About the Adobe plugin

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Introduction

The censhare Adobe (XMLCommand) plugin handles communication between the censhare Client or censhare Render Client and Adobe InDesign, InCopy, and InDesign Server.

Find answers on the Adobe plugin and censhare Clients in the FAQ.

Endnotes support

Currently, censhare does not support Adobe InDesign documents that include endnotes. The Adobe Endnote feature (introduced in InDesign CC 2018) includes significant technical changes. By default, you cannot upload or check-in InDesign and InCopy documents with endnotes in censhare. It is neither possible to place snippets that include endnotes in the Editor for InDesign Documents.

What's new with the censhare Adobe plugin

Find relevant enhancements of the censhare Adobe plugin.

For detailed release information on each version of the XMLCommand plug-in, check the Java-based censhare Tracker support system:
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XMLCommand plug-in version		New or enhanced functionality
macOS plugin version	Windows plugin version
2.19.1		Adobe 2024
2.18.1		Adobe 2023 support added on Windows X64, macOS X64, macOS ARM64.
2.17.1		Adobe 2022 support added on Windows X64, macOS X64, macOS ARM64. Adobe 2021 support added on Windows X64, macOS X64, macOS ARM64. Compatibility with Adobe 2020, Adobe 2019, Adobe 2018.
2.9.4		Supports Adobe versions including Adobe 2021 v16.x in Rosetta mode.
2.9.3		WebSocket support on both macOS and Windows Plugin versions in synch again for macOS and Windows. Available on platforms for all Adobe versions including 2020.
2.9.2	2.8.46	Available on platforms for all Adobe versions including Adobe 2020.
2.9.2	2.8.46	Available on platforms for all Adobe versions including 2020. macOS Catalina and macOS Mojave: 2.9.1 or above is required to be used with censhare versions 20.9.2, 2019.3.2, and as of 2020.1.1.
2.9.1	2.8.45	First Windows plugin version for Adobe 2020.
2.9.1	2.8.44	Bugfix with AppNap on macOS for WebSocket support
2.9.0	2.8.44	WebSocket support added as a communication protocol WebSocket protocol besides AppleEvent (on macOS) or COM (on Windows) is added for communication of the plugin between censhare and Adobe. This does not affect your data. You can use your data as before. WebSocket is now preconfigured as the default communication protocol. Previously available protocols are used as a fall-back. Note: A temporary split of plugin versions depending on the operating system for technical reasons. 2.9.x version series on macOS. 2.8.x version series on Windows. You are allowed to use mixed plugin versions until we meet the version parity in a couple of months again. Use the combinations listed in the rows above in this table.
2.8.44		Last common compatible version with both macOS and Windows for a transitional period.
2.8.34		Improved content-lock support The Content Lock setting of the original text frame passes to each copy of the text frame. If users copy text frames that have content locks, the new text frames retain the locks. If users copy text frames that do not have content locks, the new text frames are unlocked. Users can change the Content Lock setting afterwards. In previous plug-in versions, copied text frames were automatically locked.
2.8.33		Enhanced type-on-a-path selection When used with censhare version 2017.4 or higher, the creation of InCopy text stories from InDesign frames that include Type-on-a-path was enhanced. Users can select multiple Adobe InDesign text frames (with or without Type-on-a-path) and create an Adobe InCopy asset with one or more text stories.
2.8.32		Performance fix for censhare Render Client New IP configuration parameters for the Render Client can point the XMLCommand plugin to the loopback address. This setting can boost the performance of the Render Client on some Windows installations. Some Installations of the Render Client on Windows without a VFS render slowly. Use of more than one network interface can further impact rendering performance. The source of the problem is a security check for the internal HTTP server that only accepts requests from the loopback address (127.0.0.1). Use of the local loopback address bypasses the security check.
2.8.29		Support for Type-on-a-path Adds support for Adobe InDesign frames that include Type-on-a-path.
2.8.26		Support for snippets Adds support for Adobe InDesign Snippet files (.IDMS).