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Lordrhavin
Lordrhavin
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June 10, 2026
Question

No textFrame in graphic cells

  • June 10, 2026
  • 1 reply
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I’m trying to insert a textframe into a tables cell:

  for (var r = 0; r<table.rows.length; ++r) {
    var cell = table.rows[r].cells[0];
    cell.contents = "";
    cell.cellType = CellTypeEnum.TEXT_TYPE_CELL;
    var myFrame = cell.textFrames.add();
    myFrame.geometricBounds = [0, 0, 20, 40];
    myFrame.contents = "!";
  };

This leads to the error that a “graphic cell cannot contain a textframe” (Error 11310). But I explicitly set it to CellTypeEnum.TEXT_TYPE_CELL, right?

How does this work?

    1 reply

    rob day
    Community Expert
    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 10, 2026

    ’m trying to insert a textframe into a tables cell:

     

    Hi ​@Lordrhavin , If you want to add a textFrame inside a cell, I think you have to add it at an insertionPoint. So this adds a new textFrame at the cell’s first insertion point

     

    app.scriptPreferences.measurementUnit = MeasurementUnits.POINTS;

    var tables = app.documents[0].stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem().getElements();
    var t = tables[0]

    var c, myFrame;
    for (var r = 0; r<t.rows.length; ++r) {
        c = t.rows[r].cells[0];
        myFrame = c.insertionPoints[0].textFrames.add();
        myFrame.geometricBounds = [0, 0, 10, 40];
        myFrame.contents = "!";
    };

    app.scriptPreferences.measurementUnit = AutoEnum.AUTO_VALUE;

     

     

     

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