create object style based on another object style

[brunog35080961]

In scripting when I create a new object style based on another object style the result is the new object style don't match with the properties of the based on object style.

Is it possible to reset all properties to the based on object style properties obviously with script?

[Jongware]

Can you show your code?

[brunog35080961]

I'm using apple script but you can answer also with java

the simple code is:

tell application "Adobe InDesign CC 2018"

    set DOC to document 1

    tell DOC

        tell object style group "FIGURE"

            make object style with properties {name:"NewStyle", based on:object style "FIG-L---D"}

        end tell

    end tell

end tell

[Jeremy bowmangraphics]

I think you have to explicitly specify the attributes of each object style you create, as well specifying which styles are based on another style. Then changes to a basic object style will propagate to any object styles based on it. For example, using JavaScript, the inset spacing and paragraph style of the second style below (myObjectStyleO) change automatically when changes are made to the first style (myBasicObjectStyle):

myBasicObjectStyle = myDocument.objectStyles.add({name:"Red", fillColor:"RD", gradientFillAngle:0, strokeWeight:0, enableParagraphStyle:true, appliedParagraphStyle:"Numbers", enableTextFrameGeneralOptions:true});

myBasicObjectStyle.textFramePreferences.insetSpacing = [1,0,0,0];

myObjectStyleO = myDocument.objectStyles.add({name:"Orange", basedOn:myBasicObjectStyle, fillColor:"OD", gradientFillAngle:0, strokeWeight:0, enableParagraphStyle:true, appliedParagraphStyle:"Numbers", enableTextFrameGeneralOptions:true});

myObjectStyleO.textFramePreferences.insetSpacing = [1,0,0,0];