Change Text Preferences

[Coully]

Hello

I have a method which changes some text in a text frame But I only wish to change the first instance it finds. At the moment it changes all finds.

Is there a Prefernce setting ChangeTextPreference.ButJustTheFirstOneMatey

or equivalent?

Many Thanks

Mark.

Please ignore the C# and 'pretend' it's javascript.

               private void ChangeTextFrameText(Document doc, TextFrame TargetTextFrame, string ChangeText, string ChangeTo)

                {

                    Application IndesignApp = (Application)doc.Parent;

                    IndesignApp.FindTextPreferences = idNothingEnum.idNothing;

                    IndesignApp.ChangeTextPreferences = idNothingEnum.idNothing;

                    FindTextPreference FTP = (FindTextPreference)IndesignApp.FindTextPreferences;

                    FTP.FindWhat = ChangeText;

                    ChangeTextPreference CTP = (ChangeTextPreference)IndesignApp.ChangeTextPreferences;

                    CTP.ChangeTo = ChangeTo;

                    FindChangeTextOption FCTO = (FindChangeTextOption)IndesignApp.FindChangeTextOptions;

                    FCTO.CaseSensitive = false;

                    FCTO.IncludeFootnotes = false;

                    FCTO.IncludeHiddenLayers = false;

                    FCTO.IncludeLockedLayersForFind = false;

                    FCTO.IncludeLockedStoriesForFind = false;

                    FCTO.IncludeMasterPages = false;

                    FCTO.WholeWord = false;

                    Objects O = TargetTextFrame.ParentStory.ChangeText(false);

                    IndesignApp.FindTextPreferences = idNothingEnum.idNothing;

                    IndesignApp.ChangeTextPreferences = idNothingEnum.idNothing;

          }

[Shonkyin-CF145T · Accepted solution]

I don't think there is any prefrence like  "ChangeTextPreference.ButJustTheFirstOneMatey"

As per my opinion you replace your code

Objects O = TargetTextFrame.ParentStory.ChangeText(false);

with this

Objects O = TargetTextFrame.ParentStory.FindText();

and you get a list of array in O and then replace O[0] with your output.

Shonky

[Coully]

Thanks mate

[Harbs.]

Of course, changing the contents will totally destroy any anchored objects or tables, etc.

It might be better to use:

var textToChange = TargetTextFrame.ParentStory.findText()[0];
if(textToChange){
  textToChange.changeText();
}

Harbs