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René Mølsted
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May 26, 2009
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[JS] Override Alle Master Page Items

  • May 26, 2009
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Hi all,

I'm trying to override all masterpage items from my script ...

function OverrideMasterItems(CurrentPage) {
     document.pages[CurrentPage].appliedMaster.pageItems.everyItem().override(document.pages[CurrentPage]);
}

but I get "Invalid object for this request".

Any hints?

--

molsted

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Correct answer Harbs.

Like I said before: You're probably trying to override an object which is already overridden...

This should work. (Although there's probably more efficient ways to do this...)

function OverrideMasterItems() {
  var allItems = myDocument.pages[CurrentPage].appliedMaster.pageItems.everyItem().getElements();
  for(var i=0;i<allItems.length;i++){
    try{allItems.override(myDocument.pages[CurrentPage])}
    catch(e){}
  }
}

Harbs

4 replies

wckdtall
wckdtall
Inspiring
March 2, 2023

For 2023 I noticed there was a Menu shortcut in pages, and that there was a way to execute these via script. Please note that "Parent" was formerly "Master" tested and this works as expected. I personally wasn't able to get the loops to work.

 

app.menuActions.itemByName("$ID/Override All Parent Page Items").invoke();

 

M.Hasanin
M.Hasanin
Inspiring
March 6, 2023

Hi @wckdtall , here the script to loop document to  override all parent pages items (tested in 2023) :

 

//Override All Document 
OverrideDoc();
function OverrideDoc() {
var mA = app.menuActions.itemByName("$ID/Override All Parent Page Items");
var doc = app.documents[0];
var allDocSpreads = doc.spreads.everyItem().getElements(); //Here is Pages Range
var allDocSpreadsLength = allDocSpreads.length;
for( var n=0; n<allDocSpreadsLength; n++ ) //Loop inSide Pages Range
{
	doc.layoutWindows[0].activeSpread = allDocSpreads[n]; //you can delete this, just to show process
	if( mA.isValid && mA.enabled ){ mA.invoke() };
};
    }

 

note that you can use any of these and will get the same results :

 

var mA = app.menuActions.itemByName("$ID/Override All Master Page Items");

 

or

 

var mA = app.menuActions.itemByName("$ID/Override All Parent Page Items");

 

 

Mohammad Hasanin
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shivani.0342
Participant
May 3, 2018

for(var i=myPage.appliedMaster.pageItems.length-1;i>=0; i--)

         {

                if(myPage.appliedMaster.pageItems.parentPage.side==myNewPage.side)

                        myPage.appliedMaster.pageItems.override(myPage); 

            }

Please try this. It worked for me.

Shivani

    Harbs.
    Harbs.
    Legend
    May 26, 2009

    Are you overriding an already overridden object?

    Harbs

    D
    Dave_Saunders
    Inspiring
    May 26, 2009

    Presumably, CurrentPage is a number equal to the documentOffset of the page of interest.

    But what is "document" -- you're not passing that into your function. Is it a global set to the activeDocument?

    Once I defined that, your script worked for me (although I did have to delete a space in "pageItems".

    Dave

    R
    René MølstedAuthor
    Known Participant
    May 28, 2009

    Hi Dave,

    here's the script in its whole

    #target indesign;

    var myDocument = app.activeDocument;

    var TotalPages = (myDocument.pages.count());

    for(var CurrentPage=0; CurrentPage < TotalPages; CurrentPage++) {
         OverrideMasterItems();
    }
    function OverrideMasterItems() {
         myDocument.pages[CurrentPage].appliedMaster.pageItems.everyItem().override(myDocument.pages[CurrentPage]);

    }

    --

    molsted

      Harbs.
      Harbs.Correct answer
      Legend
      May 28, 2009

      Like I said before: You're probably trying to override an object which is already overridden...

      This should work. (Although there's probably more efficient ways to do this...)

      function OverrideMasterItems() {
        var allItems = myDocument.pages[CurrentPage].appliedMaster.pageItems.everyItem().getElements();
        for(var i=0;i<allItems.length;i++){
          try{allItems.override(myDocument.pages[CurrentPage])}
          catch(e){}
        }
      }

      Harbs

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