Change applied language in anchored boxes

[virender_CTS]

Hi All,

This is a part of the script where I have been trying to change the applied language in a document to all textFrames to Swiss German. It is working fine but no changes in anchored textFrames.

Any suggestion please.

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

myDoc.textFrames.everyItem().text[0].appliedLanguage = app.languagesWithVendors[3];

Regards

Virender

[Robert at ID-Tasker · Accepted solution]

Anchored TextFrames are not directly listed in the Document - you would have to add one more level of everyItem():

myDoc.textFrames.everyItem().texts[0].textFrames.everyItem().texts[0].appliedLanguage = app.languagesWithVendors[3];

or something like that - I'm not JS guy so if it won't work - you'll have to wait for JS Gurus.

But why are you processing TextFrames - and not Stories?

Should work much faster - every TextFrame ALWAYS have parentStory - can't exists WITHOUT - and if Story have multiple TextContainers = TextFrames - do not confuse with Anchored / InLine TextFrames and other objects  - then you'll refer to the contents of all of those containers only once.

BUT - why can't you just modify ParaStyles? If you have them correctly applied of course ...

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

And I'm pretty sure should be texts[] ?

texts

Texts Text

readonly

A collection of text objects.

https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#Story.html

[virender_CTS]

Hi @Robert at ID-Tasker thank you.

This worked

myDoc.stories.everyItem().text[0].appliedLanguage = app.languagesWithVendors[3];

[rob day]

Hi @virender_CTS , Also, you might want to get all of the texts, and if you want to be sure about the language use itemByName (I get Hindu when I use item 3)

var lang = app.languagesWithVendors.itemByName("German: Swiss");
var s = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().texts.everyItem().appliedLanguage = lang;

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

[...] you might want to get all of the texts, [...]

By @rob day

Out of curiosity - how can there be more than one Text in Texts collection??

[rob day]

Can’t think of a way, but the object model implies there is.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Then maybe done this way "just in case"? 

It wouldn't be such a bad thing if it would automatically list / return references to texts from all anchored "objects" - TextFrames or Foot- / End-Notes - or even Hyperlinks / Bookmarks / Cross-Refs - in the order of appearance - as all those things are available in their own collections anyway...

[virender_CTS]

Noted, will check with my colleagues and change to itemByName.

[rob day]

Actually, I don’t think you need texts—a story has an applied language property:

This would get all stories as well as table cells:

var lang = app.languagesWithVendors.itemByName("German: Swiss");
app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().appliedLanguage = lang;

//get table texts if they exist
try {
    app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem().cells.everyItem().texts.everyItem().appliedLanguage = lang;
}catch(e) {}  

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

But it can't ?? And just checked - you need to use texts[0].

Or as per @rob day example - just texts without [].