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Obi-wan Kenobi
Obi-wan Kenobi
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March 20, 2016
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Update several TOCs in the same doc. …

  • March 20, 2016
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Hi,

Here's the code I've tried to write:

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

var myTocStyles = myDoc.tocStyles;

var myTocNumber = myTocStyles.length;

for (i = myTocNumber.length; i >= 1; i++) {  

myDoc.createTOC(TOCStyle,true);

}

Of course, it doesn't work! 

What I'm trying (want) to do is update all the TOCs in the doc.

Thanks in advance for your wise thoughts! 

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Correct answer Vamitul

You are close.

Check your "for" syntax.

for (var i=0; i<myTocNumber; i++){

myDoc.createTOC(myTocStyles,true);

}

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Vamitul
VamitulCorrect answer
Legend
March 20, 2016

You are close.

Check your "for" syntax.

for (var i=0; i<myTocNumber; i++){

myDoc.createTOC(myTocStyles,true);

}

Obi-wan Kenobi
Obi-wan KenobiAuthor
Legend
March 20, 2016

Aha!  Hi Vamitul! Thanks to take a look! 

So, The script becomes:

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

var myTocStyles = myDoc.tocStyles;

var myTocNumber = myTocStyles.length

for (var i=0; i<myTocNumber; i++){

myDoc.createTOC(myTocStyles,true);

}

I don't want to update the Toc 1 (myTocStyles[0], ID Toc by default), only the Toc 2 (myTocStyles[1]), 3 (myTocStyles[2]), …

The script doesn't work! 

Alert:

Obi-wan Kenobi
Obi-wan KenobiAuthor
Legend
March 20, 2016

Aha! It works:

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

var myTocStyles = myDoc.tocStyles;

var myTocNumber = myTocStyles.length

for (var i=1; i<myTocNumber; i++){

myDoc.createTOC(myTocStyles,true);

}

Thanks Vamitul!    I've appreciated your help!

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