InDesign server queue gets quit while merging table cells

Report · Dec 26, 2021

Hi All,

I have a function call 'addHeaderRowContinue' and this is running ok on desktop version of indesign but when I run on InDesign CC 2017 server queue gets quit at below line:

table.cells.itemByRange(startIndex.join(":"), endIndex.join(":")).merge();

Below is the complete function. Can anyone help me out from this?

function addHeaderRowContinue(table) {
    var counter, row, headerRowCount, cellCounter, cell, column, newRow, startIndex, endIndex, newCell, tableTitleElement, elementCounter;
    try {
        headerRowCount = 0;
        for (counter = 0; counter < table.rows.length; counter++) {
            try {
                if ((row = table.rows[counter]).cells[0].associatedXMLElement.markupTag.name.match(/(tabletitle|tch)/i)) {
                    headerRowCount++;
                }
                else break;
            }
            catch (e) {
                generateLog(e);
            }
        }
        myDoc.recompose();
        for (counter = headerRowCount - 1; counter >= 0; counter--) {
            try {
                row = table.rows[counter];
                newRow = table.rows.add(LocationOptions.AFTER, table.rows[headerRowCount - 1]);
                newRow.cells.everyItem().unmerge();
            }
            catch (e) {
                generateLog(e);
            }
        }
        myDoc.recompose();
        for (counter = 0; counter < headerRowCount; counter++) {
            try {
                row = table.rows[counter];
                newRow = table.rows[counter + headerRowCount];
                for (cellCounter = 0; cellCounter < row.cells.length; cellCounter++) {
                    try {
                        cell = row.cells[cellCounter];
                        if (cell.columnSpan > 1 || cell.rowSpan > 1) {
                            var startIndex = newRow.cells[cellCounter].cells[0].name.split(":");
                            var endIndex = [];
                            endIndex[0] = (+startIndex[0]) + cell.columnSpan - 1;
                            endIndex[1] = (+startIndex[1]) + cell.rowSpan - 1;
                            table.cells.itemByRange(startIndex.join(":"), endIndex.join(":")).merge();
                        }
                        cell.texts[0].duplicate(LocationOptions.AT_BEGINNING, newCell);
                        myDoc.recompose();
                    }
                    catch (e) {
                        generateLog(e);
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (e) {
                generateLog(e);
            }
        }
        table.rows.itemByRange(0, headerRowCount - 1).rowType = RowTypes.HEADER_ROW;
        table.breakHeaders = HeaderFooterBreakTypes.ONCE_PER_PAGE;
        table.skipFirstHeader = true;
    }
    catch (e) {
        generateLog(e);
    }
}

Regards

-Sumit