selecting all text frames on all visible layers

[DuanesSearchForKnowledge]

I want to select all text frames on all visible layers.

the script below will select all text frames even in groups but when a layer with text on it is invisible the script will error.(target layer cannot be modified)

if (app.documents.length > 0 ) {

    var doc = app.activeDocument;

    var numTextFrames = 0;

    for (  i = 0; i < doc.textFrames.length; i++ ) {

        textArtRange = doc.textFrames;

        textArtRange.selected = true;

                }

            }

So I made this script to select text frames on only the visible layers but it now misses text that is in a group.

var layerCount = activeDocument.layers.length;

var docSelected = activeDocument.selection;

for (i = 0; i < layerCount; i++)

{

currentLayer = activeDocument.layers;

if (currentLayer.visible == visible )

{

     for (  j = 0; j < currentLayer.textFrames.length; j++ ) {

        textArtRange = currentLayer.textFrames;

        textArtRange.selected = true;

      }

  }

}

can anyone tell me why it does not selected textframes in a group when done this way and is there a way to get all textframes selected on all visible layers?

Thanks,

Duane

[pixxxelschubser · Accepted solution]

Try this:

if (app.documents.length > 0 ) {
    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    var numTextFrames = 0;
    for (  i = 0; i < doc.textFrames.length; i++ ) {
        try {
        textArtRange = doc.textFrames;
        textArtRange.selected = true;
        } catch (e) {}
        }
    }

Have fun

[DuanesSearchForKnowledge]

It works! don't really know how, but it does.

Thanks,

Duane

[pixxxelschubser]

DuanesSearchForKnowledge wrote:

… don't really know how, but it does …

It's easy:

try { //  try to execute the following command
textArtRange = doc.textFrames; // if there are no errors, then continue, otherwise go to the catch line
textArtRange.selected = true; // if there are no errors, then continue, otherwise go to the catch line
} catch (e) {/*otherwise do something else*/}