Extendscript Doubt - Changing the Font Properties across the document.

There is some code for processing a book in this thread:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/FrameMaker/Only-one-file-when-save-framemaker-book-as-html/m-p/7966116#M44974

You have to remember to save and close the documents when you are done.

I wouldn't do it this way; I just process one component at a time. Try searching this forum for "processing all files in a book."

Fine. Instead of using the components in the book, I am using the following approach:

In the active book, i open all the files.

I iterate over all the open files using the following approach

bk=app.ActiveBook.

if(bk.ObjectValid == true)

{

dc= app.FirstOpenDoc;

while(dc.ObjectValid()==true)

{

//do the para and char formating stuff

dc=dc.NextOpenDocInSession;

}

Is this approach correct?

You have to open a book component in FrameMaker to get the Doc object to process. The book component is a pointer to the document on disk, but you have to open the document to get access to most of its properties.

Dear FrameExpert,

Thank you so much for the suggestion. Your first approach really helped.

Now, I am trying to change the font properties of Paragraph/Char formats across all the documents in the book.

I iterate over the book.The firstComponentInBook is the document.When i debugged I found that except for Name, none of the properties pertaining to ParagraphFmt/Character formats are available when the doc is accessed as the FirstComponentInBook. Could you please let me know how to resolve this issue?

var bk=app.ActiveBook;
var dc;
if(bk.ObjectValid() == true)
{
dc=bk.FirstComponentInBook;
{
while (dc.ObjectValid())
{
alert(dc.Name); // Here the Doc name is displayed.
//doc=app.ActiveDoc;
// alert(doc.Name);
ptagFormat= dc.FirstPgfFmtInDoc; // The ptagFormat is showing undefined
alert(ptagFormat);