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How to get the language of the anchoring paragraph

Community Expert ,
May 11, 2019 May 11, 2019

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Dear all,

To be 'really correct' in my Calendar axis function I want to write the month-names in the language of the anchoring paragraph (as long as it is de, en or fr).

  1. oFrame is the object (anchored frame) where I am in with my function
  2. oFrame.FrameParent does not point to a paragraph, but to the text frame containing the anchoring paragraph.
  3. How to find out that paragraph?

Do I need to run through all paragraphs of the text frame and check whether GetText provides andy anchors

... and then look what is anchored (fortunaely I know the ID of my frame... ?

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Advocate , May 11, 2019 May 11, 2019

The anchored frame has a text location, which points to an object which is the  paragraph you are looking for.

oPgf = oFrame.TextLoc.obj

You should of course always check if oPgf is really a paragraph: if ( oPgf.constructor.name == "Pgf" ) as it may just be something else in one of those corner cases and throw an ugly script error, or even crash Frame.

Good luck

4everJang

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The anchored frame has a text location, which points to an object which is the  paragraph you are looking for.

oPgf = oFrame.TextLoc.obj

You should of course always check if oPgf is really a paragraph: if ( oPgf.constructor.name == "Pgf" ) as it may just be something else in one of those corner cases and throw an ugly script error, or even crash Frame.

Good luck

4everJang

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May 13, 2019 May 13, 2019

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Many thanks, Jang!

I created a function to get the default language:

function Fgr_GetDefaultLanguage (oPgf) { // === Get language from paragraph or application ========

// Arguments  oPgf  Paragraph from which to get the language

// Returns    language string "en", "de" or "fr"

// Called by  NewDiagram

// Comment    Only languages which can be handled in messages are considered

// Reference  Jang F.M. Graat in https://forums.adobe.com/message/11070209

var  langNum;

  if (oPgf.constructor.name == "Pgf") {          // assure proper object

    langNum = oPgf.Language;

  } else {

    langNum = app.Language;

  }

  switch (langNum) {

    case Constants.FV_LANG_ENGLISH          : return "en";  // x01

    case Constants.FV_LANG_BRITISH          : return "en";  // x02

    case Constants.FV_LANG_GERMAN          : return "de";  // x03

    case Constants.FV_LANG_SWISS_GERMAN    : return "de";  // x04

    case Constants.FV_LANG_FRENCH          : return "fr";  // x05

    case Constants.FV_LANG_CANADIAN_FRENCH  : return "fr";  // x06

    case Constants.FV_LANG_NEW_GERMAN      : return "de";  // x16

    case Constants.FV_LANG_NEW_SWISS_GERMAN : return "de";  // x17

    default : return "en";

  }

} //--- end Fgr_GetDefaultLanguage

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