Get page no from insertionpoint.

Question

Hi all,

I want to find (return) the page with the given insertion point. The insertion point may be present in a textframe or in a group or in a group within a group, etc..,

Is it possible to get the return type of the object?

thanks,
Hemi

rob day · Accepted Answer

Here’s what I have that works in my code, starting from an insertionPoint that is defined by a story.findText() call:

var this_insertionPoint = finds[0].insertionPoints[-1];
var this_absolute_page = this_insertionPoint.parentTextFrames[0].parentPage.documentOffset;
var this_page = doc.pages[this_absolute_page];
var this_side = this_page.side;

.documentOffset starts at 0, so I think you’ll need +1

var searchRes = styleSearch("Hello World")
if (searchRes.length > 0) {
    var ip = searchRes[0].insertionPoints[-1].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage
	alert("Last Insertion Point of first found text is on absolute page " + (ip.documentOffset+1) + "\rPage is on: " + ip.side.toString() + " Side of Spread" )
} 

/**
* Find Text 
* @ param Text to search for 
* @ return search results as an array 
*/
function styleSearch(f){
    app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = app.findChangeTextOptions = null;
    app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = f;
    return app.activeDocument.findText()
}

Laubender · Answer

Hi @Chris Noessel_731 ,note that the original thread is from 2009 and the question revolved around InDesign CS3 version 5.To get the page of a given pageItem has changed with InDesign CS5 version 7. And stays with us until now.Property parentPage was introduced with InDesign CS5. Its value will become null if the object is considered outside of the page on the pasteBoard. Regards,Uwe Laubender( Adobe Community Expert )

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