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May 13, 2009
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Findchangebylist functions

  • May 13, 2009
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Question concerning the use of findchangebylist in CS3.

I want to search a file for a string and apply a paragraph style,

from the suport file for this I have:


grep    {findWhat:"\tBB\tSO\tAvg.\r"} {appliedParagraphStyle:"z_AG tab bb batters bold"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false}

and nothing happens. I have tried doing a find and search for  AVG and it still does not change the paragraph style. I can do a a search and find a string and apply a character style, but cannot get it to apply a paragraphy style..

the entire support text file looks like this:

text {findWhat:"—"} {changeTo:":"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false}
text {findWhat:"LOB"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"}  {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false}
text {findWhat:"2B"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:true}
text {findWhat:"3B"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:true}
text {findWhat:"HR"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:true}
text {findWhat:"RBIs"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:true}
text {findWhat:"E"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:true}
text {findWhat:"CS"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:true}
text {findWhat:"S"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:true}
text {findWhat:"SF"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"}  {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:true}
grep {findWhat:"Runners left in scoring position"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:true}
text {findWhat:"Umpires"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:true}
text {findWhat:"DP"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:true}
text {findWhat:"T"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:true}
text {findWhat:"A"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"AG Text Bold"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:true}
grep    {findWhat:"IP\tH\tR\tER\tBB\tSO\r"} {appliedParagraphStyle:"z_AG tab bb pitchers 8 bold"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false}
grep    {findWhat:"\tBB\tSO\tAvg.\r"} {appliedParagraphStyle:"z_AG tab bb batters bold"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false}

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Anonymous
May 13, 2009

Hi saxomark,

You need to "fully qualify" your reference to the style, as in:

{appliedCharacterStyle:app.documents.item(0).characterStyles.item("AG Text Bold")}

Also, in your GREP searches, remember to "escape" the backslashes and other special characters, as in:

{findWhat:\\tBB\\tSO\\tAvg.\\r}

Thanks,

Ole

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saxomarkAuthor
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May 13, 2009
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Anonymous
May 14, 2009

I somehow lost my quotation marks while trying to get rid of an unnecessary link. That should be:

{findWhat:"\\tBB\\tSO\\tAvg.\\r"}

Let's see if this works.

Thanks,

Ole

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