DollyXs Adobe Indesign SDK C++ Plug-in Project Template Builder

Since java vm no longer works properly on mac os ventura/catalina you can use DollyXs. It is a tool that can be used instead of java based dolly developed by Adobe. You can use it to create Adobe Indesign SDK C++ Plug-In project instead on java based Dolly tool shipped with installation. This tool can be used for mac os platform for now (windows related codes were hidden however it can be)

Setting Up the Development Environment on macOS

Necessary Software

• git
• Xcode
• Qt Framework

Building DollyXs

Open DollyXs.pro file on your Qt Creator.app then build as is

Using DollyXs

First of all you need to download Adobe Indesign Plug-in SDK from https://developer.adobe.com/console/home. Unzip the folder wherever you want into your machine

Adobe Indesign Plug-in SDK folder structure should be as downloaded.

<SDK Root>
        ├── build
                ├── mac
                      ├── prj #xcode project folder
        ├── devtools
                ├── dolly
                        ├── xs #xsl transform files folder
        ├── docs
        ├── external
        ├── flexsamples
        └── source
                ├── sdksamples #xcode source *.h/*.cpp folder