Is there anyway we could search and replace Grouped Anchor Object in a Cell?

[OfficialNeaven]

Let's assume, i have this grouped anchor object(1 text frame with content "A" and 1 oval) been inserted into a cell.

i want to find this grouped anchor object by a specific text frame with content "A" or color of oval and change that the whole grouped anchor obj to another grouped anchor object. Is that possible?

[Stefan Rakete]

Hi,

you could find the anchoredObject in you text with a grep search. The grep character for an anchored object is "~a".

Then you would need to look into the found items. If your condition is maching you remove the anchored object character and replace it with a different object (maybe from a library).

Thanks Stefan

[OfficialNeaven]

hello, thanks you Stefan, the problem is.

it's easy to find an anchor object with grep search. Problem is that grouped anchor object contain 1 text frame with specific content, and 1 oval. Let's assume i have 10 anchor object with different attributes. How can i find exactly the anchor object that contain letter "A" in text frame, and color C100 of Oval? The closest idea i got is find by layer or FindObject. But i really dont know how to it with script

[Stefan Rakete]

Hi,

here is a code snippet

var curDoc = app.activeDocument;

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat  = "~a";

var foundItems = curDoc.findGrep();

// is there a TextFrame with Text "A" and an Oval with fill C100

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

    var curCharacter = foundItems;

    var curPageItems = curCharacter.allPageItems;

    // check curPageItems for Oval and TextFrame

    // ...

}