Auto apply paragraph style

[Guest]

Hi all,

I m new to indesign scripting. I need a help to correct my script.

Its a basic scritpt to created to apply paragraph style 1 to the basic paragraph . after doing this, i want to apply the paragraph style 2 created to the next paragraphs likewise and so on.

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
	app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
	app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.itemByName("[Basic Paragraph]");
	var myResult = app.findGrep();

	app.changeGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.itemByName("Paragraph Style 1");
	var myResult1 = app.changeGrep();

    app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING; //to clear the selected paragraph panel

    app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING; //to clear the changed paragraph panel

Can anybody help on this, please.

thanks

babylon.

[Vamitul]

what error does it give??

try this

var doc=app.activeDocument;
function resetOpt(){ // saves the find change options and resets the to default
    var old_fCGOpts=app.findChangeGrepOptions.properties;
    var old_fGPref=app.findGrepPreferences.properties;
    var old_cGPref=app.changeGrepPreferences.properties;
    app.findChangeGrepOptions=NothingEnum.NOTHING;
    app.findGrepPreferences=NothingEnum.NOTHING;
    app.changeGrepPreferences=NothingEnum.NOTHING;
    return [old_fCGOpts,old_fGPref,old_cGPref]
    }
function restoreOpt(myOpt){
    app.findChangeGrepOptions.properties=myOpt[0];
    app.findGrepPreferences.properties=myOpt[1];
    app.changeGrepPreferences.properties=myOpt[2];
    }
var myOpt=resetOpt(); //save and reset Find/Change Options
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = doc.paragraphStyles.itemByName("[Basic Paragraph]");
app.changeGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = doc.paragraphStyles.itemByName("Paragraph Style 1");
var myResult1 = doc.changeGrep();
restoreOpt(myOpt); //restore previous find change options

[Guest]

your script a wow!

thanks vami.

bobylon

[Jump_Over]

Hi,

So, if myResult is an array with all textRanges with Basic Paragraph applied

start to iterate it:

....

var ParaStylesToAdd_ArrayOfNames = ["P4", "P3", "P2"];

var counter = ParaStylesToAdd_ArrayOfNames.length;

from (k=0; k<myResult.length; k++)

     {

     myStory = myResult.parentStory;

     myResult.changeGrep();

     basePara = myResult.paragraphs[-1];

     while (counter--)

          {

          basePara = myStory.paragraphs.nextItem(basePara);

          basePara.appliedParagraphStyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.itemByName(ParaStylesToAdd_ArrayOfNames[counter-1]);

          }

     }

...

Watch two assumings here:

1. there is enough paras in myStory starting from Basic Para ==> to add your next styles.

2. if two or more Basic Paras are in the same MyStory ==> they can't be closer then ParaStylesToAdd_ArrayOfNames.length distance of paragraphs.

Watch also up_side_down order of para names in an array;

rgds

[Guest]

Thanks

I'll try on yours.

rgds,

boby.