Changing the text size of a text frame in Illustrator with JavaScript

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Hello, everyone;

I am writing a script in JavaScript to fill in information in an Illustrator proof template. I would like to reduce the text size of the contents of a text frame if it exceeds a certain number of characters, to prevent text overflow. I have been trying the .characterAttributes.size property, but it doesn't seem to do anything. Here is an example:

  var reducedFileName = app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName("FileName");

  reducedFileName.contents.textRange.characterAttributes.size = 4;

The size of the contents of that text frame is set to 10 points, I just used 4 to see if it was working. So far, all the different iterations I have tried have failed. Can anyone suggest something to try?

Thanks!

[femkeblanco · Accepted solution]

reducedFileName.textRange.characterAttributes.size = 4;

I.e. take out "contents."  Contents is a string value. 

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Thanks, femkeblanco! That worked like a charm.