Find styled cell / Change row height

[studioavanti]

Hello,

I try to do with a script what InDesign (even CS5) cells styles doesn't : globally change row height on several styled cells at once.

But i'm just a graphic designer and new to ID scripting, so it's not easy…

I think first step could be : find all "myCellStyle" styled cells on the whole document.

I tried something like this but did'nt work (shows "Not found" alert) :

function findTable(obj) {      while (obj.constructor.name != "Table") {           obj = obj.parent;           if (obj.constructor.name == "Application") {                throw "Can't find table"           }      }      return obj } var myTable = 0; if (app.documents.length > 0 && app.selection.length > 0) {      myTable = findTable(app.selection[0]); } // Find styled celles formater if (myTable != 0) {      if (myTable.cells.everyItem().appliedCellStyle == "myCellStyle") {           alert("Found");      } else {           alert("Not found");      } }

Second step could be : change rows height when containing found cells.

Thanks for your help that may interest other people too (?)

[Shonkyin-CF145T]

You can't search paragraph style with below code

     if (myTable.cells.everyItem().appliedCellStyle == "myCellStyle") {

Here is working code on CS4

function findTable(obj) {
     while (obj.constructor.name != "Table") {
          obj = obj.parent;
          if (obj.constructor.name == "Application") {
               throw "Can't find table"
          }
     }
     return obj
}
 
var myTable = 0;
if (app.documents.length > 0 && app.selection.length > 0) {
     myTable = findTable(app.selection[0]);
 
//Find styles cells formater
if (myTable.constructor.name ==  "Table")
{
     app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
     app.findTextPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = "myCellStyle";
     var myCellStyle = myTable.findText();
     app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; 
}
if (myCellStyle.length>0)
{
for (var c = 0; c<myCellStyle.length; c++)
{
     myCellStyle.parent.parentRow.height = "2p"; //Change row height as per your requirement
}
}
else{alert("Not found");}
}

Shonky

[studioavanti]

Hi Shonkyin,

Thanks for your answer but i don't understand why your script search for a paragraph style.

I try to change styled cells (with a cell style, not a paragraph style) height in tables.

I work with INDD CS5 and the script send me an error 30477.

[Shonkyin-CF145T]

Yes dear it is created for search paragraph style in table and change row height.

Try below one with Cell style

function findTable(obj) {
     while (obj.constructor.name != "Table") {
          obj = obj.parent;
          if (obj.constructor.name == "Application") {
               throw "Can't find table"
          }
     }
     return obj
}
 
var myTable = 0;
if (app.documents.length > 0 && app.selection.length > 0) {
     myTable = findTable(app.selection[0]);
}
 
// Find styled celles formater
if (myTable != 0) {
     var myCellStylesLen = myTable.cells.length;
     var myFound = 0;
     for (var a=0; a<myCellStylesLen; a++)
     {
          if(myTable.cells.appliedCellStyle.name == "myCellStyle")
          {
               myTable.cells.parentRow.height = "2p"
               myFound++
          }
     }
     
     if (myFound == 0)
      {
 ...

Shonky

[studioavanti]

Works OK, thanks a lot.