InDesign script executing after dialog.show()

I'm not JS guy - but can't you use "progressbar way" anyway?

Show 50% as an indicator that there is something going on - and then when it finished - jump to 100% and "finished"?

I do not really have an existing code - because I do not know, how to do it.

Hi @JakabZs , The findGrep() method returns a single array of results—I don’t think you would need a progress bar, but if you wanted to loop thru a very long array, the progress increment could be add to the for loop.

Here my found variable is the result array:

//would gets every Foo
 var found = getGrepSearch("Foo")
 alert(found.length)
 //returns the length of the search array

for (var i = 0; i < found.length; i++){
    $.writeln(found[i])
    //returns each item of the array e.g. [object Word]
};   


/**
* Gets results of a grep search 
* @ param text to search for 
* @ return search results as an array 
*/
function getGrepSearch(fp){
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = app.findChangeGrepOptions = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = fp;
    //an array of search results
    return app.activeDocument.findGrep()
}

If I wanted to change each array item, I could use the changeGrepPreferences changeTo property. This should be much faster than looping through the found array:

/**
* Document Grep find and change 
* @ param f the find grep string 
* @ param c the change grep string
* @ return void 
*/
function grepSearch(f,c){
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = app.findChangeGrepOptions = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = f;
    app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = c;
    app.activeDocument.changeGrep( true )
}

Here the 128 changes happen instantly