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K.Daube
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K.DaubeCommunity Expert
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February 8, 2021
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Find empty textline by ExtendScript

  • February 8, 2021
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Dear friends,

While this task was solved in FrameScript with ease ...

If ActiveDoc = 0
  MsgBox 'No active document.    ';
  LeaveSub;
EndIf

Set vGraphic = FirstGraphicInDoc;
Loop While(vGraphic)
  Set vNextGraphic = vGraphic.NextGraphicInDoc;
  If vGraphic.ObjectName = 'TextLine'
    If vGraphic.Text = ''
      Delete Object(vGraphic);
    EndIf
  EndIf
Set vGraphic = vNextGraphic;
EndLoop

 I struggle in ES by the simple fact, that there is no text attribute available:

Fot the test I use an FM document without Ref pages. On the only one body page I have removed everything but a text line containing some text.

Text line is found, but I have no clue how to chek whether it is empty or not, because I can't get to the string:

FindEmptyTextLine = function () {
// Reference     E:\FM-FrameScript\DeleteEmptyTextlines.fsl
var oDoc, oGraphic, objType, asText, oTextLoc;
  oDoc = app.ActiveDoc;
  if (!oDoc.ObjectValid()) { return;}
  oGraphic = oDoc.FirstGraphicInDoc;
  while (oGraphic.ObjectValid()) {
    objType = oGraphic.constructor.name;
    if (objType == "TextLine") {
$.bp(true);
      oTextLoc = new TextLoc (oGraphic, 0);       // how to find the string?
      asText = oGraphic.ObjectAttributes;
      if (asText.length == 0) {                   // string array is empty
        bFound = true;
      } else {       // is there a real textline ?
        alert ("have we found a real text line?");
      }
      oGraphic.GraphicIsSelected = true;          // Nothing to see
    }
  oGraphic = oGraphic.NextGraphicInDoc;
  }
  return oGraphic;
} //--- end FindEmptyTextLine

var object = FindEmptyTextLine ();

Any help available here?

Thanks You.

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Correct answer K.Daube

Thanks to the information given in the FDK documentation I could solve this issue - using an important function from Rick: getText(..):

var KLD_Z = KLD_Z || {};                          // global script object

KLD_Z.GetText = function (oText, oDoc) { //================================
// Reference     Rick Quatro
var aTextItems, iTxtLen, j, sText= "";
  if (oText.constructor.name !== "TextRange") {   // Get a list of the strings in the sText object or sText range
    aTextItems = oText.GetText(Constants.FTI_String);  // text objects
  } else {
    aTextItems = oDoc.GetTextForRange(oText, Constants.FTI_String); // text range
  }
  iTxtLen = aTextItems.len;
  for (j = 0; j < iTxtLen; j += 1) {              // Concatenate the strings
    sText += (aTextItems[j].sdata);
  }
  return sText;                                   // Return the sText
} //--- end GetText

KLD_Z.FindEmptyTextLine = function () { // ==============================
/*            Find and select empty text line
Arguments     oDoc            Current document
              asNames         Array of xy-names
Returns       Function value is object:
              object.obj      the found graphic object
              object.grouped  false | true
Called by     ButtonFind
Calling       GetText, IsEmptyString (internal)
Comment       Grouped text lines can be found, indication is just by the blinking text cursor.
              To delete them they must be undgrouped first.
              Ungrouped text lines are indicated by their 8 handles.
Reference     DeleteEmptyTextlines.fsl by Michael Müller-Hillebrand (200-04-22)
Used in       FMmngFindRepl
History       2021-02-09
*/
var oDoc, oGraphic, objType, oTL, sText, oTR, oResult = {};

function IsEmptyString(string) {
var re_Trim = /(^[\s\n\r\t\x0B]+)|([\s\n\r\t\x0B]+$)/g;
  string = string.replace(re_Trim, "");  
  return string.length == 0;
}
  oResult.grouped = false;
  oDoc = app.ActiveDoc;
  if (!oDoc.ObjectValid()) { return;}
  oGraphic = oDoc.FirstGraphicInDoc;
  while (oGraphic.ObjectValid()) {
    objType = oGraphic.constructor.name;
    if (objType == "TextLine") {
      sText = KLD_Z.GetText(oGraphic, oDoc);
      if (IsEmptyString(sText)) {                 // string is empty or blank
        if (oGraphic.GroupParent.ObjectValid()) {
          oResult.grouped = true;
        }
        oTL = new TextLoc (oGraphic, 0);
        oTR = new TextRange(oTL, oTL);
        oDoc.ScrollToText(oTR);
        oGraphic.GraphicIsSelected = true;        // indicate it
        break;
      }
    }
    oGraphic = oGraphic.NextGraphicInDoc;
  }
  oResult.obj = oGraphic;
  return oResult;     
} //--- end FindEmptyTextLine ---------------------------------------------------------

// <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
var object = KLD_Z.FindEmptyTextLine (); 
  if (!object.obj.ObjectValid()) {
    alert ("No empty textline found");
  } else if (object.grouped) {
    alert ("This empty textline is grouped. To delete it, it first must be ungrouped.");
  } else {
    alert ("This empty textline can be deleted.");
    object.obj.Delete();
  }

1 reply

K.Daube
Community Expert
K.DaubeCommunity ExpertAuthorCorrect answer
Community Expert
February 9, 2021

Thanks to the information given in the FDK documentation I could solve this issue - using an important function from Rick: getText(..):

var KLD_Z = KLD_Z || {};                          // global script object

KLD_Z.GetText = function (oText, oDoc) { //================================
// Reference     Rick Quatro
var aTextItems, iTxtLen, j, sText= "";
  if (oText.constructor.name !== "TextRange") {   // Get a list of the strings in the sText object or sText range
    aTextItems = oText.GetText(Constants.FTI_String);  // text objects
  } else {
    aTextItems = oDoc.GetTextForRange(oText, Constants.FTI_String); // text range
  }
  iTxtLen = aTextItems.len;
  for (j = 0; j < iTxtLen; j += 1) {              // Concatenate the strings
    sText += (aTextItems[j].sdata);
  }
  return sText;                                   // Return the sText
} //--- end GetText

KLD_Z.FindEmptyTextLine = function () { // ==============================
/*            Find and select empty text line
Arguments     oDoc            Current document
              asNames         Array of xy-names
Returns       Function value is object:
              object.obj      the found graphic object
              object.grouped  false | true
Called by     ButtonFind
Calling       GetText, IsEmptyString (internal)
Comment       Grouped text lines can be found, indication is just by the blinking text cursor.
              To delete them they must be undgrouped first.
              Ungrouped text lines are indicated by their 8 handles.
Reference     DeleteEmptyTextlines.fsl by Michael Müller-Hillebrand (200-04-22)
Used in       FMmngFindRepl
History       2021-02-09
*/
var oDoc, oGraphic, objType, oTL, sText, oTR, oResult = {};

function IsEmptyString(string) {
var re_Trim = /(^[\s\n\r\t\x0B]+)|([\s\n\r\t\x0B]+$)/g;
  string = string.replace(re_Trim, "");  
  return string.length == 0;
}
  oResult.grouped = false;
  oDoc = app.ActiveDoc;
  if (!oDoc.ObjectValid()) { return;}
  oGraphic = oDoc.FirstGraphicInDoc;
  while (oGraphic.ObjectValid()) {
    objType = oGraphic.constructor.name;
    if (objType == "TextLine") {
      sText = KLD_Z.GetText(oGraphic, oDoc);
      if (IsEmptyString(sText)) {                 // string is empty or blank
        if (oGraphic.GroupParent.ObjectValid()) {
          oResult.grouped = true;
        }
        oTL = new TextLoc (oGraphic, 0);
        oTR = new TextRange(oTL, oTL);
        oDoc.ScrollToText(oTR);
        oGraphic.GraphicIsSelected = true;        // indicate it
        break;
      }
    }
    oGraphic = oGraphic.NextGraphicInDoc;
  }
  oResult.obj = oGraphic;
  return oResult;     
} //--- end FindEmptyTextLine ---------------------------------------------------------

// <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
var object = KLD_Z.FindEmptyTextLine (); 
  if (!object.obj.ObjectValid()) {
    alert ("No empty textline found");
  } else if (object.grouped) {
    alert ("This empty textline is grouped. To delete it, it first must be ungrouped.");
  } else {
    alert ("This empty textline can be deleted.");
    object.obj.Delete();
  }
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