Find/Change By List help

Hi,

You can go straight or try to modify 'MultiFind' script.

I suggest to use a text conditions and go straight with this code:

var 
          mDoc = app.activeDocument,
          mCond = mDoc.conditions.item("mFound"),
          mPath = "~/Documents/ID_words_to_find.txt",
          mDelimiter = ",",
          mSource = File(mPath),
          mOpen = mSource.open("r",undefined,undefined),
          len, len1, mWordsArr, mFound;
if (!mCond.isValid)
          mCond = mDoc.conditions.add({
                    name: "mFound",
                    indicatorColor: UIColors.LIGHT_BLUE,
                    indicatorMethod: ConditionIndicatorMethod.USE_HIGHLIGHT,
                    underlineIndicatorAppearance: ConditionUnderlineIndicatorAppearance.SOLID
                    });
if ( !mOpen) {alert ("Can't open a source file"; exit()};
mWordsArr = mSource.read().split(mDelimiter);
len = mWordsArr.length;
app.findTextPreferences = null;
while (len-->0) {
          app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = mWordsArr[len];
          mFound = mDoc.findText();
          len1 = mFound.length;
          while (len1-->0)
                    mFound[len1].appliedConditions = [mCond];
          }
app.findTextPreferences = null;

How it works (should)?

Assumed:

- a list of words to find is in a .txt file as comma-delimited (you could set other delimiter)

- this file is named 'ID_words_to_find'  and saved in user Documents folder (you can change mPath)

Script define a condition 'mFound' and apply it to every word from your list found in a document. They are highlighted. You can modify them.

Notice: to remove a condition (highlight) modify a word including a space before it.

Enjoy:)

Jarek