Document Spot color

[Chang_indd]

Hi All,

I require a script to find if there is any spot color used in my indesin document.

Can anyone please provide me the code.

Regards,

Chang

[bagonterman]

var myDocument=app.activeDocument;

var mySwatch=myDocument.colors;

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

    if (mySwatch.model == ColorModel.SPOT){    alert("there is a spot");
    }
}

[milligramme]

Hi

i fixed it a little bit. even if many spot colors exist, it alert only once.

var myDocument=app.activeDocument;

var mySwatch=myDocument.colors;

var flag = 0;

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

    if (mySwatch.model == ColorModel.SPOT){

       flag += 1;

    }
}

if ( flag > 1 ){
    alert("there is a spot");
}

[Chang_indd]

Thank you both of you.

This code is showing me spot color from swatches too whereas my document has no spot color.

Acutally, my requirement is to alert when my document has appplied spot color and ignore spot color from swatches if it is not applied in the document.

Thanks,

Chang

[milligramme]

Hi,

Checking applied color must be scan all objects!! of the document,

Here is a code, it scans texts and frame objects(Text Frame, Rectangle,,,,)

but not support table and cell.

mg

Thanks

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var mySwatch = doc.colors;
var flag = 0;

for (var i=0; i < mySwatch.length; i++){
    if (mySwatch.model == ColorModel.SPOT){
       flag += 1;
    }
}

if ( flag > 1 ){
    check_spot(doc);
}
else{
     alert("no spot color");
}

function check_spot (doc) {
     // scan text story exclude table and cell
     var flg2 = flg3 = flg4 = flg5 = 0
     var story_obj = doc.stories;
     for (var sti=0, stiL=story_obj.length; sti < stiL ; sti++) {
          var tsr_obj = story_obj[sti].textStyleRanges;
          for (var tsi=0, tsiL=tsr_obj.length; tsi < tsiL ; tsi++) {
               try{
                    if (tsr_obj[tsi].fillColor.model == ColorModel.SPOT) {
                         flg2 += 1;               
                    };
               }catch(e){$.writeln(e);}
               try{
                    if (tsr_obj[tsi].strokeColor.model == ColorModel.SPOT) {
                         flg3 += 1;               
                    };
               }catch(e){$.writeln(e);}
          };
     };

     // scan pageitem
     var all_p_item = doc.allPageItems;
     for (var api=0, apiL=all_p_item.length; api < apiL ; api++) {
          try{
               if (all_p_item[api].fillColor.model == ColorModel.SPOT) {
                    flg4 += 1;
               };
          }catch(e){$.writeln(e);}
          try{
               if (all_p_item[api].strokeColor.model == ColorModel.SPOT) {
                    flg5 += 1;               
               };

          }catch(e){$.writeln(e);}
     };

     // result message
     if ( flg2 > 0 || flg3 > 0 || flg4 > 0 || flg5 > 0 ) {
          var tx_fill_color   = flg2 > 0 ? "used spotcolor in text fill " + flg2 + "part" : "";
          var tx_stroke_color = flg3 > 0 ? "used spotcolor in text stroke " + flg3 + "part" : "";
          var pi_fill_color   = flg4 > 0 ? "used spotcolor in page item fill " + flg4 + "part" : "";
          var pi_stroke_color = flg5 > 0 ? "used spotcolor in page item stroke " + flg5 + "part" : "";
          var rslt = [tx_fill_color, tx_stroke_color, pi_fill_color, pi_stroke_color].join('\n')

          alert("result\n" + rslt);

     };
}

[_Jongware_-9BC6tI]

Why not remove all unused colors and then go over the remaining list with the first script?

[Chang_indd]

Hi! Milligramm,

Firstly, I would like to thank for your kindly support.

I run this script code with my pageitems fill, text stroke, but it gives error "no spot color".

Is there anything missing in this code.

Jongware, thanks for your suggest. Actually, this type of condition we face our production and I am not authorize to delete any styles from supplied files. Hope you understand.

Thanks,
Chang

[Chang_indd]

I caught the error. On line no. 9 If (flag >1) should change to If (flag>0). Am I right?

[milligramme · Accepted solution]

oh Sorry, it's must be " If (flag > 0)  " or " If (flag >= 1) "

the function has never executed...

mg

[Chang_indd]

Thanks, you are so nice.

I also want to show my used spot color name as alert in this code.

What code require for show used spot color name.

Please suggest.

Thanks,

Chang

[pkrk]

Keep in mind that the InDesign document could also have files placed in them such as PDFs and EPS that could have Spots embedded in them as well.

You would be ignoring those at the point you seem to be at now.

[_Jongware_-9BC6tI]

Yeah, well, scripting is just not up to this.

I'd simply create a Preflight profile that forbids all Spot colors -- at least that'll list all occurrences, to check manually.