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I want to find and replace strings in Framemaker's Extendscript (jsx).

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February 10, 2021
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- Searches for a specific string with a regular expression and replaces the string.
- Find specific text and apply a paragraph style to the paragraphs that contain the text.

Framemaker's Extendscript has so little information that it is completely unknown.
Please tell me who is kind.

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Correct answer frameexpert

Here is a way to try it with the paragraph containing your cursor.

#target framemaker

var doc, pgf;

doc = app.ActiveDoc;
if (doc.ObjectValid () === 1) {
    // Get the paragraph that has the text cursor.
    pgf = doc.TextSelection.beg.obj;
    // Call the function to apply the Title paragraph format.
    applyPgfFmt (pgf, "Title", doc);
}

frameexpert

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Here is a function that I use to apply a paragraph format to a paragraph. You need a Pgf object (pgf), the name of the paragraph format as a string (name), and the Doc object (doc).

function applyPgfFmt (pgf, name, doc) {
    
    var pgfFmt, props;
    
    pgfFmt = doc.GetNamedPgfFmt (name);
    if (pgfFmt.ObjectValid ()) {
        props = pgfFmt.GetProps ();
        pgf.SetProps(props);
    }
    else {
        pgf.Name = name;
     }
}

frameexpert

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Here is a way to try it with the paragraph containing your cursor.

#target framemaker

var doc, pgf;

doc = app.ActiveDoc;
if (doc.ObjectValid () === 1) {
    // Get the paragraph that has the text cursor.
    pgf = doc.TextSelection.beg.obj;
    // Call the function to apply the Title paragraph format.
    applyPgfFmt (pgf, "Title", doc);
}

SingsAuthor

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Hi frameexpert

Thanks for your reply.
The method you told me worked correctly.

There is one more problem that I couldn't solve.
I don't know how to specify regular expression options when searching.
The following post is a guide to running the find/replace script.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/framemaker/find-replace/m-p/3581679

I looked at other regular expression-related posts and tried to fix them, but they didn't work correctly.
I don't know how to specify "Constants.FF _ FIND _ USE _ REGEX".
How do I specify regular expression options?

Klaus Göbel

Legend

So try it step by step. If you have problems with any step, just come back and we will help you.

SingsAuthor

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Assign the style name to "replaceObject".
If I set "replaceObject" below, I could change the style just in case.

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activeDoc.TextSelection.beg.obj.Name
activeDoc.TextSelection.end.Name
------------------------------------------------

However, only the name of the paragraph style has changed, so I need to re-import the correct paragraph style from another file.
It took time to process.
Just in case, I was able to change the paragraph style in Search.

SingsAuthor

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>activeDoc.TextSelection.end.Name

There was one mistake.
The correct way is as follows.
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activeDoc.TextSelection.end.object.Name
------------------------------------------------

Klaus Göbel

Legend

The first thing you should do is to search here in the forum.

There are lots of posts concerning that issue.

Search string: "find() replace"

SingsAuthor

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Thank you for taking the time to reply.
I appreciate your kindness.

>- Searches for a specific string with a regular expression and replaces the string.
Thanks to you, this is solved.
It's a lot more complicated than doing the same thing with Indesign.

>- Find specific text and apply a paragraph style to the paragraphs that contain the text.
This looks difficult.
I have no idea.

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