Running ExtendScripts on FM and MIF Files.

Hi,

I was trying to run a script to extract all Paragraphs in a fm file with a specific tag name and I could see that I did not extract texts for many paragraphs.

However when I saved the fm file as a mif file, and on running my script hereafter I was able to extract all paragraphs including paragraphs that were hidden.

Please let me know why is there such a difference between running on a FM file and a MIF File.

Secondly, If i were to update the MIF files with new paragraphs (and text ), could I save it as an FM file and use it interchangably.

Thanks,

Sebin

(Attaching my Script)

    var doc = app.ActiveDoc;

    var pgf= doc.FirstPgfInDoc;

    var count = 0 ;

    while (pgf.ObjectValid()){

        if (pgf.Name == 'Specific_Par_Name')

        {  

             count += 1;

             var test = pgf.GetText(Constants.FTI_String ); 

             var text, str;

             text = "";

             //$.writeln(test);

             for (var i=0; i < test.len ; i +=1)

             {

                 var str=test .sdata.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') ;

                 //var str=test .sdata;

                  text = text + str;

                  //PrintTextItem (test);

             }   

         //  file.writeln(text);

         }

       // $.writeln(paraname);

        pgf=pgf.NextPgfInDoc;

}

$.writeln(count);

//file.close();