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flaviogomes_script
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February 20, 2018
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Select anchored object and apply object style

  • February 20, 2018
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Hi friends, I'm needing a script to select an anchored object with ".ai" extension and apply an object style. Thanks for the help of your friends.

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LaubenderCommunity Expert
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February 20, 2018

Hi,

you would go for the allGraphics array of the document. Loop that and test for e.g. ai as suffix in itemLink.name and also test for parent.parent.constructor.name == "Character" for anchored. Mabe also for imageTypeName "Adobe PDF".

// ExtendScript (JavaScript)
// Detect an anchored frame where the graphic contents is an ai-file
// Apply an object style to it.
( function()
{
   
    if(app.documents.length == 0){ return };
   
    var objectStyleName = "ObjectStyleName"; // Edit and insert your object styles's name here
   
    var doc = app.documents[0];
    var objectStyle = doc.objectStyles.itemByName( objectStyleName );
    if( !objectStyle.isValid ){ return };
   
    var allGraphicsArray = doc.allGraphics;
    var allGraphicsArrayLength = allGraphicsArray.length;
    for(var n=0;n<allGraphicsArrayLength;n++)
    {
        if( allGraphicsArray.parent.parent.constructor.name != "Character" ){ continue };
        if( allGraphicsArray.imageTypeName != "Adobe PDF" ){ continue };
       
        if( allGraphicsArray.itemLink.name.match(/\.ai$/i) )
        {
            allGraphicsArray.parent.appliedObjectStyle = objectStyle ;
        };
    }
}() )

Edit line 10 and insert your object style's name between the "".

Regards,
Uwe

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    flaviogomes_scriptAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 21, 2018

    Wordless to thank my friend, it worked perfectly.

    But I would like to ask for other help, I forgot to mention that there are other ".AI" files in the archive.

    So, how would the script be applied only to text frames with the paragraph style "QUESTION"?
    Very grateful for your willingness to help, big hug, and once again, thank you.

    L
    Community Expert
    LaubenderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 21, 2018

    flaviogomes_script  wrote

    … So, how would the script be applied only to text frames with the paragraph style "QUESTION"?…

    You have to do an additional check. See code below:

    // ExtendScript (JavaScript)

    // Detect an anchored frame where the graphic contents is an ai-file

    // Apply an object style to it if the anchor is formatted with a distinct paragraph style

    ( function() 
    { 
        if(app.documents.length == 0){ return }; 
        var objectStyleName = "ObjectStyleName"; // Edit and insert your object styles's name here
        var paragraphStyleName = "QUESTION"; // Edit and insert your para style's name here
        var doc = app.documents[0]; 
        var objectStyle = doc.objectStyles.itemByName( objectStyleName ); 
        if( !objectStyle.isValid ){ return };
        var appliedParaStyle = doc.paragraphStyles.itemByName( paragraphStyleName );
        if( !appliedParaStyle.isValid ){ return };
        var allGraphicsArray = doc.allGraphics; 
        var allGraphicsArrayLength = allGraphicsArray.length; 
        for(var n=0;n<allGraphicsArrayLength;n++) 
        { 
            if( allGraphicsArray.parent.parent.constructor.name != "Character" ){ continue }; 
            if( allGraphicsArray.imageTypeName != "Adobe PDF" ){ continue };
           
            var anchorCharacter = allGraphicsArray.parent.parent;
            if
            (
                allGraphicsArray.itemLink.name.match(/\.ai$/i) &&
                anchorCharacter.appliedParagraphStyle == appliedParaStyle
            ) 
            { 
                allGraphicsArray.parent.appliedObjectStyle = objectStyle ; 
            }; 
        } 
    }() )

    Here I assume that the paragraph style in question is not part of a style group.

    Regards,
    Uwe

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      S Hopkins
      Inspiring
      February 20, 2018

      First you need to get a list of all anchored objects in all stories of the document. Then you need to test the file path for the link reference. If the file path ends with ".ai" then apply the object style. Here is a sample written in AppleScript. Hope this helps.

      set styleName to "Photo"

      tell application "Adobe InDesign CC 2018"

        set docRef to document 1

        set styleRef to object style styleName of docRef

        set myList to every spline item of every text frame of docRef

        repeat with i from 1 to length of myList

        set thisFrame to item i of myList

        try

        set thisImage to image 1 of thisFrame

        set linkRef to item link of thisImage

        set thisTest to file path of linkRef

        if thisTest ends with ".ai" then

        set applied object style of thisFrame to styleRef

        end if

        end try

        end repeat

      end tell

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