Help about Paragraph and character styles scriptting

[Suzan_V]

Hello all,

i'm working on a large project with many files, i have to change edit on all Paragraph styles with multiple processes

for ex, change font for all Paragraph styles on all opened documents

          var docs = app.documents;  
          for (var d = docs.length-1; d >= 0; d--) {  
                  var doc=docs; 
var pstyles = doc.allParagraphStyles;  
for (var a = 1; a < pstyles.length; a++) {    
                          if (pstyles.appliedFont.name=="Arial\tBold")    
                               pstyles.appliedFont = "Arial\tBold Italic";    
                     }
                 }

but i found some text inside frames with (locked position) so my find/change didn't apply on it

so are there anyway to do this process to all locked position frame??

or at least do un lock to all opened documents but i only can do this for active doc

app.activeDocument.pageItems.everyItem().locked = false

another thing, i tried to edit on all Character styles on files and i wrote code with my little scripting knowledge but it seems not working, any hint please???

          var docs = app.documents;  
          for (var d = docs.length-1; d >= 0; d--) {  
                  var doc=docs; 
var cstyles = doc.allCharacterStyles;  
for (var a = 1; a < cstyles.length; a++) {    
                          if (cstyles.appliedFont.name=="Arial\tBold")    
                               cstyles.appliedFont = "Arial\tBold Italic";  
                     }
}
         }  

Thanks in advance

[Loic.Aigon]

I can't see any reason why you couldn't change the font associated with a paragraphStyle whatever some text which style is applied to is locked or not. Unles you do find/replace texts and that in this case if you deactivated the search on locked items, then you can have thos kind of behaviours. But tweaking the style should n't be an issue.

A possible issue is that the texts have overrided styles so the look isn't compliant with your expectations.

FWIW

Loic

[Suzan_V]

Hi Loic,

actually i have many files to change fonts in all PS on it so i have to create a script can do multiple find/change fonts in all paragraph styles on all opened documents with (locked/unlocked) frames

i hope you got my point

Suzan

[tpk1982]

use to unlocking all

app.menuActions.itemByID(11396).invoke();

[Suzan_V]

Hi tbk1982,

well your line works well to unlock all in active document only, i always face same problem can't re code any script to be applied on all opened documents

please any hint or help

BR

Suzan

[Suzan_V]

and btw what about my question for character styles, any hint for this code i posted?

[tpk1982]

It works try this

var docs = app.documents;    
for (var d = docs.length-1; d >= 0; d--) {    
var doc=docs;   
var cstyles = doc.characterStyles;    
    for (var a = 0; a < cstyles.length; a++) {    
        if (cstyles.appliedFont=="Cambria" && cstyles.fontStyle =="Bold") {  
        cstyles.appliedFont = "Cambria"
        cstyles.fontStyle = "Bold Italic"        
        }  
    }  
}

[tpk1982]

to unlock text frames for all open documents.. use this

var docs = app.documents;    
for (var d = docs.length-1; d >= 0; d--) {    
var doc=docs; 
var pgItems = doc.allPageItems;
    for (var a = 0; a < pgItems.length; a++) {      
            if(pgItems instanceof TextFrame){
            pgItems.locked = false;
            }
    }
}

Thanks,

K

[Suzan_V]

Hi K,

sorry for bothering you again and again.

i got this error wid your code !!

[tpk1982 · Accepted solution]

May be your text frame grouped.. try this

var docs = app.documents;    

for (var d = docs.length-1; d >= 0; d--) {    

var doc=docs; 

var pgItems = doc.allPageItems;

    for (var a = 0; a < pgItems.length; a++) {      

            if(pgItems instanceof TextFrame){

    while (doc.groups.length > 0)

    doc.groups.everyItem().ungroup();

  pgItems.locked = false;      }

}

}

[Suzan_V]

again you saved my day

thanks a lot dear

BR,

Suzan

[Suzan_V]

tpk1982 wrote:
It works  try this

1. vardocs=app.documents;
2. for(vard=docs.length-1;d>=0;d--){
3. vardoc=docs;
4. varcstyles=doc.characterStyles;
5. for(vara=0;a<cstyles.length;a++){
6. if(cstyles.appliedFont=="Cambria"&&cstyles.fontStyle=="Bold"){
7. cstyles.appliedFont="Cambria"
8. cstyles.fontStyle="BoldItalic"
9. }
10. }
11. }

var docs = app.documents;  for (var d = docs.length-1; d >= 0; d--) {  var doc=docs;  var cstyles = doc.characterStyles;   for (var a = 0; a < cstyles.length; a++) {   if (cstyles.appliedFont=="Cambria" && cstyles.fontStyle =="Bold") {   cstyles.appliedFont = "Cambria"  cstyles.fontStyle = "Bold Italic"   }   }  }

works great, i see now the difference with my code was the line

1. var cstyles = doc.allCharacterStyles; 

var docs = app.documents;  for (var d = docs.length-1; d >= 0; d--) {  var doc=docs;  var cstyles = doc.characterStyles;   for (var a = 0; a < cstyles.length; a++) {   if (cstyles.appliedFont=="Cambria" && cstyles.fontStyle =="Bold") {   cstyles.appliedFont = "Cambria"  cstyles.fontStyle = "Bold Italic"   }   }  }

thanks a lot dear

now only last issue about  locked frames