linked text frame in enumeration

[hamdifem]

in one document there are many embedded text frame (object style applied = "myObjSty1")

I want to write increasing numbers

I tried to write but did not

Can you help me in this regard

Thank you in advance

var sNo = 1;
var doc = app.activeDocument;  
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;  
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "~a";  
var found = doc.findGrep();  
for(var i =found.length-1;i>=0;i--)
{
if(found.allPageItems[0].appliedObjectStyle == myObjSty1)
{
     found.texts[0].select();
     app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = (++sNo);
     app.selection[0].changeGrep();
}
}

[Laubender]

@handifem – you made several assumptions here not spoken out, when I am looking at your code (and reading about what you are trying to accomplish here). I might be wrong, but:

What kind of sequence would you like to see?

Order of anchored text frames in one single story?

That would be: myStory.textFrames by their index numbers.

Geometrical order throughout the story depending on their position on the page?

Throughout the document?

Something else?

A GREP Search with "~a" may find the anchors representing the anchored text frames in a totally different order you would like to see.

If we know something more, I think, we can help with the code as well.

Uwe

[hamdifem]

Text in the fluid

anchored text frame (and applied them to the object style)

in which "1" is writing. delete "1"

to enumerate them, respectively,

[Laubender]

@handifem – ah, ok. This is the easy case of sequence.

You need no GREP search for this, simply iterate through all text frames of the story.

Here an example where I assume, that are no other text frames anchored to the story that would not need numbering:

var myStory = app.selection[0].parentStory;
var myAnchoredTextFrames = myStory.textFrames.everyItem().getElements();

for(var n=0;n<myAnchoredTextFrames.length;n++){

    myAnchoredTextFrames.texts[0].contents = String(n+1);

    };

Of course you could decorate it with an if clause to single out all text frames with a specific object style.

Uwe

[hamdifem]

I could not connect to an object style

To enumerate all frames

var myStory = app.selection[0].parentStory; 

var myAnchoredTextFrames = myStory.textFrames.everyItem().getElements(); 

if(myAnchoredTextFrames.appliedObjectStyle == myObjSty1){ //?

for(var n=0;n<myAnchoredTextFrames.length;n++){ 

    myAnchoredTextFrames.texts[0].contents = String(n+1); 

    }

};

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

1. You have to set the if clause inside the for loop.

2. You need to address every single text frame by its index

3. You need a counter to advance every time a match is found

//Object style is named "MyObjectStyle1"
//It is not nested in an ObjectStyleGroup !!
var myObjSty1 = app.documents[0].objectStyles.itemByName("MyObjectStyle1");

//Selection is the text frame or some text of the story you want to get the anchored text frames:
var myStory = app.selection[0].parentStory;
//Collecting ALL anchored text frames of the story to an array:
var myAnchoredTextFrames = myStory.textFrames.everyItem().getElements();

//Define a start number:
var myStartNumber = 1;

//Loop through the array of the text frames anchored:
for(var n=0;n<myAnchoredTextFrames.length;n++){

    //If my object style is assigned to the individual anchored text frame in that array:
    if(myAnchoredTextFrames.appliedObjectStyle == myObjSty1){
        //Set the contents to its text to the String of the current value of the start number variable
        myAnchoredTextFrames.texts[0].contents = String(myStartNumber);
        //If that is done, change the current number by adding the number 1:
        myStartNumber = myStartNumber + 1;
        };

    };

Uwe

PS.: You should really look more into the basics for JavaScript before doing more work in ExtendScript.

[Kai Rübsamen]

Hi Guys,

although this seems to be answered a idea for a nonscripting way:

1. Create a paragraph style with autonumbering in a separate textframe with Autosize > width only.

2. Insert your textframe with the numbers

3. Write your text, add or delete some numbers, half way done

4. You will maybe discover a problem, that is shown in my screenshot. Sometimes the textframes and the followed character are overlapping. I think this is a bug.

5. Solution: Create a shortcut for "Recompose all stories immediately". After refreshing the document everything is fine, so no script needed

–Kai

[Kai Rübsamen]

After a further test: It seems that 'recompose' is not necessary, if the textframes column have a fixed width (to hold 2 or 3 numbers) and 'Autosize' is turned off.