get characterStyles

[jeremy0013]

  I'm looking for a way to record (add) a characterStyle from one textItem and apply it to another.  I haven't done much with character scripting so I'm really not sure where to start.

var idoc = app.activeDocument;

//loop through characterAttributes to get and add current selected style?

doc.characterStyles.add("MyStyle");

selected = idoc.selection;

//Select and Apply to selected text

idoc.characterStyles.getByName("MyStyle").applyTo( selected );

[Łukasz Markowski]

Hi,

I think that you should use:

selected = idoc.selection[0];

of course if you have selected over 1 item,  you should use loop for it.

[Łukasz Markowski]

I use followed code for that:

var charStyle = doc.characterStyles.add("style");

var charAttr = charStyle.characterAttributes;

var paraAttr_0 = t.paragraphs[0].paragraphAttributes; 

      paraAttr_0.justification = Justification.CENTER;

var kolor2 = new CMYKColor();

     kolor2.cyan = 0;

     kolor2.magenta = 100;

     kolor2.yellow = 0;

     kolor2.black = 0;

charAttr.fillColor = kolor2;

charAttr.justification = Justification.CENTER;

charStyle.applyTo(t.textRange);

[renél80416020 · Accepted solution]

Salut !

Il faut faire un choix parmi les propriétés de characterAttributes,

pour moi une boucle n'est pas possible...

// JavaScript Document for Illustrator
var docRef = activeDocument;
var text = selection[0]; alert(text.contents);
var charStyle = docRef.characterStyles.add("copy");
var charAttr = charStyle.characterAttributes;
    with (text.textRange) {
      charAttr.size = characterAttributes.size;
      charAttr.verticalScale = characterAttributes.verticalScale;
      charAttr.horizontalScale = characterAttributes.horizontalScale;
      charAttr.capitalization = characterAttributes.capitalization;
      charAttr.fillColor = characterAttributes.fillColor;
      charAttr.textFont = characterAttributes.textFont;
    }
var textRef1 = docRef.textFrames.add();
    textRef1.contents = "Scripting is fun!";
    textRef1.top = -700;
    textRef1.left = 50;
    charStyle.applyTo(textRef1.textRange);

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[jeremy0013]

thank you renél! You are awesome.

[jeremy0013]

One more question.  What am I doing wrong here??  Trying to apply style to selected text. For some reason this works sometimes but not every time.

var idoc = app.activeDocument;
var text = selection[0];
idoc.characterStyles.getByName( 'BNumber' ).applyTo( text.textRange );

[renél80416020]

Bonjour Jeremy,

Quand tu appliques manuellement un style à un texte, tu as souvent un
petit signe + qui t'indique que le style n'est pas appliqué
complètement.

Il faut alors cliquer sur le +

avec le script c'est la même chose.

Il faut donc ajouter le Boolean [,clearingOverrides = true]

var idoc = app.activeDocument;

var text = selection[0];
idoc.characterStyles.getByName('copy').applyTo(text.textRange,true);

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[jeremy0013]

I found this last night. Thanks for all your help Renel.

[jeremy0013]

function findNote( note , toApply ){
    var idoc = app.activeDocument;  
    var text = selection[0];
    for (var i = 0; i < idoc.pageItems.length; i++) {
        pageItemNote = idoc.pageItems;
        if(pageItemNote.note == note){
            idoc.selection = pageItemNote;
            alert(note + " " + toApply);
            idoc.characterStyles.getByName(toApply).applyTo( text.textRange, true );
            activeDocument.selection = null;
        }
    }
};
var LnFront = 'Front Text';
var LnBack = 'Back Text';
var PnFront = 'FText';
var PnBack = 'BText';
findNote(LnFront , PnFront);
findNote(LnBack , PnBack);

  Can someone tell me what I am missing here.  The runs only the first function "findNote(LnFront, PnFront)", then when run again "findNote(LnBack, PnBack)" tells me the selected is not an object.  But is selected as well the correct characterStyle name ??

[renél80416020]

Salut Jeremy,

What is it ???

if(pageItemNote.note == note){ 

idoc.selection = pageItemNote; 

[jeremy0013]

This selects the text needed to apply the characterStyle.

  This is what I worked on today.  The selection of the text item happens but it looks like the characterStyles are being applied before the selection takes place.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

function findAndApply( textName , toApply ){
var idoc = app.activeDocument;
var sel = selection[0];
for (var i = 0; i < idoc.pageItems.length; i++) {
    pageItemNote = idoc.pageItems.note;
        if (pageItemNote == textName) {
            idoc.pageItems[textName].selected = true;
            idoc.characterStyles.getByName(toApply).applyTo( sel.textRange, true );
        }
    }
};
findAndApply("Front Text" , "Ftext");

[renél80416020]

Salut Jeremy,

Tu mélanges tout, il faut étudier la documentation fournie par Adobe, je te donne un lien pour télécharger le pdf.

Le Cloud d'Orange

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[jeremy0013]

I think I just needed a refresher. The selection needed to be made a second time before applying.  Thanks for your help.