Moving text frame contents to new document (JS, CS2)

[_Scott_Piegza_]

I suspect that this is very simple, but I am JS amateur and I just haven't quite been able to put it together.

In the most general terms, here is what I hope to do with a script:
Copy the contents of an active text frame in a working document
Open an existing template (ie. myTemplate.indt)
Insert the copied contents into a target text frame on the newly opened template

As a bonus, it would be awesome to autoflow (adding pages as necessary) the text in the new document.

I think that I have pieces of this working, but trying to learn and understand what each step needs to be. Thank you very, very much in advance for any help.

Cheers!
-Scott

[Loic.Aigon]

Hi scott,
As you suspect, it's really simple. However, I guess that what you are really trying to get may lead to a richer way of thinking. Could you tell us more on the whole project.
Anyway,
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var mysel = String(app.selection[0].contents); //Assuming that your selection is text.
// X is a string like /c/my documents...
//If you want to be able to pick a particular template,
//you can choose to set a var to var mytemplate = File.openDialog("choose a file");
var mytemplate = app.open(File(X));
var mytemplateframe = app.documents.item(mytemplatedocname).pages[0].textFrames.add({geometricBounds:[0,0,200,200]});
mytemplateframe.label = "textframe";
mytemplateframe.contents = mysel;
It needs to be completed regarding to owerflow. And textframes dimension are empiric, you can adjust that too.
hope it helps.
Loic

[_Scott_Piegza_]

Thank you for your response Loic.

It is an important step in what I am grying to accomplish. How would I best do this while still maintaining the formatting of the contents?

I am going to try to set aside some time to respond with a little more detail regarding precisely what I am trying to accomplish. Much appreciated ...

-Scott

[Loic.Aigon]

Hi Scott,
try this
var mytemplate = app.open(File(X));
//X is a string for the file i.e. /c/...

var mysel = String(app.selection[0].contents);
//Assuming that your selection is text.
app.copy();
app.activeDocument=mytemplate;
var mytemplateframe = doc2.textFrames.add({geometricBounds:[0,0,200,200]});
mytemplateframe.insertionPoints[0].select(SelectionOptions.REPLACE_WITH);
app.paste();

However, maybe the simpliest is to copy the parent textFrame then eventually set it for position and size.
Have you ever thought about xml ? It may handle well different inputs with styles etc. Could help you.
Loic

[_Olav_Kvern_]

Hi Scott, Loic,

Just a note--in CS3, you can do this without copy/paste, and you can retain all formatting between the two documents. We do, every now and then, make things better between releases.:-)

Thanks,

Ole

[Loic.Aigon]

Hi Ole,
I am glad to hear it and sure about your wish to improve the soft version after version.
However could you tell us more about the non utility of "copy/paste" for this stuff ? Do you think about the duplicate() method ? Or something I should know :-)
Thanks a lot.
Loic