how to move image from one page to another page using indesign javascript.

[mani4]

hi ,

right now i can able to move image from one place to another place using geometricBounds.. within single page its working fine.

now i want to move the image from one page to another page using indesign javscript.

[nicolaik]

Use move() method, you can specify page as a parameter

#target indesign
myDoc = app.activeDocument;
myImage = myDoc.allGraphics[0].parent;
myPage = myDoc.pages[2];
myImage.move(myPage);

Moves the image to page 3 of the document.

InDesign CS5.5 OSX 10.9

[Sajeev Sridharan]

Try this,

app.selection[0].move(app.activeDocument.pages[1]);//this line will move the object to second page

[mani4]

thank u so much to both of them..both ideas are working fine.

thanks for the support.

[mani4]

hi, here is my code.. im trying find the text and match that text with image name. if both are equal , that image will move to under that text .

if text and image are same page, its working fine .but if text and image are in different pages. its not working ..

ImageAlign();

function ImageAlign()

{

var doc = app.activeDocument;

var img = doc.allGraphics;

var finds,myText,myfind,start,end,myPage,imgPage;

app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;

for(i=0;i<img.length;i++)

{

app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = img.itemLink.name;

finds = doc.findText();

       if (finds.length > 0)

      {

        myPage = finds[0].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage.name;

        imgPage = img.parentPage.name;

        myFrame = finds[0].parentTextFrames[0].geometricBounds;

        finds[0].parentTextFrames[0].textWrapPreferences.textWrapMode = TextWrapModes.BOUNDING_BOX_TEXT_WRAP;

        myText = finds[0].createOutlines(false);

        gb= myText[0].geometricBounds;

        end = gb[0];

        start = myFrame[1];

        //alert(gb);

        //alert(start);

        //alert(end);

        myText[0].remove();

    }

    else {

        alert('Nothing has been found');

    }

//try

//{

if(img.itemLink.name == finds[0].contents)

    {

   if(myPage == imgPage)

   {

     img.parent.move([start, end+1.5]);

     img.textWrapPreferences.textWrapMode = TextWrapModes.BOUNDING_BOX_TEXT_WRAP;

     img.textWrapPreferences.textWrapOffset = [0,1,1,0];

     // doc.textFrames[0].move([3,30]);

     // alert(img.geometricBounds);

     }

else

   {

     img.parent.move(doc.pages[myPage]);

     img.parent.move([start, end+1.5]);

     img.textWrapPreferences.textWrapMode = TextWrapModes.BOUNDING_BOX_TEXT_WRAP;

     img.textWrapPreferences.textWrapOffset = [0,1,1,0];

     }

  }

//catch(e)

//{

  //alert('There is no match in this document');  

  //}

app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;

}

}

[Sajeev Sridharan]

Try this,

img.parent.move(doc.pages[Number(myPage)-1]);

[mani4]

thank u so much . i used this code and its working fine,.

[mani4]

now im getting error in that line. when i try to run this script in another document.

[nicolaik]

Check what all your references are correct, check that there is a page, check there is a graphic frame and there is an image in it.

[mani4]

yeah i checked everything is there in my document.

image is there in page 2 and text references is there in page 5.

now image has to move to page 5. but im getting this error..

[nicolaik]

Is it one image only does not work, or you only have one image to move? If it is the case, try to move it explicitly:

img.parent.move(doc.pages[4]);

Disable everything else - second move and text-wrap.

[nicolaik]

Not sure if move will work for inline image. I would try to get the filepath, remove the image and place it again at the found[0] insertion point

[mani4]

now i found , in my document i have 15 pages but i have only one text frame and that text frame is extended to 15 pages ..

i think thats why im getting this error..now how to resolve this ..

[mani4]

no i have 5 different images in my document.

here this program concept is , i have to move the images to its correct location.

[nicolaik]

I see. You problem is this line:

myPage = finds[0].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage.name;

You need to get the page of your finds[0].

Check what you get for  parentPage above, it might be an array of all pages.

So if you add myPage = finds[0].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage[0].name; this might move your image to the first page.

[nicolaik]

This works for me (CS 5.5 OSX 10.9):

myPage = finds[0].parentTextFrames[0].parent.pages[0].name;

[mani4]

see this line gives the correct page number where the image name text is present.

myPage = finds[0].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage.name;

but i'm getting error in this line..

img.parent.move(doc.pages[Number(myPage)-1]); 

[mani4]

i can move images inside the same page but if i want to move the page to some other page . it showing error in this line.

img.parent.move(doc.pages[Number(myPage)-1]);

[nicolaik]

Check if doc.pages[Number(myPage)-1] evaluates to a page.

I suspect that image parent is different, could you do alert(img.parent);?

[mani4]

yeah,

i checked and alert(doc.pages[Number(myPage)-1]); it shows the correct page object.

i did alert(img.parent); and correctly it shows the rectangle object of that image.

[nicolaik]

OK, try to add these two lines:

     img.parent.anchoredObjectSettings.anchoredPosition = AnchorPosition.ANCHORED;

     img.parent.anchoredObjectSettings.releaseAnchoredObject();

     img.parent.move(doc.pages[Number(myPage)-1]);

I suppose, the image you placed is anchored to the text. You need to release the parent rectangle before you move it.

Nicolai

[mani4]

yeah i add this two lines , but it showing error in this line..

[nicolaik]

You need to investigate the object.

What is  img.parent.anchoredObjectSettings.anchoredPosition ?

Is your image inline? Can you manually move it to a different page, different spread?

I checked the dom reference for CS6 and all it looks fine.

[mani4]

this below code , showing INLINE_POSITION ...

alert( img.parent.anchoredObjectSettings.anchoredPosition);

and its working ..but first time its releasing the anchoredposition of the image .

next time while i run this script .. it showing error like ..

"the property is not applicable in the current state...

because the anchoredposition is released ..

now i need a condition like,,

wheather the image is anchored or not...