[CS3 JS]Get all the tables in the document

[frameexpert]

Hello All,

I want to return all of the tables in the document, including those in table cells. I am using this:

var aTables = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem().getElements();

but it doesn't get tables inside of tables. Is there an easy way to do this without checking each table cell? Thanks in advance.

Rick Quatro
585-659-8267

[_Robert_Tkaczyk_]

I'm not JS man ... but maybe this will work:

var aTables = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem().cells.everyItem().tables.everyItem().getElements();

robin

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www.adobescripts.com

[_Dave_Saunders_]

Rick,

There's no easy way to get all the tables in cells of tables. Given that they could be nested to any depth, a recursive search is necessary for a completely general solution.

Dave

[_Dave_Saunders_]

Robin,

Your solution might work (I wondered about that), but you'd have to concatenate that array with the original one to get the lot, and it only goes down one level -- which in all probability, is enough.

Dave

[frameexpert]

Hi Robin and Dave,

Thanks for your replies. This seems to work fine.

var oDocTables = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem().getElements();
if (oDocTables.length)
oDocTables = GetAllTables(oDocTables);

alert(oDocTables.length);

function GetAllTables(oTables)
{
for(var i=0; i < oTables.length; i++)
{
var oCells = oTables.cells;
for (var j=0; j < oCells.length; j++)
{
var oCellTables = oCells.tables.everyItem().getElements();
if (oCellTables.length)
{
oTables = oTables.concat(oCellTables);
}
}
}
return oTables;
}

[frameexpert]

Hi Robin and Dave,

Thanks for your replies. This seems to work fine regardless of the nexting level.

Rick

var oDocTables = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem().getElements();

if (oDocTables.length)

  oDocTables = GetAllTables(oDocTables);



alert(oDocTables.length);



function GetAllTables(oTables)

{

  for(var i=0; i < oTables.length; i++)

  {

    var oCells = oTables.cells;

    for (var j=0; j < oCells.length; j++)

    {

      var oCellTables = oCells.tables.everyItem().getElements();

      if (oCellTables.length)

      {

        oTables = oTables.concat(oCellTables);

      }

    }

  }

  return oTables;

}

[dhishok]

Hi Rick,

Your script is working fine. But it gives only the table count. We have InDesignCS2 document and it have 100 nos of inline tables. I want to apply cell stroke, cell spacing and paragraph Style to the tables. If it is possible means, Could you please help me for this.

Thanks in advance
Thiyagu

[dhishok]

Hi Rick,

Can you help me for the above issue...?

Regards
Thiyagu

[dhishok]

Hi Rick,

Your script is working fine. But it gives only the table count. We have InDesignCS2 document and it have 100 nos of inline tables. I want to find each and every tables to apply cell stroke, cell spacing and paragraph Style to those tables. If it is possible means, Could you please help me for this.

Thanks in advance
Thiyagu