coloring a table in one (not too long) line.

[Trevor:]

Is there a way of coloring a table or cell a swatch color in one shot without having to go through: bottomEdgeStrokeColor = myColor, topEdgeStrokeColor = myColor, leftEdgeStrokeColor = myColor, rightEdgeStrokeColor = myColor?

Not the end of the world if not but would be nice

[Jongware]

There aren't that many advantages to try and do lots of stuff in one line (and disadvantages include readability and maintainability), but there you go:

myTable = app.selection[0].parentStory.tables[0];
myColor = app.activeDocument.swatches.item("red");
myTable.cells.everyItem().properties = {bottomEdgeStrokeColor:myColor, topEdgeStrokeColor:myColor, leftEdgeStrokeColor:myColor, rightEdgeStrokeColor:myColor};

[Trevor:]

HiJongware,

Thanks for you quick reply, for some reason I didn't get the Email notification.

I was thinking more of using a variable for use with the "with" command.

something like

myStokeColors = "bottomEdgeStrokeColor = myColor; topEdgeStrokeColor = myColor; leftEdgeStrokeColor = myColor; rightEdgeStrokeColor = myColor";
myCellStyle = myDoc.cellStyles.add({name:"myCellStyle"});
  with (myCellStyle){ 
      appliedParagraphStyle = "myParaStyle";
      bottomInset =1;
     myStokeColors;
      }

any ideas?

[Trevor: · Accepted solution]

I got it.

It's useful if you have a lot of styles with the same stroke color or other property

Thanks for the giveaway clue

myDoc = app.activeDocument;
myColor = app.activeDocument.swatches.item("C=0 M=100 Y=0 K=0");
magentaStroke = {bottomEdgeStrokeColor:myColor, topEdgeStrokeColor:myColor, leftEdgeStrokeColor:myColor, rightEdgeStrokeColor:myColor}; // sets all edges to color
myColor = app.activeDocument.swatches.item("C=100 M=0 Y=0 K=0");
cyanStroke = {bottomEdgeStrokeColor:myColor, topEdgeStrokeColor:myColor, leftEdgeStrokeColor:myColor, rightEdgeStrokeColor:myColor};
try {myCellStyleMagenta = myDoc.cellStyles.add({name:"myCellStyleMagenta"});}
catch (exist) {myCellStyleMagenta = myDoc.cellStyles.item("myCellStyleMagenta");}
    with (myCellStyleMagenta){ 
      bottomInset =1;
     properties = magentaStroke; // applies color to cell style
      }
  try {myCellStyleCyan = myDoc.cellStyles.add({name:"myCellStyleCyan"});}
catch (exist) {myCellStyleCyan = myDoc.cellStyles.item("myCellStyleCyan");}
    with (myCellStyleCyan){ 
      bottomInset =1;
     properties = cyanStroke;
      }