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[JS] Override Alle Master Page Items

Community Beginner ,
May 26, 2009 May 26, 2009

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Hi all,

I'm trying to override all masterpage items from my script ...

function OverrideMasterItems(CurrentPage) {
     document.pages[CurrentPage].appliedMaster.pageItems.everyItem().override(document.pages[CurrentPage]);
}

but I get "Invalid object for this request".

Any hints?

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LEGEND , May 27, 2009 May 27, 2009

Like I said before: You're probably trying to override an object which is already overridden...

This should work. (Although there's probably more efficient ways to do this...)

function OverrideMasterItems() {
  var allItems = myDocument.pages[CurrentPage].appliedMaster.pageItems.everyItem().getElements();
  for(var i=0;i<allItems.length;i++){
    try{allItems.override(myDocument.pages[CurrentPage])}
    catch(e){}
  }
}

Harbs

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Advocate ,
May 26, 2009 May 26, 2009

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Presumably, CurrentPage is a number equal to the documentOffset of the page of interest.

But what is "document" -- you're not passing that into your function. Is it a global set to the activeDocument?

Once I defined that, your script worked for me (although I did have to delete a space in "pageItems".

Dave

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Community Beginner ,
May 27, 2009 May 27, 2009

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Hi Dave,

here's the script in its whole

#target indesign;

var myDocument = app.activeDocument;

var TotalPages = (myDocument.pages.count());

for(var CurrentPage=0; CurrentPage < TotalPages; CurrentPage++) {
     OverrideMasterItems();
}

function OverrideMasterItems() {
     myDocument.pages[CurrentPage].appliedMaster.pageItems.everyItem().override(myDocument.pages[CurrentPage]);

}

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LEGEND ,
May 27, 2009 May 27, 2009

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Like I said before: You're probably trying to override an object which is already overridden...

This should work. (Although there's probably more efficient ways to do this...)

function OverrideMasterItems() {
  var allItems = myDocument.pages[CurrentPage].appliedMaster.pageItems.everyItem().getElements();
  for(var i=0;i<allItems.length;i++){
    try{allItems.override(myDocument.pages[CurrentPage])}
    catch(e){}
  }
}

Harbs

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May 28, 2009 May 28, 2009

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Thanks a bunch, Harbs, that did the trick.

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May 12, 2014 May 12, 2014

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Hi Harbs, can this be apply to just one layer? lets say i only want to detach certain text frames on an specific layer, can that be done?

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Guru ,
May 14, 2014 May 14, 2014

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#target indesign; 

 

var myDocument = app.activeDocument; 

var TotalPages = (myDocument.pages.count()); 

 

for(var CurrentPage=0; CurrentPage < TotalPages; CurrentPage++) { 

     OverrideMasterItems(); 

function OverrideMasterItems() {

    var theLayer = myDocument.layers.item("Layer 1");

    var allItems = myDocument.pages[CurrentPage].appliedMaster.pageItems.everyItem().getElements(); 

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

        try{

            if (allItems.itemLayer == theLayer) {

                allItems.override(myDocument.pages[CurrentPage]);

            }

        }

        catch(e){} 

    }

}

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LEGEND ,
May 26, 2009 May 26, 2009

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Are you overriding an already overridden object?

Harbs

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May 03, 2018 May 03, 2018

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for(var i=myPage.appliedMaster.pageItems.length-1;i>=0; i--)

         {

                if(myPage.appliedMaster.pageItems.parentPage.side==myNewPage.side)

                        myPage.appliedMaster.pageItems.override(myPage); 

            }

Please try this. It worked for me.

Shivani

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Mar 02, 2023 Mar 02, 2023

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For 2023 I noticed there was a Menu shortcut in pages, and that there was a way to execute these via script. Please note that "Parent" was formerly "Master" tested and this works as expected. I personally wasn't able to get the loops to work.

 

app.menuActions.itemByName("$ID/Override All Parent Page Items").invoke();

 

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Enthusiast ,
Mar 05, 2023 Mar 05, 2023

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Hi @wckdtall , here the script to loop document to  override all parent pages items (tested in 2023) :

 

//Override All Document 
OverrideDoc();
function OverrideDoc() {
var mA = app.menuActions.itemByName("$ID/Override All Parent Page Items");
var doc = app.documents[0];
var allDocSpreads = doc.spreads.everyItem().getElements(); //Here is Pages Range
var allDocSpreadsLength = allDocSpreads.length;
for( var n=0; n<allDocSpreadsLength; n++ ) //Loop inSide Pages Range
{
	doc.layoutWindows[0].activeSpread = allDocSpreads[n]; //you can delete this, just to show process
	if( mA.isValid && mA.enabled ){ mA.invoke() };
};
    }

 

note that you can use any of these and will get the same results :

 

var mA = app.menuActions.itemByName("$ID/Override All Master Page Items");

 

or

 

var mA = app.menuActions.itemByName("$ID/Override All Parent Page Items");

 

 

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Mohammad Hasanin

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