Hi character.remove() is crashing the Indesign server.

[adarsh_0848]

    function removeBoundaryMarkers(document) {

        try {

            logMsg(logFile, "Fetching marker style: " + MARKER_STYLE_NAME);

            // Find our specific marker style

            var markerStyle = document.characterStyles.itemByName(MARKER_STYLE_NAME);

            if (!markerStyle.isValid) {

                return;

            }

            logMsg(logFile, "Resetting findGrepPreferences and changeGrepPreferences");

            app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;

            app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;

            // Find all hair spaces

            logMsg(logFile, "Setting findGrepPreferences.findWhat");

            app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = BOUNDARY_MARKER;

            // Remove them if they have the specific style

            logMsg(logFile, "Executing findGrep");

            var foundItems = document.findGrep();

            logMsg(logFile, "Found " + foundItems.length + " items to check and remove");

            for (var i = foundItems.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {

                if (foundItems[i].appliedCharacterStyle == markerStyle) {

                    logMsg(logFile, "Removing marker : "+i);

                    if (foundItems[i].contents.length > 0) {

                        foundItems[i].remove();

                    }

                }

            }

            // Clean up the style

            logMsg(logFile, "Removing marker style");

            markerStyle.remove();

        } catch (e) {

            logMsg(logFile, "Error removing boundary markers: " + e.message);

        }

    }

            }

This funtion just gets the Hair Space content and compares with specific chracter style, and removes the character. But, the issue im facing is foundItems, is gettign around 130 characters, able to remove from 130 till 91 but at 90th character, when foundItems[i].remove(); InDesign server crashes. What could be the issue.

[Peter Kahrel]

I've seen this a few times at the level of story, maybe the underltying problem is the same as with character. Anyway, try

foundItems[i].contents = ''

[adarsh_0848]

But this wont cause any issue right. as we are just assigning '' empty character and not removing the character itself.

[Peter Kahrel]

character.remove() and character.contents = '' are equivalent. They have the same effect. It won't cause any problems. Just try it.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@adarsh_0848

Why do you have to iterate through all results - instead of doing Find&Change?

[adarsh_0848]

I dont want to change all the found Charcters, In my Codebase I have created custom character style and applied to Characters for processing some other functionality (which I have not shared here). But Conclusion is I want to remove characters with perticular character style . if (foundItems[i].appliedCharacterStyle == markerStyle)

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

But you're looking for a specific marker: 

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = BOUNDARY_MARKER; 

So if you'll combine this marker WITH specific CharStyle - you can use Find&Change to remove ONLY instances where this specific marker has this specific CharStyle applied. 

[adarsh_0848]

Something like this 

  app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;

            app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;

            // Find all hair spaces with our specific style

            app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = BOUNDARY_MARKER;

            app.findGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = markerStyle;

            // Remove them

            var foundItems = document.findGrep();?

.But  app.findGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle  is also crashing the server. 

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Yes. 

If it crashes - then your file might be corrupted - or you've a problem with fonts? 

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

And you don't have to store results - just changeGrep() ;

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = BOUNDARY_MARKER;
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = markerStyle; 

[adarsh_0848]

Even that being the case I have set up try catch, its not going into catch, Server just stops here

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Even that being the case I have set up try catch, its not going into catch, Server just stops here

By @adarsh_0848

Have you tried on the desktop version? 

[adarsh_0848]

In desktop there is not issue at all. I'm facing issue in Indesign Server with same document.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

In desktop there is not issue at all. I'm facing issue in Indesign Server with same document.

By @adarsh_0848

Are you sure you've EXACTLY the same fonts? 

[adarsh_0848]

Yes I'm sure. I'm using the same document in both InDesign desktop and InDesign server. 

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Yes I'm sure. I'm using the same document in both InDesign desktop and InDesign server. 

By @adarsh_0848

But I'm asking about the "environment", not documents. 

Fonts are not part of the Document. 

If you'll have conflicting / duplicated or corrupted fonts on the server - and not on the desktop... 

Try IDMLing on your INDD file anyway - export as IDML, open, save with a new name - do not overwrite your original file - maybe Server is more "sensitive"?? 

[adarsh_0848]

I'm not sure about fonts(where are they stored), I can see font present in InDesign server aswell, I am using Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit CC to debug InDesign server process of executing scripts. I can see paragraph style and fonts applied to the character which I want to remove.
PS: I have created IDML, what should I do next, try and run scripts on that in InDesign server?

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@adarsh_0848

Yes, use new INDD file after IDMLing.

[adarsh_0848]

Thank you@Robert at ID-Tasker, this works, so the thing is Fonts, Linked Graphics etc (image below)

are part of package.

, But the

1. Paragraph Styles & Character Styles
2. Object Styles
3. Table & Cell Styles
4. Master Pages (Parent Pages)
5. Layers & Layer Structure
6. Text Content
7. Vector Shapes & Graphics
8. Swatches & Color Data
9. Hyperlinks & Cross-references
10. TOC & Index Entries
11. Interactive Elements
12. Metadata
13. Guides & Grids
14. Scripts & Variables
15. Story Editor & Overset Text
16. XML Structure & Tags etc
    are embedded into the .indd right? 

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

So IDMLing worked - and your original INDD file was corrupted? 

7 - depends if they are made of native objects - Rectangle, line, oval, TF, polygon - or are linked external files. You can also embed external files.

14 - scripts - no. 

[adarsh_0848]

I still don't know what was causing the as I am creating a custom character style with default font and font size as 0.1 and processing(more than 200+ lines of code, this doesnt manipulate the font or the character style) it. Once the processing is done I am removing the characters and the character style.

But foundItems[0].remove() wasnt crashing for all the characters for few it was.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

6 - not sure - never checked - you can link external doc / excel file - but contents is directly available for modification - although, everything might will go out of whack when the original linked file gets updated...