Unable to add textFrame to a cell by scripting

Question

Using extendscript I want to insert a textFrame at the end of a table cell that contains several paragraphs. But this keeps throwing an error stating that this is not allowed for graphic type cells. But the cell is not a graphic type, as I already placed several paragraphs in it. And even after forcing the cell type to text the error remains:

cell.cellType = CellTypeEnum.TEXT_TYPE_CELL;

newFrame = cell.textFrames.add();

Throws a runtime error as indicated.

Is this a bug ?

Running version 21.4.1.164

Peter Kahrel · Accepted Answer

What you should do is add a frame at an insertion point:newFrame = cell.insertionPoints[-1].textFrames.add();That error about graphic frame content is a red herring.

Manan Joshi · Answer

Hi ​@RoelofJanssen2, Does it happen with just a particular document/table or did you try it on others as well

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