How to run find replace only in few text frames?

[virender_CTS]

var myDoc = app.activeDoucment;

var myFrame1 = myDoc.textFrames.itemByName("one");

var myFrame2 = myDoc.textFrames.itemByName("two");

var myFrame1 = myDoc.textFrames.itemByName("three");   //and so on

var myFrames = [myFrame1, myFrame2, myFrame3] // and so on

for (var i=0; i< myFrames.length; i++)

{

var myText = myFrames[i].parentStory.contents;

myText = myText.replace(/\r\r/g, "\r");  // double enter to single enter

myFrames[i].parentStory.contents = myText;

}

This is working fine but if any two consective paragraphs has bold format in the starting then after find-replace formatting got mixed. The concern is not to mix formatting of paragaphs.

[Peter Kahrel]

Change myFrames[i].parentStory.contents to myFrames[i].contents

[virender_CTS]

hi Peter, many thanks for the swift reply but formatting got merged. I also tried usual findreplace (findWhat etc) but not sure how to apply only in required text frames instead of whole document.

[Peter Kahrel]

> formatting got merged

I was guessing that you were working on a text-only document 🙂

You can use InDesign's findWhat and changeTo. use

// Set up the findWhat and changeTo, then

myFrames[i].texts[0].changeGrep();

[virender_CTS]

hi again Peter, I used in a loop but it did not work. any direct help is helpful.

[Peter Kahrel · Accepted solution]

In what way does it not work? Error message?

Anyway, this example works for me:

var myDoc = app.activeDoucment;
var myFrame1 = myDoc.textFrames.itemByName("one");
var myFrame2 = myDoc.textFrames.itemByName("two");
var myFrame3 = myDoc.textFrames.itemByName("three");   //and so on
var myFrames = [myFrame1, myFrame2, myFrame3] // and so on

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = '\\r\\r+';
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = '\\r';

for (var i = myFrames.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
  myFrames[i].texts[0].changeGrep()
}

[virender_CTS]

Hi Peter again,

Thank you. The error could be becuase of:

1)  I kept findwhat and changeTo inside for loop

2) for loop start with i =0 and increasing

Regards

Virender