InDesign scripting question re page numbers

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December 5, 2022
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Hi everyone,

Please can someone helpo me...

I have a grep find set up in a script and all works fine.

Just wondered if it's possible to get the page number of each instance returned by the grep find?

Thanks in advance.

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Correct answer brian_p_dts

Grep find typically returns a Text object. From there, you can get myFind.parentTextFrames[0].parentPage. Note that if the item is on the pasteboard, parentPage is null. Or if it extends across multiple text frames those frames might be on different pages.

m1b

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For an example implementation of what @brian_p_dts described, see this post (search for "function textPage").

- Mark

deckardukAuthor

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Hi Mark,

Thanks for the help, the linked discussion looks good 👍

brian_p_dts

Correct answer

Community Expert

Grep find typically returns a Text object. From there, you can get myFind.parentTextFrames[0].parentPage. Note that if the item is on the pasteboard, parentPage is null. Or if it extends across multiple text frames those frames might be on different pages.

deckardukAuthor

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Hi Brian,

Thanks for the help, I'll give that a go 👍

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