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kermitr20850467
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July 23, 2018
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AppleScript turn off layer with quote mark in layer name

  • July 23, 2018
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I'm having lots of trouble because my layer name has a quote mark in it:

0.5" TAPE STRIP

This is my part of the script below:

try

  tell active document

  set visible of layer "XXXX" to false

  end tell

  end try

Any idea how I can turn this layer off? I have hundreds of customer suppled files.

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Correct answer Kevin Parrott

Hi

You will need to escape (back slash) the special character, which is the extra quote

so something like this will work    "0.5\" TAPE STRIP"

tell application "Adobe InDesign CC 2018"

    activate

    set myDocument to active document

    tell myDocument

        if exists layer "0.5\" TAPE STRIP" then set visible of layer "0.5\" TAPE STRIP" to false

    end tell

end tell

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Kevin ParrottCorrect answer
Inspiring
July 23, 2018

Hi

You will need to escape (back slash) the special character, which is the extra quote

so something like this will work    "0.5\" TAPE STRIP"

tell application "Adobe InDesign CC 2018"

    activate

    set myDocument to active document

    tell myDocument

        if exists layer "0.5\" TAPE STRIP" then set visible of layer "0.5\" TAPE STRIP" to false

    end tell

end tell

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    kermitr20850467Author
    Participating Frequently
    July 24, 2018

    Thanks Kevin - That worked Perfect!

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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 23, 2018

    Hi Kermit,

    don't know if tripple fencing* will help with AppleScript:

    try 
      tell active document
        set visible of layer '''0.5" TAPE STRIP''' to false
      end tell
    end try

    * That three times ' before and three times ' after the string.

    Regards,

    Uwe

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    kermitr20850467Author
    Participating Frequently
    July 23, 2018

    The didn't work for me - still go the error, "Expected expression, property or key form, etc. but found unknown token."

    I thought maybe I could do something like this:

    set visible of layer whose name contains "TAPE" to false

    but nothing happens when I run the script.

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