Using Find() in ExtendScript

[Guest]

As I'm sure anyone who has started working with ExtendScript in FM10 knows, the existing documentation is still pretty thin. Most of what I've learned has been adapted from the FDK Guide & Reference docs, mostly by trial and error. I've run up against one problem that has me pretty stumped, though, and I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, or if I've run into a bug. I would appreciate any insights.

I've been trying to use the Find() method. I've got it running (as in, without throwing an error), but it isn't producing a usable result. Regardless of whether I search for text that is in the document, or text that isn't, the script returns an empty TextRange object, but FA_Errno is set to FE_Success.

This is the code I'm using:

var thisDoc = app.ActiveDoc;

var docStart = thisDoc.MainFlowInDoc.FirstTextFrameInFlow.FirstPgf ;

var tloc = new TextLoc(docStart,0);

findParams = AllocatePropVals(1);

findParams[0].propIdent.ival = Constants.FS_FindText;

findParams[0].propVal.sval = "Example";

foundText = thisDoc.Find(tloc, findParams);

testText = thisDoc.GetTextForRange(foundText, Constants.FTI_String);

alert(testText.length); // Always returns 0

PrintFAErrno(); // Always prints "FE_Success" to console

[frameexpert · Accepted solution]

You are not allocating your find parameters just right. Try this and it should work for you.

findParams = AllocatePropVals(1);
findParams[0].propIdent.num = Constants.FS_FindText;
findParams[0].propVal.valType = Constants.FT_String;
findParams[0].propVal.sval = "Example";

Rick Quatro

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[Guest]

Yes, that worked. Thank you very much. And while I'm thanking you, the sample scripts from your last seminar have also been very useful, too.