Help changing applescript to change font color in a text box

[denisep726548]

I have this script working BUT I want to change the text INSIDE the text box to the "noprint" swatch

I am a beginner and have no clue.

Can someone help me?

tell application "Adobe InDesign 2022"

tell active document

delete unused swatches

set allSwatches to every swatch

make color with properties {model:spot, space:CMYK, color value:{100, 0, 0, 0}, name:"noprint"}

make color with properties {model:spot, space:CMYK, color value:{0, 0, 0, 100}, name:"wb"}

set infoLayer to make layer with properties {name:"Job Info - Non-Print", printable:true, layer color:blue}

set infoLayer to layer "Job Info - Non-Print"

end tell

tell the active document

tell the first spread

set slugText to make new text frame with properties ¬

{geometric bounds:{(item 4 of page 1's bounds), 0.25, ((item 3 of page 1's bounds) + -1), 3}, stroke color:"noprint", stroke weight:1}

set contents of slugText to "one" & return & "two"

end tell

end tell

end tell

[denisep726548]

Would it be better to go back to just listing the swatches in the swatch panel list besides certain colors? I think that would work since the color from the eps would come in automatically to the indesign swatch list. I could run the part to remove all unused and then just have it read what is in the panel and add to the text box.

[rob day]

and then just have it read what is in the panel and add to the text box

The panel list would be for the entire document, not just spread 1. Are you trying to get a print list? A color can be in use but not visible.

What‘s the end use for the list—is it for some kind of preflight? Are you really looking for the names of process colors, or is it just Spot?

[denisep726548]

Yes, I am trying to list any colors that are used in the document. Like a preflight sort of, but after we do our file prep for print readiness.

So if I have an illustrator placed in INdesign, I will need to know what colors are used in that document as well. spot or cmyk mix

[denisep726548]

It is to create a sort of "slug line" for the CSR and customer to see and confirm colors used in the document.

[rob day]

But, what’s the use of listing the process color names without listing CMYK values—they’re all going to end up on the CMYK plates, and anything could happen to the Document CMYK values depending on how the PDF is exported and the printer handles color management.

I can see getting a spot color list to make sure you don’t output a color to an extra plate when it should actually be CMYK. But in any case, how do you determine if an in use color is actually printing?

If I run the last version of the script I get this where PANTONE Orange 021 is listed, but doesn’t print:

And this, where the only color in the report list actually printing is PANTONE Orange—the other colors are in use but hidden behind the orange fill:

[denisep726548]

Yes. I need it to only report what is in use on the page. In a perfect world, I would want it to list the color name and build.

[denisep726548]

Oh boy. Sorry. It ONLY reports wb and noprint in the swatches used, even if other spot colors are in the list. Can you still help me? I appreciate it.

[rob day]

Also, your code is putting the info text frame on the bottom layer, not your constructed layer. You might want this for the text frame construction :

set slugText to make new text frame with properties {geometric bounds:{(item 4 of page 1's bounds), 0.25, ((item 3 of page 1's bounds) + -1), 3}, stroke color:"noprint", stroke weight:1, item layer:"Job Info - Non-Print"}