move text from one table field to another

Hi David,

if you like to move text, would you like the formatting of the text stay the same after it is moved?

If that's the case one would use method move() with object Text and would not use property contents.

Regards,
Uwe

Hi,

You should be able to use code something like this, I have made it more verbose than is probably needed as you say you are just discovering what can be done, and I wanted to make it as easy to follow as possible.

// get active document

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

// get all tables from that document

var myPageItems = myDoc.pageItems.everyItem();

var myTables = myPageItems.tables.everyItem().getElements();

// for each table

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

{

    // get all cells

    var curTable = myTables;

    var curTableCells = curTable.cells;

    // for each cell

    for ( var j = 0; j < curTableCells.length; j++)

    {

        var curCell = curTableCells;

        // get all text ranges - a text range is made everytime a style is changed

        var curTextStyleRanges = curCell.textStyleRanges;

        for ( var k = 0; k < curTextStyleRanges.length; k++)

        {

            var curTextStyleRange = curTextStyleRanges;

            // check the name of the text ranges appliedParagraphStyle

            if ( curTextStyleRange.appliedParagraphStyle.name === "partno")

            {

                // as your example the empty cell is always the one before the cell we currently have

                var jMinusOne = j - 1;

                var newDestCell = curTableCells [jMinusOne];

                // only copy the cells contents that match our range

                newDestCell.contents = curTextStyleRange.contents;

                // set the new contents to have the same paragraph style

                newDestCell.textStyleRanges[0].appliedParagraphStyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.itemByName("partno");

                // delete the contents from the original cell

                curTextStyleRange.remove();               

            }

        }

    }

}

Hope this helps

Malcolm