With’ this abomination”, and it threw out InDesignProxy and picked ’something else’.