HOW TO EDIT TEXT ITEMS INSIDE THE TABLE?

I suggest that you break this down into tasks, starting with the smallest and moving to the largest.

1) How do I apply changes the paragraph containing the insertion point?

2) How do I loop through all of the paragraphs in the selected cell?

3) How do I loop through all of the cells in the table?

4) How do I loop through all of the tables in the document's main flow? (This is where your current script is broken.)

As you test each task on a small level, you can be confident that it will work when you expand it to an entire table or document. Each task will be accomplished by one or more functions that you can chain together to form your finished script.

As Jang mentioned, some of us on the forum do this kind of work as our regular jobs, so we have to give priority to our paying clients. However, we like to help others. But it is easier to get help for smaller tasks.

That said, here is some code that will loop through all of the tables in the main flow of the document:

var textList, i, tbl;
// Get a list of all of the document's main flow tables.
textList = doc.MainFlowInDoc.GetText (Constants.FTI_TblAnchor);
for (i = 0; i < textList.length; i += 1) {
    // Get the Tbl object for the current table.
    tbl = textList.obj;
    // Call a function here to process this table.
}   

If you want to change the font and style of the text of an entire paragraph, you should apply a paragraph format that has the desired formatting. Here is a function for doing that:

function applyPgfFmt (pgf, name, doc) {
   
    var pgfFmt = 0;
   
    pgfFmt = doc.GetNamedPgfFmt (name);
    if (pgfFmt.ObjectValid ()) {
        var props = pgfFmt.GetProps ();
        pgf.SetProps(props);
    }
    else {
        $.writeln ("Paragraph format does not exist: " + name);
        pgf.Name = name;
    }
}

where pgf is the paragraph object, name is the paragraph format's name, and doc is the document object.

Hi Jang,

That was really helpful. But how to import that particular style to other FM template. I tried as per your first instruction but no changes happened.

As of now what i did is.

1. Open a FM Document then imported word file into it.

2. Run Extend Script to delete everything except tables.

3. Place cursor on one cell goto Paragraph Designer then update the Font &Text size update all (Manually done)

So now i have a Paragraph Style. But to how import just this particular Paragraph style to another FM document Tables. So that all tables in the document gets updated.

When i tried File - Import - Formats method it actually imported all formats and again i have to do STEP-3 manually.

With Regards

Aghil

Hello Aghil,

I don't think you need a loop of any kind here. Try the following procedure manually before starting any scripting: Select File > Import > Formats, make sure the current document is selected in the list box at the top, unselect all options except the Paragraph Formats and make sure the checkboxes to override exceptions in the bottom are checked. Then run the import. If that cleans up the formatting in your tables, you can write a small script that does the import for you (if that is still required - it is a fairly simple action already).

If this does not work, you may not have the cellbody and cellheading paragraph formats set up correctly. If all kinds of other things start changing in your documents, you should teach your authors to use formats and no overrides first. That is the start of any good content strategy: no exceptions anywhere anytime.

Good luck

Jang