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Johnwhite
Inspiring
May 30, 2016
Answered

How to define text frames loop through the active doc

  • May 30, 2016
  • 2 replies
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Hi experts

I have this script:

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

    myTextFrame = myDoc.textFrames;

    for (var F = myTextFrame.length; F > 0; F --){

while (myTextFrame.overflows)

    myTextFrame.parentStory.pointSize -= 0.5;

    }

but I always get error after run the script, could someone tells me what's wrong with the define?

regard

John

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Correct answer tpk1982

not sure, but this will work

var myDoc = app.documents[0];

var myPages = myDoc.pages;

for (var i = 0; i < myPages.length; i++) {

    var myPage = myDoc.pages.item(i) ;

    var myFrame= myPage.textFrames;

    for (var m = 0; m < myFrame.length; m++) {

        if ( myFrame.item(m).overflows ) {

                myFrame.item(m).parentStory.pointSize -= 0.5;

        }  

    };

};

2 replies

J
JohnwhiteAuthor
Inspiring
May 30, 2016

thank you ptk1982, thank all guys,

so it is not allow to directly define the text fame,

so the hierarchy so be like: doc -> pagesItems -> text frame

thanks so much.

regard

John

tpk1982
tpk1982Correct answer
Legend
May 30, 2016

not sure, but this will work

var myDoc = app.documents[0];

var myPages = myDoc.pages;

for (var i = 0; i < myPages.length; i++) {

    var myPage = myDoc.pages.item(i) ;

    var myFrame= myPage.textFrames;

    for (var m = 0; m < myFrame.length; m++) {

        if ( myFrame.item(m).overflows ) {

                myFrame.item(m).parentStory.pointSize -= 0.5;

        }  

    };

};

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