alert the story

[John_devs]

Hello all,

        I have a doubt.

        I have 5 different texframes with some text on it.

        How to alert the stories one by one using java script?

  Thanks in advance!

[Barathi]

Would you post your script?

[John_devs]

myDoc = app.activeDocument;

myStory = myDoc.stories.everyItem().contents;

for (var i =0; i<myStory.length ;i++)

{

    alert(myStory);  

}

if i run this, i can not get the text inside the textframes instead of  i only get the [stories object] could  you guide me !

[TᴀW · Accepted solution]

var myStories = document.stories;
for (var i = 0; i < myStories.length; i++){
    alert(myStories[i].contents);
}

[John_devs]

It worked, thanks buddy!

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

Hi @John_devs ,

how about using a Story Editor window?

Select the frames and just hit Cmd + y (Mac) or Ctrl + y (Windows) on the keyboard.

You would be able to see overset text as well.

From my German InDesign:

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

[John_devs]

thanks for the effort @Laubender ..., It helped.