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Perform Adobe Contribute-related operations in Creative Suite applications

The Cross DOM is a small API that provides a set of functions that are common across Adobe Creative Suite applications. These include functions to open files, execute scripts, and print files. You can use the Cross DOM API for startup scripts to perform any of the following operations across the Adobe Creative Suite applications:

  • Open a new web page or blog entry in Adobe Contribute from another Creative Suite application using the Open function in the Cross-DOM API. Also, you can open files in Adobe Contribute from another Creative Suite application using the Cross-DOM API in a startup script.

  • Open files from the following Creative Suite applications in Adobe Contribute by using the Open function in the Cross-DOM API: Adobe Bridge®, Adobe Photoshop®, Adobe Illustrato®r, Adobe InDesign®, Adobe Acrobat®, Adobe Flash®, Adobe Dreamweaver®, and Adobe Fireworks®.

  • Open video and audio files from the following Creative Suite applications using the Open function in the Cross-DOM API: Adobe After Effects®, Adobe Premiere® Pro, Adobe Audition®, and Adobe Encore®. If the file can be viewed in the embedded browser, it is opened in the embedded browser.

  • Edit files in one of the following Creative Suite applications, and call the Reveal function to switch to Adobe Contribute: Adobe Bridge, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, and Adobe Encore.

  • Print files from the following Creative Suite applications in Adobe Contribute using the PDF printer and the Print function in the Cross-DOM API: Adobe Bridge, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, and Adobe Fireworks.

  • Print files from the following Creative Suite applications using the Print function in the Cross-DOM API: Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, and Adobe Encore. (Although video files are rarely printed, printing these files lets you verify whether the corresponding applications respond to BridgeTalk messages.)

  • Close Adobe Contribute from other Creative Suite applications using the Close function in the Cross-DOM API.

  • Quit Adobe Contribute from the following Creative Suite applications using the Quit function in Cross DOM API: Adobe Bridge, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, and Adobe Encore.

    Note: Adobe Bridge scripts using the BridgeTalk protocol enable communication between Adobe Contribute and the Adobe Creative Suite applications. The BridgeTalk message object is used to send message packets between the applications.