Accessing contents of text path

[crishoj]

I'm trying to read the text content of all text frames in a document using ExtendScript:

The text in the vertical text frame is accessible as expected:

app.activeDocument.textFrames[2].contents
// Gives "#Malthe’s første skoledag"

But the contents of the text frame fitted to a path appears to be empty:

app.activeDocument.textFrames[0].contents
// Gives an empty string

Do texts along paths require special handling? Is there any way to read and write the contents of the text frame that's fitted to a path?

[brian_p_dts · Accepted solution]

Yes, TextPaths are their own objects. You can access TextContainers through a Story object like so: 

var cons = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().textContainers;
for (var i = 0; i < cons.length; i++) {
    for (var j = 0; j < cons[i].length; j++) {
        $.writeln(cons[i][j].contents);
    }
}

Pretty sure that will hit every text frame and path in a document. I don't have much experience scripting Paths. Others might have better solutions for you. 

[crishoj]

Thank you!

I was able to retrieve the text content of the TextFrame:

app.activeDocument.textFrames[0].textPaths[0].contents
# Gives "#Malthe’s første skoledag"

[Pickory]

Hi,

When handling paths ( in my application ) I use p.lines[0]. Probably not as robust as looking at the textContainers. ( brianp311 )

P.