[JS] Override Alle Master Page Items

[René Mølsted]

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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molsted

[Dave_Saunders]

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

[René Mølsted]

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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molsted

[Harbs. · Accepted solution]

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

[René Mølsted]

Thanks a bunch, Harbs, that did the trick.

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molsted

[schiuma24]

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?

[Kasyan Servetsky]

#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){}  
    } 
} 

[Harbs.]

Are you overriding an already overridden object?

Harbs

[shivani.0342]

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

[iamwickedtall]

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();

[M.Hasanain]

Hi @iamwickedtall , 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");