How to find and change tint value of "black" color swatch including masterPage contents

Question

I was trying to find and change tint value of black color from '60' to '70' .Below code was working fine with contents of  page items but the changes were not reflected in masterPage contents. So i tried as like below but this was working for me sometimes in indesign 2021 but it was not working in any other indesign versions like 2019 or 2022. Please help me with this! FindChangeTextOption.includeMasterPages = true; 
app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
app.findTextPreferences.fillColor = 'Black';
app.findTextPreferences.fillTint = 60;
var foundItems = app.activeDocument.findText(true);
app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;

for (var f = 0; f < foundItems.length; f++) {
    foundItems[f].fillTint = 70;
}

rob day · Accepted Answer

Hi @Karthik SG , Try this: app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = app.findChangeTextOptions = null;app.findTextPreferences.properties = {fillColor:"Black", fillTint:60}   app.findChangeTextOptions.properties = {         includeHiddenLayers:true,         includeLockedLayersForFind:true,         includeLockedStoriesForFind:true,         includeMasterPages:true} var foundItems = app.activeDocument.findText()for (var f = 0; f < foundItems.length; f++) {    foundItems[f].fillTint = 70;}

Manan Joshi · Answer

HI @Karthik SG,Look at the code given by @rob day it seems you missed setting the property to search in masterpages which is resulting in the behaviour you see, To account for cases where previously you found your script to work sometimes might be attributed to the fact that this option of searching in masterpages when swithced on via UI would result in the search to find masterpage items. Since you don't set this property using your code it is dependent upon what has been done by someone on the UI-Manan

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