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lfcorullon13651490
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January 16, 2018
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Styles in target doc but not in source doc

  • January 16, 2018
  • 4 replies
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Hello, there.

Any of you already need to "sync" styles between documents, removing the ones that not match?

I have two documents. My source and my target.

I can't handle with this task.

Any help will be very appreciated.

Thank you so much!

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    4 replies

    Sunil Yadav
    Sunil Yadav
    Legend
    June 29, 2018

    Hi there,

        You should try this, this might help you,

    var srcDoc = app.documents[0];
    var trgtDoc = app.documents[1];
    var srcStyles = srcDoc.paragraphStyles;
    var sc = 0;
    while(sc < trgtDoc.paragraphStyles.length){
        var myStyle = trgtDoc.paragraphStyles[sc];
        var sdc = 0;
        var match = false
        while(sdc < srcStyles.length){
            if(myStyle.name.toString() == srcStyles[sdc].name.toString()){
                match = true;
                sdc = srcStyles.length;
                }
            sdc++;
            }
        if(match==false){
            trgtDoc.paragraphStyles[sc].remove();
            }
        else{
            sc++;
            }
        }
      lfcorullon13651490
      lfcorullon13651490Author
      Legend
      August 3, 2018

      Thank you so much for all suggestions.

      But, I can't handle with this... yet.

      My goal: "sync" paragraph styles between source and target documents.

      Source: 700 styles

      Target: 80 styles

      The best way I can think to do what I want is: duplicate the source doc, saving it as temp, and matching the styles, removing all that don't match with the target files. So, I expect to get a temp file with 80 styles. And then, import styles to the target.

      I tried a Harbs.​ suggestion too: targetStyle.properties = sourceStyle.properties. But I noticed that not all properties are "synchronized" (text fill color, for example).

      So, I tried this code, but, of course, it doesn't work.

      What am I doing wrong?

      var myFileFolder = Folder(/*HERE GOES THE DEFAULT FOLDER*/).selectDlg("Select the folder.");
      var myDialog = myFileFolder;
      if (myDialog != null) {
          var myTargetFiles = myFileFolder.getFiles("*.indd");
          alert (myTargetFiles.length + " files were found in the selected.","Script by LFCorullón");
          var mySourceFile = File.openDialog("Select the source file...", "InDesign files:*indd;*indt");
          }
      else {
          exit();
          }
      mySourceFile = app.open(mySourceFile);
      var sourceStyles = [];
      var targetStyles = [];
      var match = false;
      for (var td=0; td<myTargetFiles.length; td++) {
          var myTargetFile = app.open(myTargetFiles[td]);
          var myTempFile = mySourceFile.save(File(Folder.temp + "/" + myTargetFile.name.replace(".indd", "") + "_estilos.indd"));
          
          for (var ss=0; ss<myTempFile.allParagraphStyles.length; ss++) {
              sourceStyles.push(myTempFile.allParagraphStyles[ss]);
              }
          
          for (var ts=0; ts<myTargetFile.allParagraphStyles.length; ts++) {
              targetStyles.push(myTargetFile.allParagraphStyles[ts]);
              }
          for (var j=sourceStyles.length-1; j>=2; j--) {
              for (var i=targetStyles.length-1; i>=0; i--) {
                  if (sourceStyles.name.toString() == targetStyles.name.toString()) {
                      match = true;
                      }
                  }
              if (match == false) {
                  sourceStyles.remove();
                  }
              }
      //~     myTargetFile.close(SaveOptions.YES);
          }
      L
      Community Expert
      LaubenderCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 6, 2018

      Hi,

      it's hard to tell what's going wrong without you telling what actually went wrong.

      And also without seeing the documents.

      Can you share the two documents?

      Regards,
      Uwe

        payalm68947498
        payalm68947498
        Inspiring
        January 17, 2018

        Hiii

             try this..

        var myDoc = app.documents[0];
        var stlyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles;
        var myDoc2 = app.documents.add();
        var FileName = path + "/" + fileName + ".indd";
        var StylePath = myDoc.filePath + "/" + myDoc.name;
        myDoc2.save(File(FileName), true);
        myDoc2.importStyles(ImportFormat.paragraphStylesFormat, File(StylePath),GlobalClashResolutionStrategy.loadAllWithOverwrite);
        L
        Community Expert
        LaubenderCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        January 17, 2018

        Hi,

        did you see into method importStyles() of object Document:

        Adobe InDesign CS6 (8.0) Object Model JS: Document

        Regards,
        Uwe

        lfcorullon13651490
        lfcorullon13651490Author
        Legend
        January 17, 2018

        Hi, Uwe and payalm. Yes. I'm using this.

        But this don't deal with the styles that doesn't match. If the style is only on the target file, it remains there. I'm looking for a way to remove them (if they're not in use). Keeping only the styles that match between both docs, and, of course, are not in use.

        payalm68947498
        payalm68947498
        Inspiring
        January 17, 2018

        Hello....

             If you want to import or load styles that doesn't match that is possible through script and If you need to remove all the styles that doesn't match that is also can be done through script.

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