Convert old CS4 script to newer InDesign version?

You are a life-saver!! Thank you so much. I put a new folder in the script folder named Version 6.0 Scripts and that DID indeed fix the problem.

Can't thank you enough!!!

Sure! It's basically a script that places headings within the text at the top of columns. The job would be near impossible without it. But when I try using it in CS5 and above all the heads created from running the script get messed up with boxes stacked on to of each other.

Here is the text I copied out of the script itself. Thanks so much.

if (app.documents.length > 0) {

addColumnHeaders(app.documents[0]);

}

function addColumnHeaders(aDoc) {

var reqStyles = ["First-NoKeepWL", "First-KeepWL", "First-NoKeepWR", "HEADs-NoKeepWith", "First-KeepWR", "LetterBox"];

if (checkForIndexStyles(aDoc, reqStyles)) {

alert("Active document lacks styles needed by script"); return;

}

var indexStory = getIndex(aDoc);

if (indexStory == null) {

alert("Unable to locate index story in active document"); return;

}

deleteExistingIndexHeads(aDoc);

var myFrames = indexStory.textContainers;

var preHead = null;

for (var j = 1; myFrames.length > j; j++) {

// work from front because each new head moves contents of later frames

// first column is assumed to start with a letter box so is ignored

if (myFrames.contents == "") continue; // frame is empty

if (arrayContains(reqStyles, myFrames.paragraphs[0].appliedParagraphStyle.name)) continue;

var paraStyles = myFrames[j-1].paragraphs.everyItem().appliedParagraphStyle;

for (var k = paraStyles.length - 1; k >= 0; k--) {

if (arrayContains(reqStyles, paraStyles.name)) {

prevHead = myFrames[j-1].paragraphs.characters.itemByRange(0,-2).texts[0];

break;

}

}

if (prevHead == null) continue; // should never happen

var headFrame = myFrames.parent.textFrames.add({geometricBounds:myFrames.geometricBounds});

headFrame.textFramePreferences.firstBaselineOffset = myFrames.textFramePreferences.firstBaselineOffset;

headFrame.contents = "";

prevHead.duplicate(LocationOptions.atEnd, headFrame.parentStory);

headFrame.textFramePreferences.ignoreWrap = true;

headFrame.fit(FitOptions.frameToContent);

headFrame.label = "IndexHead";

headFrame.locked = true;

}

function deleteExistingIndexHeads(doc) {

var myFrames = doc.textFrames.item("IndexHead");

if (myFrames == null) return;

myFrames.locked = false;

myFrames.remove();

} // end deleteExistingIndexHeads

function getIndex(doc) {

setupFindText("^?");

app.findTextPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = "LetterBox";

var myFinds = doc.findText();

if (myFinds.length > 0) {

return myFinds[0].parentStory; // index story

} else {

return null;

}

}

function checkForIndexStyles(doc, reqStyles) {

var actStyles = doc.paragraphStyles.everyItem.name;

for (var j = reqStyles.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) {

if (!arrayContains(actStyles, reqStyles)) return false;

}

return true

}

function setupFindText(find, change, wholeWds, caseSense, foots, hidLayers, lockedLayers, lockedStories, masters) {

app.findTextPreferences = null;

app.changeTextPreferences = null;

try { app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = find } catch(e) {};

try {app.changeTextPreferences.changeTo = change } catch(e) {};

app.findChangeTextOptions.properties = {

caseSensitive:(caseSense == null ? false : caseSense),

wholeWords:(wholeWds == null ? false : wholeWds),

includeFootnotes:(foots == null ? false : foots),

includeHiddenLayers:(hidLayers == null ? false : hidLayers),

includeLockedLayersForFind:(lockedLayers == null ? false : lockedLayers),

includeLockedStoriesForFind:(lockedStories == null ? false : lockedStories),

includeMasterPages:(masters == null ? false : masters)

}

} // end setupFindText

function arrayContains(anArray, anItem) {

for (var i = 0; anArray.length > i; i++) {

if (anItem == anArray) return true;

}

return false;

} // end arrayContains

} // end addColumnHeaders