[JS]How to get storyUID?

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November 3, 2015
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Hi.

I can get a graphicFrameUID. "app.selection[0].id"

But I want to get the storyUID.

Get as a "[app.activeDocument.stories.item(i).id] // [write mode : app.selection[0].parent.id]" but I want the storyUID of the selected textFrame.

Is there any way?

Thanks.

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Correct answer Jongware

A TextFrame does not 'own' a story, it's more the other way around. You are probably looking for a textframe's parentStory: app.selection[0].parentStory.id (when the selection is a textframe).

Which, obviously, means that for one continuously threaded story, all of its textframes will have the same story id. Whether or not that is a problem depends on what you need it for.

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K159Author

Inspiring

This panel is SnippetRunner of the SDK sample.

Thanks all.

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Pickory

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I often get hold of the story by accessing the lines within the text frame.

...

if ( theLine.parent.constructor.name == "Story" )

...

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wckdtall

Inspiring

I did not know about constructors, and was about to use idmlComponent name and search in order to determine if a page was a master spread. Thanks for this!

Vamitul

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app.selection[0].parentStory.idmlComponentName

Jongware

Correct answer

Community Expert

A TextFrame does not 'own' a story, it's more the other way around. You are probably looking for a textframe's parentStory: app.selection[0].parentStory.id (when the selection is a textframe).

Which, obviously, means that for one continuously threaded story, all of its textframes will have the same story id. Whether or not that is a problem depends on what you need it for.