Creating a conditionSet

[PauloJC]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a condition set thru scripting but i'm not getting how to define the visibility of a condition.

I want do create a condition set where the condition "hide" must be not visible.

Can anyone help me?

Here's the code.

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

myDoc.conditions.add({name:"exercicio"});

myDoc.conditionSets.add ({name:"Hidden", setConditions: {condition:"exercicio", visible:false }});

Thanks

Paulo

[Peter Kahrel]

I've never used conditionSets, didn't even know they existed! What are they for? There's nothing in the interface that shows anything like condition sets.

Anyway, to set a condition's visibility you'll have to do it on the condition itself, not the set:

myDoc.conditions.add({name:"exercicio", visible:false});

P.

[PauloJC]

Conditions Sets stores the visibility of conditions.
Instead of activating or deactivating the visibility of the conditions one by one, we can store the visibility in a condition set.

Anyway, i've managed following your indications. 

Changed the visibility and then creating the ConditionsSet

myDoc.conditions.add({name:"exercicio", visible:false});

var myConditon = myDoc.conditionSets.add({name:"Professor"});

myDoc.conditions.itemByName("exercicio").visible = true;

var myConditon = myDoc.conditionSets.add({name:"Aluno"});

@Peter Kahrel, thanks for the hint.

All the best

Paulo

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

Hi Peter,

it's rather silly; you only can see the Condition Set feature if you expand the feature set of the Conditional Text panel.

From my German InDesign; Conditional Text panel not expanded vs expanded:

@PauloJC ,

note, that the value for setConditions must be an array of arrays.

See into the DOM documentation for this:

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

The following sample will work:

var doc = app.documents[0];
var firstCond = doc.conditions.add
(
	{
		name : "Condition 1"
	}
);

var secCond = doc.conditions.add
(
	{
		name : "Condition 2"
	}
);

var myCondSet = doc.conditionSets.add
(
	{
		name : "Hide 1 Show 2", 
		setConditions : 
		[
			[ firstCond , false ] ,
			[ secCond , true ]
		]
	}
);

doc.conditionalTextPreferences.activeConditionSet = myCondSet ;

Result:

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

PS: Link to DOM documentation added.

[Peter Kahrel]

Well, what do you know. You live and learn.

Thanks, Uwe.

[Laubender]

Had to look it up in the DOM documentation myself.

And it took some time to re-discover the option on the Conditional Texts panel.

I don't use it that often…

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )