Delete unused swatches in InDesign CS5, js

[Yuliaart]

Hi,

I need to select and delete unused swatches in InDesign CS5. I looked through OMV in "Swatches" and "Swatch", but I could not find any function to select unused swatch and delete it.

Am I looking for it in the wrong place?

And I also need to read color values for used swatches. I got this in OMV and was hoping it would give me an array of the color values for all existing swatches, but I am only getting "Object color":

mySwatches = myDoc.swatches[1].getElements(); alert (mySwatches)

Thank you for your help.

Yulia

[Colin Flashman]

check this thread, i think siva prasath has answered this (it is the last post in the thread)

http://forums.adobe.com/message/4059167

it deletes unused swatches and gradients without any ramifications.

to make it more useful, try adding this line to the start of the script:

app.menuActions.item("$ID/Add All Unnamed Colors").invoke();

as this will add any unnamed colours to the list of swatches, and then siva's script will remove all of the unused swatches/gradients.

[siva_prasath]

Hi Yuliaart,

Try this script it will help ful.

# target "Deleting unused swatches change the gradient"
var myIndesignDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myUnusedSwatches = myIndesignDoc.unusedSwatches;
for (var s = myUnusedSwatches.length-1; s >= 0; s--) {
     var mySwatch = myIndesignDoc.unusedSwatches;
     var name = mySwatch.name;
 // alert (name);
  if (name != ""){
 mySwatch.remove();
 }
}
 

[sundar_r]

Hi siva,

I am a beginner to Indesign scripting. I have a doubt in this script (Delete unused Swatches).

What is the correct meaning for the below command from your script? What this command actually did?

"if (name != "")"

I know, this command is used, not to affect the applied gradients, Can you please give some other similarity for this use of command?

I want to know the actual meaning and usage of this command

Can you please clear?

[bagonterman]

if the variable name does not equal nothing then remove the swatch.

[rajnikids]

hi,

i also used "siva's script for removing unused swatches.

my query is! do it say the name of the swatch deleted, as requested by Yuliaart, earlier.

thanks,

rajnikanth

[bagonterman]

The alert is commented out.

[bagonterman]

function trashUnusedSwatch(){

    while (myDocument.unusedSwatches[0].name != "") {

            id = myDocument.unusedSwatches[0].id;

            sw = myDocument.swatches.itemByID(id);

            sw.remove();

        }

    }

This should also work.

[Yuliaart]

Love it!

Thank you.

[PleaseWork1978]

Do you realize you gave yourself, as the OP, the “correct answer” instead of the actual user who answered it.