c# Adobe InDesign server relink images

In C# connected to INdd Server via COM there ist NO posibility to set links to images with string paths like "C:/tmp/test.eps"

Instead you have to use a VB ScriptingFileSystemObject in C#. C# doesnt have it by default. So you have to add the Microsoft VisualBasic.dll to your references in your c# project.

After that you can relink your Indesign graphics like this:

	InDesignServer.Objects allGraphics = this.document.AllGraphics;//your indd document
	this.basePath = "C:/myimages/";
	foreach (dynamic graphic in allGraphics)
	{
	InDesignServer.Link link = graphic.ItemLink;
	string path = link.FilePath;
	string fileName = this.basePath + "/" + link.Name;
	object fileSystemObject = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject", "");
	Type fileSystemObjectType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
	object file = fileSystemObjectType.InvokeMember("GetFile", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, fileSystemObject, new object[] { path });
	link.Relink(file);
	link.Update();
	}

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connect to IndesignServer API with c# in Visual studio

Its deadeasy to use in Visual studio:


Install InDesign Server on one machine with Visual Studio.

Go to InDesign Server installation folder (e.g. C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS5.5 Server) and copy *.dll from folder \omniorb to system32 folder (e.g. C:\Windows\System32 ).

Run InDesignServer.exe as Administrator (e.g. C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS5.5 Server\InDesignServerService.exe).

In your test project in Visual Studio add reference (COM tab) named Adobe InDesign Server CS5.5 Type Library - you should see 2 versions, one pointing to IDS installation folder and one to your profile dir.

Nginx with php-fpm site config sample

If you are running nginx with php-fpm you will need a specific site configuration,

Here is a sample of a /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/<my-site>.conf to pass all requests on php files tp php-fpm on port 9000

	upstream php70 {
	server php70:9000;
	}
	server {
	listen 80 default_server;
	server_name _ localhost php70.dev www.php70.dev;
	index index.php index.html;
	root /var/www;
	charset utf-8;
	access_log /var/log/nginx/default-php70-access.log;
	error_log /var/log/nginx/default-php70-error.log error;
	location / {
	autoindex on;
	try_files $uri =404;
	}
	location ~ \.php$ {
	try_files $uri =404;
	fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
	if (!-f $document_root$fastcgi_script_name) {
	return 404;
	}
	include fastcgi_params;
	fastcgi_index index.php;
	fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
	fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $document_root;
	fastcgi_pass php70;
	}
	}

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Note: the php-fpm is a seperate machine or container with php-fpm7.0 on it. On this machine port 9000 must be exposed.

Nginx + docker set up a reverseproxy with dockers nameserver

If you loadbalance 2 or more nginx containers you will need to use dockers magic dns under 127.0.0.11

Here is a sample site conf of nginx which proxies every request to  a container "nginx" via proxy_pass


on your loadbalancing container edit /etc/nginx/sites-available/<your site>

server
{
  listen 80;
  resolver 127.0.0.11;
  set $upstream http://nginx;
  location /
  {
    proxy_pass $upstream;
  }
}

the variable $upstream causes, that the proxy "pings" the nameserver to respond the first answering webfrontend and routes the request to that server

Here is the complete docker-compose.yml

	version: '2'
	services:
	proxy:
	image: sameersbn/nginx:1.10.3
	hostname: proxy
	ports:
	- "8080:80"
	volumes:
	- ./nginx/sites-enabled:/etc/nginx/sites-enabled
	- ./logs/proxy/nginx/:/var/log/nginx
	networks:
	- internal
	front1:
	image: sameersbn/nginx:1.10.3
	hostname: front1
	volumes:
	#- ./nginx_front1/sites-enabled:/etc/nginx/sites-enabled
	- ./logs/front1/nginx/:/var/log/nginx
	- ./nginx_front1/www:/usr/share/nginx/html
	networks:
	- internal
	networks:
	internal:
	driver: bridge

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Download the git repo here:
https://github.com/pboethig/loadbalancing