Search text in a layer

[beymig]

Hi all,

I'm building a script for CS6, and one of the steps is to find a layer that contains text. Inside this text I need to search for specific words. Is there a way to accomplish this?

Thank you for your help.

[Qwertyfly___ · Accepted solution]

this should point you in the right direction

var search = "dogs";
var layer;
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var text = doc.textFrames;
for(var i = 0; i < text.length; i++){
    var position = text.contents.indexOf(search);
    if(position != -1){
        //found search term in text frame
        text.selected = true;
        layer = text.layer.name; //note: this only holds the record of the last layer that contains the search terms
    }
}

[beymig]

Thanks a lot Qwertyfly!

This is a great help

[jenniferf51883422]

Hello,

I need to use a script like this also,

I need to be able to text search for all the sub layers named: "circle" in my illustrator file,

and then make them into a separate isolated layer of all the circles only.

Can you help me with a correct script?

[Qwertyfly___]

Glad I could help you out, good luck with your scripting.