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August 24, 2021
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Background font property not reported as Character Property Change

  • August 24, 2021
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I discovered an annoying ExtendScript bug. Background text is not reported as a character property change in ExtendScript. To see it, create a single paragraph and apply a Background color as an override. Click anywhere in the paragraph and run this code. It will show 0 in the alert dialog. It should show 2.

 

#target framemaker

var doc, pgf, textList;

doc = app.ActiveDoc;
pgf = doc.TextSelection.beg.obj;
textList = pgf.GetText (Constants.FTI_CharPropsChange);

alert (textList.length);
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    frameexpert
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    frameexpertCommunity ExpertAuthor
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    August 28, 2021

    I submitted a bug report. Please upvote it.

    https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-10717

    Klaus Göbel
    Klaus Göbel
    Legend
    August 28, 2021

    Hi Rick,

    for me, it works. The offset of the start is the offset of the blank before "friend" (in your example)

    Tested with FM2020 and FM2019

    Klaus Göbel
    Klaus Göbel
    Legend
    August 28, 2021

    SORRY!

    Of course it doesn't work.

    In my first test I've changed the text color not background.

     

     

      Bob_Niland
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      Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 24, 2021

      re: …create a single paragraph and apply a Background color as an override.

      How is that done as an override?
      I see "Background:" as a property in Paragraph & Character designer, but not on any Format pull-down.

       

      Background is a relatively recent enhancement to FM. Do we suppose that support for it got overlooked in all possible tools?

      frameexpert
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      frameexpertCommunity ExpertAuthor
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      August 24, 2021

      Just set it in the Character Designer without a format name. That is what I mean by an override.

      @Russ Ward Russ, do you know if this is also an issue in the FDK? Thanks.

        R
        Russ Ward
        Legend
        August 25, 2021

        Hi @frameexpert, it definitely seems to be. I tested it on FM2019 with the following code:

         

          tr = F_ApiGetTextRange(FV_SessionId, docId, FP_TextSelection);

  ti = F_ApiGetText(docId, tr.beg.objId, FTI_CharPropsChange);

  F_Sprintf(chars, "ti.len - %d", ti.len);
  F_ApiAlert((StringT)chars, FF_ALERT_CONTINUE_WARN);

         

        It reports 0 with a background color override. It reports 2 with any other type of override, including a foreground color.

         

        Russ

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