Open index page numbers in indesing using javascript

[Guest]

Hi Guys,

I am searching code to open page range in InDesign file. Is anybody can share the JS code to open page ranges in ID document CS5.5

See below the screenshot of the entries in the document. Some entries my have single digit after en dash.

I hope will get this soon with positive response.

Regards,

DanuP

Message was edited by: Danu Prasad

[Jongware · Accepted solution]

This forum is not meant as an access hub to ask people write you free custom scripts.

.. But -- fortunately for you, this particular question was interesting enough to spend 5 minutes on. It turned out to be as easy as I initially thought:

app.findGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat="\\d+[-~=]\\d+";
r = app.activeDocument.findGrep(true);
while (r.length)
{
    t = r.pop();
    s = t.contents.split(/\D/);
    s[1] = s[0].substr(0,s[0].length-s[1].length)+s[1];
    s[0] |= 0; s[1] |= 0;
    u = s[0];
    while (s[0]++<s[1])
        u+=', '+s[0];
    t.contents = u;
}

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

Hi Jongware,

I've not tested your code lines but I suppose you don't take into account the fact that it is an index. So the page numbers should normally contain links to those pages. In your script, it's not the case. Am I right?

[Jongware]

That's not the OP's question. My script works on the set of numbers shown in the example (labouriously typed in, *sigh*), and it does not matter whether the ranges are page numbers or something else.

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

You're right! It is a way to see the issue! 

However, I'm curious to see Peter Kahrel's view offering folios compacting in one of his scripts!

See:  Update index | Peter Kahrel

… because ultimately, IMHO, the question could be: is it possible to "uncompact"?

friendly, Obi-wan

[Peter Kahrel]

> IMHO, the question could be: is it possible to "uncompact"?

well, that's what Danu's question was, and that's exactly what Jongware's script does.

Peter

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

Hi Peter,

Sorry, it's not exactly the answer to my question. What I mean:

If I use your script to "compact" the folios in an index, is there a way to "undo" it and retrieve all index links?

That is: do the opposite of your script! 

[Peter Kahrel]

The opposite of my script is Jongware's script

On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:09:40 -0000, Obi-wan Kenobi

[Peter Kahrel]

Ah, and no, those links won't work any longer. I was never bothered about

those links.

On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:09:40 -0000, Obi-wan Kenobi

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

Peter, Jongware and Danup,

If the index is approached from the right angle [this is, according to me, a pure question of timing in the management of the index generation process!], the compacting folios manipulation is "normally" the end of an index treatment.

So, in this case, it will suffice to regenerate the index! Without any loss. 

[However, I still think that [Javascript] + UI would be THE solution to index global management when the entries are "marked" in ID!]

[Guest]

Hi Jongware,

First, I would like to appreciate you to spend some time and providing me the correct answer. Its really very encouraging to see top participants like you and Peter in my post.

Thanks again for your cooperation.

Regards,

DanuP

[SumitKumar]

Hi Jong,

I have 2 questions to you, that would be appreciable.

1. Could you elaborate your code, I am new in scripting, please?

2. Same thing can you reverse to range number again, like 111, 112, 113, 114 to 111-4 or 118, 119, 120, 121 to 118-21?

Regards,

Sumit