Script doesn't get TextFrames.text

Report · Dec 08, 2021

Hello everyone,

I wrote a script with UI to quickly insert title block information to my Illustrator file.
The script instantly gets the Text from the editboxes if only 7 arguments are defined.

But if I want to work with all the arguments, the script doesn't work anymore.
Here is a Link to a Sample AI with titleblock:
https://assets.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:c63a7ba9-7ce8-4347-963d-5949f584427c?view=difile

After some testing, this part results in problems:

function get_prop(){
    odesigner.contents = Designer.text;
    ocreationdate.contents = Datum.text;
    otitle.contents = Titel.text;
    opartnumber.contents = Artikelnummer.text;
    orev.contents = Revision.text;
    omodby.contents=modified_by.text;
    omoddate.contents=modified_date.text;
    oapprby.contents=approved_by.text;
    oapprdate.contents=approved_date.text;
    overiby.contents=verified_by.text;
    overidate.contents=verified_date.text;
 }

Following the full codes.

Working code:

    var odesigner = app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("designer");
    var ocreationdate = app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("date_of_creation");
    var otitle = app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("Titel") ;
    var opartnumber = app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("partnumber") ;
    var orev = app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("Revision");
    var omodby=app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("modified_by");
    var omoddate=app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("modified_date");
    var oapprby=app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("approved_by");
    var oapprdate=app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("approved_date");
    var overiby=app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("verified_by");
    var overidate=app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("verified_date");
   
    
    function today_date(){
        var dd = todaydate.getDate();
    
        var mm = todaydate.getMonth()+1; //January is 0!
    
        var yyyy = todaydate.getFullYear();
    
        if(dd<10) {
    
            dd = '0'+dd
    
        }
    
        if(mm<10) {
    
            mm = '0'+mm
    
        }
    
        todaydate= dd + '.' + mm + '.' + yyyy;
    }
    

    var w = new Window ("dialog", "Titelblock Eingabe"); {
    
        w.orientation = "column";
 
       
    
       
        var groupgen = w.add("group",undefined,''); 
            groupgen.alignChildren = "fill"; 
            groupgen.orientation = "row";
    
                     
        var group1 = groupgen.add("panel",undefined, "Erstellung"); 
            group1.orentation = "column"; 
            group1.alignChildren = "fill";     
    
    
        var group2 = groupgen.add("panel",undefined, "Nummerierung"); 
            group2.orentation = "column"; 
            group2.alignChildren = "fill";
    
        var todaydate = new Date();
    
        today_date();
    
    
        var myDesigner = group1.add ("Panel", undefined, "Designer:"); {
            myDesigner.alignChildren = "fill";
            myDesigner.orientation      ="row";
            var Designer= myDesigner.add ("edittext", undefined, odesigner.contents);
                Designer.preferredSize = [250,23];
        }
    
        var myDate = group1.add ("Panel", undefined, "Erstellungsdatum"); {
            myDate.alignChildren = "fill";
            myDate.orientation      ="row";
            var Datum= myDate.add ("edittext", undefined, ocreationdate.contents);
                Datum.preferredSize = [250,23];
            var Datebtn=myDate.add ("button", undefined, "Heute");
                Datebtn.onClick=function(){Datum.text=todaydate;
                        }
            }
    
       var mymodified_by = group1.add ("panel", undefined, "Modified by:");
            mymodified_by.alignChildren = "fill";
            mymodified_by.orientation      ="column";
            var modified_by= mymodified_by.add ("edittext", undefined, omodby.contents);
                modified_by.preferredSize = [250,23];
                
                
       var mymodified_date = group1.add ("panel", undefined, "Modified date:");
            mymodified_date.alignChildren = "fill";
            mymodified_date.orientation      ="row";
            var modified_date= mymodified_date.add ("edittext", undefined, omoddate.contents);
                modified_date.preferredSize = [250,23];           
            var modbtn=mymodified_date.add ("button", undefined, "Heute");
                modbtn.onClick=function(){modified_date.text=todaydate;
                        }
            
        
      var myveri = group1.add ("panel", undefined, "Verified:");
            myveri.alignChildren = "fill";
            myveri.orientation      ="row";
            var veribyst    = myveri.add ("statictext", undefined, "By");
            var verified_by= myveri.add ("edittext", undefined, overiby.contents);
                verified_by.preferredSize = [125,23];    
            var verified_date= myveri.add ("edittext", undefined, overidate.contents);
                verified_date.preferredSize = [125,23];       
    
    
        var myappr =group1.add ("panel", undefined, "Approve:");
            myappr.alignChildren="fill"
            myappr.orientation = "row"       
            var apprby =myappr.add("edittext",undefined,oapprby.contents);
            var apprdate=myappr.add("edittext",undefined,oapprdate.contents);
    
    
        var myTitel = group2.add ("panel", undefined, "Titel:");
            myDesigner.alignChildren = "fill";
            myDesigner.orientation      ="column";
            var Titel= myTitel.add ("edittext", undefined, otitle.contents);
                Titel.preferredSize = [250,23];
               
    
        var myArtikelnummer = group2.add ("panel", undefined, "Artikelnummer:");
            myArtikelnummer.alignChildren = "fill";
            myArtikelnummer.orientation      ="column";
            var Artikelnummer= myArtikelnummer.add ("edittext", undefined, opartnumber.contents);
                Artikelnummer.preferredSize = [250,23];     
                
                
        var myIndex = group2.add ("panel", undefined, "Index:");
            myIndex.alignChildren = "fill";
            myIndex.orientation      ="row";
            var Revision= myIndex.add ("edittext", undefined, orev.contents);
                Revision.preferredSize = [25,23];              
    
               
    
        var myButtongroup = w.add("group");
            myButtongroup.alignment ="center";
            var okbtn=    myButtongroup.add ("button", undefined, "OK");
                okbtn.onClick=function(){get_prop()
                 w.close()};
             
            var applybtn=    myButtongroup.add ("button", undefined, "Apply");
                applybtn.onClick=function(){get_prop()
                    redraw();}       
            
            var cancelbtn = myButtongroup.add ("button", undefined, "Cancel");
    
    
        w.show ();
    
    }
    function get_prop(){
   odesigner.contents = Designer.text;
    ocreationdate.contents = Datum.text;
    otitle.contents = Titel.text;
    opartnumber.contents = Artikelnummer.text;
    orev.contents = Revision.text;
    omodby.contents=modified_by.text;
    omoddate.contents=modified_date.text;
  
    
    
    }
    redraw();
    
    
    var main_folder_path = "C:/Users/" +$.getenv("USERNAME")+ "/Desktop/AR-Nummern Ablage/" + Artikelnummer.text.slice(0, 7) + "xxx" + "/" + Artikelnummer.text + "/"
    
    var einkauf_folder_path = main_folder_path + "Einkauf" + "/"
    
    var archiv_folder_path = einkauf_folder_path + "Archiv" + "/"
    var archiv_rev_folder_path = archiv_folder_path + Revision.text + "/"
    var fertigung_folder_path = einkauf_folder_path + "Fertigung" + "/" 
    var fertigungsdaten_folder_path = fertigung_folder_path + "Fertigungsdaten" + "/"
    
    var main_folder = new Folder (main_folder_path );
    var einkauf_folder = new Folder (einkauf_folder_path);
    var archiv_folder = new Folder (archiv_folder_path);
    var archiv_ref_folder = new Folder (archiv_rev_folder_path);
    var fertigung_folder = new Folder (fertigung_folder_path);
    var fertigungsdaten_folder = new Folder (fertigungsdaten_folder_path);
    
    einkauf_folder.create();
    fertigung_folder.create();
    fertigungsdaten_folder.create();
    archiv_folder.create();
    archiv_ref_folder.create();
    
    
    
    var doc = app.activeDocument; // Name of the active document 
    
    var original_file = doc.fullName; // we need to store the original file and path 
    
    var pdfOption = 'Adobe PDF-Vorgabe 1'; // Name of PDF settings  
    
    var pdfSuff = '.pdf'; // Suffix for PDF 
    
    var arr = doc.name.split("."); 
    
    var extension = ""; 
    
        if (arr.length>1) extension = "." + arr.pop(); 
    
            var filename = arr.join("."); // Just generate a clean file name 
    
            var name_pdfpreview = Artikelnummer.text + pdfSuff; // new name and suffix for PDF 
    
            //var export_folder = new  Folder ("C:/Users/fvo/Desktop/AR-Nummern Ablage/" + Artikelnummer.text.slice(0, 5) + "/" ); // Define path where to save PDF 
    
            //if (!export_folder.exists)
    
            //  export_folder .create();
    
    
    
    // Exports current document to dest as a JPEG file with specified options,
    // dest contains the full path including the file name
       var jpg_dest = fertigungsdaten_folder_path +Artikelnummer.text + '.jpg';
       var jpg_dest_archiv = archiv_rev_folder_path + Artikelnummer.text + "-" + Revision.text + '.jpg';
    
    function exportFileToJPEG() {
     
        if (app.documents.length > 0) {
          var jpgexportOptions = new ExportOptionsJPEG();
            jpgexportOptions.antiAliasing = false;
            jpgexportOptions.qualitySetting = 70;
            jpgexportOptions.artBoardClipping = true;
            jpgexportOptions.optimization = true;  
            jpgexportOptions.ver
    
          var jpgtype = ExportType.JPEG;
          var fileSpec = new File(jpg_dest);
      
          app.activeDocument.exportFile(fileSpec, jpgtype, jpgexportOptions);
          
        } 
    }
    
    exportFileToJPEG(jpg_dest);
    exportFileToJPEG(jpg_dest_archiv);
    
    // Exports current document to dest as a JPEG file with specified options,
    // dest contains the full path including the file name
    
    png_dest=fertigungsdaten_folder_path +Artikelnummer.text + '.png' ;
    function exportFileToPNG8(png_dest) {
        if (app.documents.length > 0) {
          var exportOptions = new ExportOptionsPNG8();
          exportOptions.colorCount = 8;
          exportOptions.transparency = false;
      
          var type = ExportType.PNG8;
          var fileSpec = new File(png_dest);
      
          app.activeDocument.exportFile(fileSpec, type, exportOptions);
        }
      }
    
    
    // save as PDF and tell function which options to use and how to name the PDF 
    
    function saveCopyAsPDF (setPDF, namePDF) { 
    
            var destFolder = null; 
    
                destFolder = fertigungsdaten_folder_path; 
    
            var destFolderArchiv = null;
            
                destFolderArchiv = archiv_rev_folder_path + Artikelnummer.text + "-" + Revision.text + '.pdf';
    
            var options = null;     
    
                options = new PDFSaveOptions (); 
    
                options.PDFPreset = setPDF; 
    
                options.viewAfterSaving = false; // just to be sure not to open Acrobat 
    
            var targetFile = null; 
    
                targetFile = new File (destFolder + "/" + namePDF);     
                
                var targetArchiv = null,
                targetArchiv = new File (destFolderArchiv);
    
            doc.saveAs (targetFile, options); // here we save the PDF  
            doc.saveAs (targetArchiv, options);
    
      //  doc.close (); // now we close it in Illustrator ... 
    
      // app.open (File (original_file)); // ... and re-open the Illustrator file 
       
    } 
    
      saveCopyAsPDF (pdfOption, name_pdfpreview);

Not working code:

 

 var odesigner = app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("designer");
 var ocreationdate = app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("date_of_creation");
 var otitle = app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("Titel") ;
 var opartnumber = app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("partnumber") ;
 var orev = app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("Revision");
 var omodby=app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("modified_by");
 var omoddate=app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("modified_date");
 var oapprby=app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("approved_by");
 var oapprdate=app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("approved_date");
 var overiby=app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("verified_by");
 var overidate=app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("verified_date");   
   
    function today_date(){
        var dd = todaydate.getDate();
    
        var mm = todaydate.getMonth()+1; //January is 0!
    
        var yyyy = todaydate.getFullYear();
    
        if(dd<10) {
    
            dd = '0'+dd
    
        }
    
        if(mm<10) {
    
            mm = '0'+mm
    
        }
    
        todaydate= dd + '.' + mm + '.' + yyyy;
    }

 function backup_prop(){
     bak_designer+=odesigner.contents;
 }


     
    var w = new Window ("dialog", "Titelblock Eingabe"); {
    
        w.orientation = "column";

       

        var groupgen = w.add("group",undefined,''); 
            groupgen.alignChildren = "fill"; 
            groupgen.orientation = "row";
    
                     
        var group1 = groupgen.add("panel",undefined, "Erstellung"); 
            group1.orentation = "column"; 
            group1.alignChildren = "fill";     
    
    
        var group2 = groupgen.add("panel",undefined, "Nummerierung"); 
            group2.orentation = "column"; 
            group2.alignChildren = "fill";
    
        var todaydate = new Date();
    
        today_date();
    
    
        var myDesigner = group1.add ("Panel", undefined, "Designer:"); {
            myDesigner.alignChildren = "fill";
            myDesigner.orientation      ="row";
            var Designer= myDesigner.add ("edittext", undefined, odesigner.contents);
                Designer.preferredSize = [250,23];
        }
    
        var myDate = group1.add ("Panel", undefined, "Erstellungsdatum"); {
            myDate.alignChildren = "fill";
            myDate.orientation      ="row";
            var Datum= myDate.add ("edittext", undefined, ocreationdate.contents);
                Datum.preferredSize = [250,23];
            var Datebtn=myDate.add ("button", undefined, "Heute");
                Datebtn.onClick=function(){Datum.text=todaydate;
                        }
            }
    
       var mymodified_by = group1.add ("panel", undefined, "Modified by:");
            mymodified_by.alignChildren = "fill";
            mymodified_by.orientation      ="column";
            var modified_by= mymodified_by.add ("edittext", undefined, omodby.contents);
                modified_by.preferredSize = [250,23];
                
                
       var mymodified_date = group1.add ("panel", undefined, "Modified date:");
            mymodified_date.alignChildren = "fill";
            mymodified_date.orientation      ="row";
            var modified_date= mymodified_date.add ("edittext", undefined, omoddate.contents);
                modified_date.preferredSize = [250,23];           
            var modbtn=mymodified_date.add ("button", undefined, "Heute");
                modbtn.onClick=function(){modified_date.text=todaydate;
                        }
            
        
      var myveri = group1.add ("panel", undefined, "Verified:");
            myveri.alignChildren = "fill";
            myveri.orientation      ="row";
        //    var veribyst    = myveri.add ("statictext", undefined, "By");
            var verified_by= myveri.add ("edittext", undefined, overiby.contents);
                verified_by.preferredSize = [125,23];    
            var verified_date= myveri.add ("edittext", undefined, overidate.contents);
                verified_date.preferredSize = [125,23];
            var veribtn   = myveri.add ("button",undefined,"Heute");
                veribtn.onClick=function(){verified_date.text=todaydate;}



    
        var myTitel = group2.add ("panel", undefined, "Titel:");
            myDesigner.alignChildren = "fill";
            myDesigner.orientation      ="column";
            var Titel= myTitel.add ("edittext", undefined, otitle.contents);
                Titel.preferredSize = [250,23];
               
    
        var myArtikelnummer = group2.add ("panel", undefined, "Artikelnummer:");
            myArtikelnummer.alignChildren = "fill";
            myArtikelnummer.orientation      ="column";
            var Artikelnummer= myArtikelnummer.add ("edittext", undefined, opartnumber.contents);
                Artikelnummer.preferredSize = [250,23];     
                
                
        var myIndex = group2.add ("panel", undefined, "Index:");
            myIndex.alignChildren = "fill";
            myIndex.orientation      ="row";
            var Revision= myIndex.add ("edittext", undefined, orev.contents);
                Revision.preferredSize = [25,23];              
    
 
            
    
        var myButtongroup = w.add("group");
            myButtongroup.alignment ="center";
            var okbtn=    myButtongroup.add ("button", undefined, "OK");
                okbtn.onClick=function(){get_prop()
          
                main();
                w.close()};
             
                var applybtn=    myButtongroup.add ("button", undefined, "Apply");
                applybtn.onClick=function(){get_prop()
                
               


                    redraw();}       
            
            var cancelbtn = myButtongroup.add ("button", undefined, "Cancel");
                cancelbtn.onClick = function() {
                    
                    backup_prop();
                    w.close ();
                };
              
        w.show ();
    }  
 
        function get_prop(){
     odesigner.contents = Designer.text;
    ocreationdate.contents = Datum.text;
    otitle.contents = Titel.text;
    opartnumber.contents = Artikelnummer.text;
    orev.contents = Revision.text;
    omodby.contents=modified_by.text;
    omoddate.contents=modified_date.text;
    oapprby.contents=approved_by.text;
    oapprdate.contents=approved_date.text;
    overiby.contents=verified_by.text;
    overidate.contents=verified_date.text;
 
        }

    redraw();
    
    function main(){
    var main_folder_path = "C:/Users/" +$.getenv("USERNAME")+ "/Desktop/AR-Nummern Ablage/" + Artikelnummer.text.slice(0, 7) + "xxx" + "/" + Artikelnummer.text + "/"
    
    var einkauf_folder_path = main_folder_path + "Einkauf" + "/"
    
    var archiv_folder_path = einkauf_folder_path + "Archiv" + "/"
    var archiv_rev_folder_path = archiv_folder_path + Revision.text + "/"
    var fertigung_folder_path = einkauf_folder_path + "Fertigung" + "/" 
    var fertigungsdaten_folder_path = fertigung_folder_path + "Fertigungsdaten" + "/"
    
    var main_folder = new Folder (main_folder_path );
    var einkauf_folder = new Folder (einkauf_folder_path);
    var archiv_folder = new Folder (archiv_folder_path);
    var archiv_ref_folder = new Folder (archiv_rev_folder_path);
    var fertigung_folder = new Folder (fertigung_folder_path);
    var fertigungsdaten_folder = new Folder (fertigungsdaten_folder_path);
    
    einkauf_folder.create();
    fertigung_folder.create();
    fertigungsdaten_folder.create();
    archiv_folder.create();
    archiv_ref_folder.create();
    
    
    
    var doc = app.activeDocument; // Name of the active document 
    
    var original_file = doc.fullName; // we need to store the original file and path 
    
    var pdfOption = 'Adobe PDF-Vorgabe 1'; // Name of PDF settings  
    
    var pdfSuff = '.pdf'; // Suffix for PDF 
    
    var arr = doc.name.split("."); 
    
    var extension = ""; 
    
        if (arr.length>1) extension = "." + arr.pop(); 
    
            var filename = arr.join("."); // Just generate a clean file name 
    
            var name_pdfpreview = Artikelnummer.text + pdfSuff; // new name and suffix for PDF 
    
            //var export_folder = new  Folder ("C:/Users/fvo/Desktop/AR-Nummern Ablage/" + Artikelnummer.text.slice(0, 5) + "/" ); // Define path where to save PDF 
    
            //if (!export_folder.exists)
    
            //  export_folder .create();
    
    
    
    // Exports current document to dest as a JPEG file with specified options,
    // dest contains the full path including the file name
       var jpg_dest = fertigungsdaten_folder_path +Artikelnummer.text + '.jpg';
       var jpg_dest_archiv = archiv_rev_folder_path + Artikelnummer.text + "-" + Revision.text + '.jpg';
    
    function exportFileToJPEG() {
     
        if (app.documents.length > 0) {
          var jpgexportOptions = new ExportOptionsJPEG();
            jpgexportOptions.antiAliasing = false;
            jpgexportOptions.qualitySetting = 70;
            jpgexportOptions.artBoardClipping = true;
            jpgexportOptions.optimization = true;  
            jpgexportOptions.ver
    
          var jpgtype = ExportType.JPEG;
          var fileSpec = new File(jpg_dest);
      
          app.activeDocument.exportFile(fileSpec, jpgtype, jpgexportOptions);
          
        } 
    }
    
    exportFileToJPEG(jpg_dest);
    exportFileToJPEG(jpg_dest_archiv);
    
    // Exports current document to dest as a JPEG file with specified options,
    // dest contains the full path including the file name
    
    png_dest=fertigungsdaten_folder_path +Artikelnummer.text + '.png' ;
    function exportFileToPNG8(png_dest) {
        if (app.documents.length > 0) {
          var exportOptions = new ExportOptionsPNG8();
          exportOptions.colorCount = 8;
          exportOptions.transparency = false;
      
          var type = ExportType.PNG8;
          var fileSpec = new File(png_dest);
      
          app.activeDocument.exportFile(fileSpec, type, exportOptions);
        }
      }
    
    
    // save as PDF and tell function which options to use and how to name the PDF 
    
    function saveCopyAsPDF (setPDF, namePDF) { 
    
            var destFolder = null; 
    
                destFolder = fertigungsdaten_folder_path; 
    
            var destFolderArchiv = null;
            
                destFolderArchiv = archiv_rev_folder_path + Artikelnummer.text + "-" + Revision.text + '.pdf';
    
            var options = null;     
    
                options = new PDFSaveOptions (); 
    
                options.PDFPreset = setPDF; 
    
                options.viewAfterSaving = false; // just to be sure not to open Acrobat 
    
            var targetFile = null; 
    
                targetFile = new File (destFolder + "/" + namePDF);     
                
                var targetArchiv = null,
                targetArchiv = new File (destFolderArchiv);
    
            doc.saveAs (targetFile, options); // here we save the PDF  
            doc.saveAs (targetArchiv, options);
    
      //  doc.close (); // now we close it in Illustrator ... 
    
      // app.open (File (original_file)); // ... and re-open the Illustrator file 
       
    } 
    
      saveCopyAsPDF (pdfOption, name_pdfpreview);
       
     
}

My idea was to handle those textframes with an array, but I am unsure how to do this.
Maybe someone has a better idea or a clue what I am doing wrong.

Thank you in advance.

Frederik

Report · Dec 08, 2021

When you say "7 arguments" and "all arguments", what are the arguments you refer to and what is the function these arguments are passed to?

Report · Dec 08, 2021

Sry, to be more clear, this is part of the working code:

    function get_prop(){
    odesigner.contents = Designer.text;
    ocreationdate.contents = Datum.text;
    otitle.contents = Titel.text;
    opartnumber.contents = Artikelnummer.text;
    orev.contents = Revision.text;
    omodby.contents=modified_by.text;
    omoddate.contents=modified_date.text;
  
    
    
    };

This is the not working part:

        function get_prop(){
     odesigner.contents = Designer.text;
    ocreationdate.contents = Datum.text;
    otitle.contents = Titel.text;
    opartnumber.contents = Artikelnummer.text;
    orev.contents = Revision.text;
    omodby.contents=modified_by.text;
    omoddate.contents=modified_date.text;
    oapprby.contents=approved_by.text;
    oapprdate.contents=approved_date.text;
    overiby.contents=verified_by.text;
    overidate.contents=verified_date.text;
 
        };

Report · Dec 08, 2021

In sample of the Designer property:

I define the variable first:

var odesigner = app.activeDocument.textFrames.getByName ("designer");

then the UI fires, with checking the values from the AI and I insert the value in an editbox

        var myDesigner = group1.add ("Panel", undefined, "Designer:"); {
            myDesigner.alignChildren = "fill";
            myDesigner.orientation      ="row";
            var Designer= myDesigner.add ("edittext", undefined, odesigner.contents);
                Designer.preferredSize = [250,23];
        }

The values inside the editbox are then applied to the AI with apply or OK button

var applybtn=    myButtongroup.add ("button", undefined, "Apply");
                applybtn.onClick=function(){get_prop()

                    redraw();}

With this function

        function get_prop(){
     odesigner.contents = Designer.text;
/*    ocreationdate.contents = Datum.text;
    otitle.contents = Titel.text;
    opartnumber.contents = Artikelnummer.text;
    orev.contents = Revision.text;
    omodby.contents=modified_by.text;
    omoddate.contents=modified_date.text;
    oapprby.contents=approved_by.text;
    oapprdate.contents=approved_date.text;
    overiby.contents=verified_by.text;
    overidate.contents=verified_date.text;
*/ 
        };

Report · Dec 08, 2021

... I am stupid...

In the get_prop function was refering to the textframe.text...not the editbox text.

oaprby.contents=myapprby.text;
oaprdate.contents=myapprdate.text;

Here is the change that made it working. Sry

Report · Dec 08, 2021

I don't think you are stupid, typos, oversights, object mix up is pretty common, it happens to everyone I would say

Report · Dec 08, 2021

All's well that ends well.

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Script doesn't get TextFrames.text

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