how to access contents of textframe

[bala281972]

Hi all

I've a textframe which contains the group of images pasted using 'paste into' command, any idea how to access the contents using script, i've tried

var inlineFrame = myDocument.stories.everyItem().textFrames.everyItem().getElements();

unfortunately this doesnt work for this case as the images or textframes are pasted using pasteInto command.

any suggestions ?

[Roland Dreger]

Hello!

If you use the command “Paste Into”, it's not a text frame anymore - it’s a rectangle, polygon or  oval. 

You get the images in the group (e.g. in first rectangle) with:

var  _imgArray = app.activeDocument.rectangles[0].groups[0].rectangles[0].images.everyItem().getElements();

Roland

[bala281972]

Appreciate your hint Roland, the code needs to be revised a bit

var  imgArray = app.activeDocument.rectangles.everyItem().getElements();

for (var j=0;j<=imgArray.length-1;j++)

{

var  _imgArray = imgArray.allGraphics.length

alert ("Frame" +j + " contains "+_imgArray + " images")

}

this will alert no of images in a frame.

[Vamitul]

your rectangle now contains a GROUP object, that contains some images.

[Roland Dreger]

Try this:

#target InDesign

var _allRectangles = app.activeDocument.rectangles.everyItem().getElements();

for (i=0; i<_allRectangles.length;i++) {   

     if (_allRectangles.groups.length > 0) {       

           var _imgArray = _allRectangles.groups[0].rectangles.everyItem().images.everyItem().getElements();

           alert("Rectangle " + i + " contains a group with " + _imgArray.length + " images.");

      }

}

Roland