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Background font property not reported as Character Property Change

Community Expert ,
Aug 24, 2021 Aug 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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Community Expert ,
Aug 24, 2021 Aug 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?

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Community Expert ,
Aug 24, 2021 Aug 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.

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Mentor ,
Aug 25, 2021 Aug 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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Community Expert ,
Aug 25, 2021 Aug 25, 2021

Thank you very much for checking Russ. I will file a bug report.

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Community Expert ,
Aug 28, 2021 Aug 28, 2021

I submitted a bug report. Please upvote it.

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

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Enthusiast ,
Aug 28, 2021 Aug 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

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Enthusiast ,
Aug 28, 2021 Aug 28, 2021
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SORRY!

Of course it doesn't work.

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

 

 

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