You can script all the Creative Suite software (All ?) But manage scripts is not always easy depending on the software you are using.

Without surprise Indesign is THE soft for scripts. Photoshop et Illustrator, well it's like only actions matter. Scripts are just dropped in some submenus.

Well, There was improvement potential and Harbs and his In-tools's crew seized the occasion offering ScriptBay. This product is an improved panel that you can run either from Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator or even...Bridge (Yeah I know no Bridge scripts around but who knows...?).

Let's start digging into ScriptBay.

Inspite of all its qualities, Datamerge is unable to produce true tables.

But what if you want to use  datamerging and yet get a true Indesign table ?

Here is a script that may be helpful !

if you want to make editable line charts with Indesign, forget plugins !

Dmitriy Lapayev has developed some outer space script with chart generation and above all data backup in a loaded XML file.

if you change the datas or scale the host rectangle, run again the script to update your chart. Impressive !

Our friend Jongware strikes again with Spirograph !

Create Guilloché patterns within Indesign.

Here are some samples.

If you are fed up with using Illustrator to get pie charts into Indesign, you are going to fell thankful to Marc Autret and his new product: Claquos 2.

From now on, without leaving Indesign, you can create terrific pie charts. Fans of annual reports, go nuts !