script for removing empty text frames

[con1499]

hi

i have a document that is well over 400 pages and everytime i delete a page; some empty frames appear in the middle of the page.

instead of removing them one by one, ive tried a couple of scripts ive found via google, however they are working too well and removing everything- including coloured frames that i need.

i have no clue how to write scripts so if someone could give me one that would be amazing.

thankyou in advance!

[Manan Joshi]

Hi @con1499,

What is your definition of an empty frame? And by frame do you mean textframes or retangles, ovals as well?

-Manna

[con1499]

see attached image. the frames in the middle of the page is what needs removing.

the other scripts were also removing the red rectangle frames as well as the grey backgrounds.

[Manan Joshi]

Try the following code

var pis = app.documents[0].pageItems.everyItem().getElements()
for(var i = 0; i <pis.length; i++){
	var pi = pis[i]
	if(pi.hasOwnProperty("contents"))
	{	if(pi.contents == "" && pi.fillColor.name == "None")
			pi.remove()
	}
	else if(pi.pageItems.length == 0 && pi.fillColor.name == "None")
		pi.remove()
}

-Manan

[con1499]

thankyou

ive realised that there is technically something in the frames i am trying to get rid of. See screenshot below.

i am using easycatalog to create the document, and those green squares indicate that data could be paginated into the frame. is there a way to remove them or not?

[Manan Joshi]

I am not sure what it is untill I see the document myself. Can you share a sample document? Another question is why do you want to delete these frames, looking at there state it does not seem they would be visibile in a pdf or print output.

-Manan