Adobe FrameMaker 13.0.1.385: Delete reference frame

If you run the code below from an ExtendScript Toolkit window, it will write the reference frame names in the active document to the JavasScript Console.

#target framemaker

var doc, graphic, refFrames;

doc = app.ActiveDoc;
refFrames = [];
graphic = doc.FirstGraphicInDoc;
while (graphic.ObjectValid () === 1) {
    if (graphic.constructor.name === "UnanchoredFrame") {
        if (graphic.Name !== "") {
            refFrames.push (graphic.Name);
        }
    }
    graphic = graphic.NextGraphicInDoc;
}

$.writeln (refFrames.sort ().join ("\r"));

"It is my secret belief  . . ."

Your secret is safe with me, BarbBinder.

. . . But (pssssst!) . . . FYI and strictly entre nous, you're on the World Wide Web.

Just sayin'.

Well, I tried duplicating your test, which indeed works!

However, as you also specified, the frame name that I could not apply to new graphic frames is referenced multiple times in my document. Thank you for providing a reason why I could not reuse the frame name.

Cordially,

Michael Carlisle

And we almost have to add: pay little attention to the text above the Reference Frames.

They are just  hand-type Frame graphics text strings, manually entered separately from the name typed when a new RefFrame is created. Only careful stewardship keeps the two matched. In particular, the visible text is not automatically revised if a Frame is re-named.

These strings also cannot take Paragraph tags, but appear to accept Character tags. They can be sources of hard-to-find phantom font usage, aggravated by being off Body pages.

frameexpert,

Thank you for your response and for the information. 

Cordially,

Michael Carlisle