Find Glyph using Unicode

[Sudha_K]

Hi,

     I need to find and change the glyphs using unicode.  When i searching the forum i got the below code.

     Here what is glyphID?  I need to find the glyphs using unicode.  How can i say unicode in the below code?

Code:

app.findGlyphPreferences = null;

app.changeGlyphPreferences = null;

app.findGlyphPreferences.glyphID = 0;

app.findGlyphPreferences.appliedFont = "Font family Name"

app.findGlyphPreferences.fontStyle = "Font Style Name"

found = app.activeDocument.findGlyph();

if (found.length > 0)

{

}

- Sudha K

[Anantha Prabu G]

Hi,

Try this,

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
app.findGlyphPreferences = app.changeGlyphPreferences = null;
//This is example, so please change the fonts and glyphID
app.findGlyphPreferences.appliedFont = "Minion Pro"
app.findGlyphPreferences.fontStyle = "Regular"
//Provide the glyph ID, not the glyph Unicode value. 
app.findGlyphPreferences.glyphID = 366;
app.changeGlyphPreferences.appliedFont = "Minion Pro"
app.changeGlyphPreferences.fontStyle = "Regular"
//Provide the glyph ID, not the glyph Unicode value. 
app.changeGlyphPreferences.glyphID = 240;
myDoc.changeGlyph(false);
app.findGlyphPreferences = app.changeGlyphPreferences = null;

Thanks,

Prabu G

[Jongware]

That does not use the Unicode value, it's the glyph index: InDesign ExtendScript API (12.0) . That is not the same thing.

The option to look for or replace with a Unicode is missing from the scripting engine (since CS3, I might add¹). Report it to Adobe.

Before someone says: "well it's not a problem because you can always use the regular text find/change or the GREP find/change to search for Unicode characters, like this (piece of code)". Wrong. With these you cannot (1) search for any glyph and replace it with a certain Unicode character, and (2) the other way around, search for a Unicode character and replace it with any glyph. The Glyph Find/Change dialog allows both.

¹ Which, if I remember correctly, was the first version in which this dialog appeared. So it's safe to guess "it was never there, and it was never missed in the 7 major versions since then."

[Sudha_K]

Hi,

     Thank you....

     I have used GID to find and replace glyphs.

- Sudha K

[walterdesign]

thanks bro