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yannickl67432203
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March 7, 2016
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Replace selected text by another TextFrame content

  • March 7, 2016
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Hi,

I'm trying to transform a selected text to something new, involving text displacement and paragraph styling using a jsx script. Right now, everything works great :

  • I grab the select text
  • I create a new temporary TextFrame
  • I generate my new paragraphs and apply styles to them in the new TextFrame

What I wasn't able to achieve yet is to replace the original seleted text by the temporary TextFrame content.

Any help would be more than welcome

Some part of my script :

myText = app.selection[0].contents; 




... do some stuff 





var myDocument = app.documents.item(0); 


var myPage = myDocument.pages.item(0); 


var myTextFrame = myPage.textFrames.add(); 





myTextFrame.geometricBounds = [0, -70, 150, 70]; 


myTextFrame.contents = "Paragraph1\rParagraph2..."; 





myTextFrame.paragraphs[0].appliedParagraphStyle = pStyleGroup.paragraphStyles.itemByName('Style1'); 


myTextFrame.paragraphs[1].appliedParagraphStyle = pStyleGroup.paragraphStyles.itemByName('Style2');

And now, in myTextFrame, I have my formated new paragraph, and I'd like to replace the original selected text by my TextFrame content (keeping the paragraph styles).

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Correct answer Jump_Over

Hi,

Keep code logic and modify utilities:

var


    mSourceIdx = app.selection[0].index,


    mStory = app.selection[0].parentStory,


    mReplaceStuff = {


        elements: [


            ["Paragraph_1\r",  "Style_1"],


            ["Paragraph_2\r",  "Style_2"],


            ["Paragraph_X\r",  "Style_X"]


            ]},


    mTarget, cElement, cText, cParaStyle;




while (cElement = mReplaceStuff.elements.pop()) {


    cText = cElement[0];


    cParaStyle = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.item(cElement[1]);    // modify if styleGroups present in a structure


  mTarget = mStory.insertionPoints.item(mSourceIdx);


    mTarget.contents = cText;


    mTarget.paragraphs[0].appliedParagraphStyle = cParaStyle;


     }




app.selection[0].contents = "";

Use mReplaceStuff to prepare stuff to replace

Jarek

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Jump_Over
Jump_Over
Legend
March 7, 2016

Hi,

It could be done directly:

var


  mSource = app.selection[0],


  mStory = mSource.parentStory,


  mTarget = mStory.insertionPoints.item(mSource.index);


  mText1ToReplace = "Paragraph1\r",


  mText2ToReplace = "Paragraph2\r",


  mParaStyle1 = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.item("Style1"),


  mParaStyle2 = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.item("Style2");




  mSource.contents = mText2ToReplace;


  mTarget.paragraphs[0].appliedParagraphStyle = mParaStyle2;


  mTarget.contents = mText1ToReplace;


  mTarget.paragraphs[0].appliedParagraphStyle = mParaStyle1;

Jarek

PS. Modify mParaStyle1 & 2 declaration if styleGroups exists

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    yannickl67432203Author
    Participant
    March 8, 2016

    Thanks Jarek, it works. However, it doesnt any more when I have more than 2 paragraphs. The second one keeps being overridden.

    Thanks !

    Jump_Over
    Jump_OverCorrect answer
    Legend
    March 8, 2016

    Hi,

    Keep code logic and modify utilities:

    var
    

        mSourceIdx = app.selection[0].index,
    

        mStory = app.selection[0].parentStory,
    

        mReplaceStuff = {
    

            elements: [
    

                ["Paragraph_1\r",  "Style_1"],
    

                ["Paragraph_2\r",  "Style_2"],
    

                ["Paragraph_X\r",  "Style_X"]
    

                ]},
    

        mTarget, cElement, cText, cParaStyle;
    

    

    while (cElement = mReplaceStuff.elements.pop()) {
    

        cText = cElement[0];
    

        cParaStyle = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.item(cElement[1]);    // modify if styleGroups present in a structure
    

      mTarget = mStory.insertionPoints.item(mSourceIdx);
    

        mTarget.contents = cText;
    

        mTarget.paragraphs[0].appliedParagraphStyle = cParaStyle;
    

         }
    

    

    app.selection[0].contents = "";

    Use mReplaceStuff to prepare stuff to replace

    Jarek

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