ExtendScript, InDesign 2022: Return `parentPage`s of last cells of all tables

Seems like the problem with getting the character after the table is the table could have space after applied, which might force the character to the next page:

Thanks, Rob – this is genious!

Actually I thought about a similar approach either, but abandoned it. (I thought about looking for the paragraph sign `\r` after the table or the first character of the paragraph after the table, because finding a table start and its contents or the character behind the table’s paragraph is comparatively easy. Alternatively we could compare your

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

to

app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = "<0016>";

and see, which approach is faster.)

And I’ve abandoned it, because I really wanted to know, on which page a specific row (or cell) is placed. Looking for the insertion point after the table only tells me, on which page the table ends.

Thanks,

Tobias

Uwe, this is pretty nasty, puh – thank you very much for pointing this out!

So for completeness sake:

$.writeln( findPagesOfLastCells() );

function findPagesOfLastCells() {
// https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/javascript-property-to-tell-if-text-is-in-a-continued-table/td-p/6379093
    var aDoc = app.activeDocument,
        allTables = aDoc.stories.everyItem().tables,
        thePages = []; 
    if( allTables.length > 0 ) {
        for ( var i = 0; i < allTables.length; i++ ) {
            var theTable = allTables[i];
            if ( theTable.rows.length > 1 ) {
                var lastRowPage = 0;
                var lastRowPage = getAOsParentPage( theTable.rows[-1-theTable.footerRowCount].cells[-1].insertionPoints[-1] );
                thePages.push(lastRowPage.name);
            }
        }
    }
    return thePages;
}

function getAOsParentPage(theAOReference) {
    var aDoc = app.activeDocument;
    var theAO = aDoc.rectangles.add({ geometricBounds: [0,0,5,5] });
    theAO.anchoredObjectSettings.insertAnchoredObject( theAOReference, AnchorPosition.ANCHORED );
    theAO.anchoredObjectSettings.releaseAnchoredObject();
    var theAOparentPage = theAO.parentPage;
    theAO.remove();
    return theAOparentPage;
}

But please be aware what Uwe pointed out in his first post of all further issues, which may be important for reusing this code in your own context!

My code wasn’t meant to be bullet-proof, but to show, that parentTextFrame doesn’t work in tables and to ask for help on this topic. And my second code showed an approach to deal with that limitation as a workaround.

I’m absolutely with you: To be bullet-proof there have to be much more fine grinding. Thanks for your annotations showing manyfold directions, which has to be taken into account.

But let me ask one question:

> I think it will make a big difference when allTables is an array and not a collection of tables:

Why is using array over object better? Are there any other reasons except performance?

Thanks,

Tobias

Thanks, @brian_p_dts for your kind answer. Meanwhile I’ve done some nasty bit of code. It works, but – puh! – it’s very hacky and ugly (because intrusive):

$.writeln( findPagesOfLastCells() );

function findPagesOfLastCells() {
// https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/javascript-property-to-tell-if-text-is-in-a-continued-table/td-p/6379093
    var aDoc = app.activeDocument,
        allTables = aDoc.stories.everyItem().tables,
        thePages = []; 
    if( allTables.length > 0 ) {
        for ( var i = 0; i < allTables.length; i++ ) {
            var theTable = allTables[i];
$.writeln('***********tables************\n'+theTable);
            if ( theTable.rows.length > 1 ) {
                var lastRowPage = 0;
                var lastRowPage = getAOsParentPage( theTable.rows[-1].cells[-1].insertionPoints[-1] );
$.writeln(lastRowPage);
                thePages.push(lastRowPage.name);
$.writeln(lastRowPage.name);
            }
        }
    }
    return thePages;
}

function getAOsParentPage(theAOReference) {
    var aDoc = app.activeDocument;
    var theAO = aDoc.rectangles.add({ geometricBounds: [0,0,5,5] });
    theAO.anchoredObjectSettings.insertAnchoredObject( theAOReference, AnchorPosition.ANCHORED );
    theAO.anchoredObjectSettings.releaseAnchoredObject();
    var theAOparentPage = theAO.parentPage;
    theAO.remove();
    return theAOparentPage;
}

If someone has a better idea, it’ll be very welcome ...

Thanks, Tobias