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August 6, 2023
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How to get absolute page number with script?

  • August 6, 2023
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Hi,

 

I'm working on a script where I'd like to know on which page a certain text appears.

I know that this works:

 

finds = doc.findText();

myPage = finds[0].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage.name;

 

But it gives me the name of the page, not the absolute number. I need to decide whether the page is within the first n pages of the document or not.

I have written a function which uses the for loop to go through the pages from 1 to n, and compares them to the id of myPage. It works, but I wonder if there is a more simple solution? Is there a way to convert to absolute numbering? Please advise.

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    Correct answer m1b

    Hi all, from memory I think there is a documentOffset property of Page.

    - Mark

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    m1b
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    m1bCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    August 6, 2023

    Hi all, from memory I think there is a documentOffset property of Page.

    - Mark

      J
      JakabZsAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      August 6, 2023

      Hi Mark,

       

      This is it, thank you very much! 🙂

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      Pickory
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      August 6, 2023
      indexnumberreadonlyThe index of the Page within its containing object.

      page.index

      J
      JakabZsAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      August 6, 2023

      Hi Pickory,

       

      Thank you, but unfortunately this does not help 😞

      The index refers only to the containing object, which is the spread here. So using 2 page spreads every page's index is either 0 or 1. My first try was this:

      myPageNum = finds[0].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage.parent.index*2 + finds[0].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage.index;

      This worked more or less, as the index of the spread x 2 plus the index of the page whitin the spread gave me the page number - but for the page 1 it was zero whereas for page 2 it was 2. And it fails if there's a spread of more than two pages, or sections with single and double page spreads.

       

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