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Script to remove all digits from the document except for the text box according to its size

  • January 6, 2024
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Hi All

I want a script to remove all digits from the document except for the text box according to its size

( width and height ) . asked chat gpt 4 , replied with this code but It doesn't work

What is the problem please ?

Thanks

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// Create a dialog with input fields for width and height
var dialog = new Window("dialog", "Excluded Text Box Size");
dialog.orientation = "column";
dialog.alignChildren = "left";

var widthGroup = dialog.add("group");
widthGroup.add("statictext", undefined, "Width (mm):");
var widthInput = widthGroup.add("edittext", undefined, "50");
widthInput.characters = 10;

var heightGroup = dialog.add("group");
heightGroup.add("statictext", undefined, "Height (mm):");
var heightInput = heightGroup.add("edittext", undefined, "25");
heightInput.characters = 10;

var buttonGroup = dialog.add("group");
var okButton = buttonGroup.add("button", undefined, "OK");
okButton.onClick = function() {
var specifiedWidthInMm = parseFloat(widthInput.text); // Convert input to number
var specifiedHeightInMm = parseFloat(heightInput.text); // Convert input to number
dialog.close();
removeDigitsExceptSpecifiedSize(specifiedWidthInMm, specifiedHeightInMm);
};
var cancelButton = buttonGroup.add("button", undefined, "Cancel");
cancelButton.onClick = function() {
dialog.close();
};

dialog.show();

// Remove Digits Function
function removeDigitsExceptSpecifiedSize(specifiedWidthInMm, specifiedHeightInMm) {
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var textFrames = doc.textFrames;

for (var i = 0; i < textFrames.length; i++) {
var textFrame = textFrames[i];
var frameBounds = textFrame.geometricBounds;
var frameWidth = frameBounds[3] - frameBounds[1];
var frameHeight = frameBounds[2] - frameBounds[0];
var specifiedWidthInPoints = specifiedWidthInMm * 2.83464567; // Convert mm to points
var specifiedHeightInPoints = specifiedHeightInMm * 2.83464567; // Convert mm to points

if (frameWidth !== specifiedWidthInPoints || frameHeight !== specifiedHeightInPoints) {
var textContent = textFrame.parentStory.contents;
var textWithoutDigits = textContent.replace(/\d/g, '');
textFrame.parentStory.contents = textWithoutDigits;
}
}
}

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    Correct answer Peter Kahrel

     

    It's a pretty horrible script by any standard, but it works:

     

    #targetengine xyz;

app.scriptPreferences.measurementUnit = MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS;

var dialog = new Window("palette", "Excluded Text Box Size");
  dialog.orientation = "column";
  dialog.alignChildren = "left";

  var widthGroup = dialog.add("group");
    widthGroup.add("statictext", undefined, "Width (mm):");
  var widthInput = widthGroup.add("edittext", undefined, "50");
    widthInput.characters = 10;

  var heightGroup = dialog.add("group");
    heightGroup.add("statictext", undefined, "Height (mm):");
  var heightInput = heightGroup.add("edittext", undefined, "25");
    heightInput.characters = 10;

  var buttonGroup = dialog.add("group");
  var okButton = buttonGroup.add("button", undefined, "OK");
  
  okButton.onClick = function() {
    var specifiedWidthInMm = Number(widthInput.text).toPrecision(3); // Convert input to number
    var specifiedHeightInMm = Number(heightInput.text).toPrecision(3); // Convert input to number
    dialog.close();
    removeDigitsExceptSpecifiedSize(specifiedWidthInMm, specifiedHeightInMm);
  };

  var cancelButton = buttonGroup.add("button", undefined, "Cancel");
    cancelButton.onClick = function() {
    dialog.close();
  };

dialog.show();

// Remove Digits Function
function removeDigitsExceptSpecifiedSize(specifiedWidthInMm, specifiedHeightInMm) {
  var doc = app.activeDocument;
  var textFrames = doc.textFrames;

  for (var i = 0; i < textFrames.length; i++) {
    var textFrame = textFrames[i];
    var frameBounds = textFrame.geometricBounds;
    var frameWidth = (frameBounds[3] - frameBounds[1]).toPrecision(3);
    var frameHeight = (frameBounds[2] - frameBounds[0]).toPrecision(3);
    //var specifiedWidthInPoints = specifiedWidthInMm * 2.83464567; // Convert mm to points
    //var specifiedHeightInPoints = specifiedHeightInMm * 2.83464567; // Convert mm to points

    if (frameWidth !== specifiedWidthInMm && frameHeight !== specifiedHeightInMm) {
      var textContent = textFrame.parentStory.contents;
      var textWithoutDigits = textContent.replace(/\d/g, '');
      textFrame.parentStory.contents = textWithoutDigits;
    }
  }
}

    4 replies

    Peter Kahrel
    Community Expert
    Peter KahrelCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    January 6, 2024

     

    It's a pretty horrible script by any standard, but it works:

     

    #targetengine xyz;

app.scriptPreferences.measurementUnit = MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS;

var dialog = new Window("palette", "Excluded Text Box Size");
  dialog.orientation = "column";
  dialog.alignChildren = "left";

  var widthGroup = dialog.add("group");
    widthGroup.add("statictext", undefined, "Width (mm):");
  var widthInput = widthGroup.add("edittext", undefined, "50");
    widthInput.characters = 10;

  var heightGroup = dialog.add("group");
    heightGroup.add("statictext", undefined, "Height (mm):");
  var heightInput = heightGroup.add("edittext", undefined, "25");
    heightInput.characters = 10;

  var buttonGroup = dialog.add("group");
  var okButton = buttonGroup.add("button", undefined, "OK");
  
  okButton.onClick = function() {
    var specifiedWidthInMm = Number(widthInput.text).toPrecision(3); // Convert input to number
    var specifiedHeightInMm = Number(heightInput.text).toPrecision(3); // Convert input to number
    dialog.close();
    removeDigitsExceptSpecifiedSize(specifiedWidthInMm, specifiedHeightInMm);
  };

  var cancelButton = buttonGroup.add("button", undefined, "Cancel");
    cancelButton.onClick = function() {
    dialog.close();
  };

dialog.show();

// Remove Digits Function
function removeDigitsExceptSpecifiedSize(specifiedWidthInMm, specifiedHeightInMm) {
  var doc = app.activeDocument;
  var textFrames = doc.textFrames;

  for (var i = 0; i < textFrames.length; i++) {
    var textFrame = textFrames[i];
    var frameBounds = textFrame.geometricBounds;
    var frameWidth = (frameBounds[3] - frameBounds[1]).toPrecision(3);
    var frameHeight = (frameBounds[2] - frameBounds[0]).toPrecision(3);
    //var specifiedWidthInPoints = specifiedWidthInMm * 2.83464567; // Convert mm to points
    //var specifiedHeightInPoints = specifiedHeightInMm * 2.83464567; // Convert mm to points

    if (frameWidth !== specifiedWidthInMm && frameHeight !== specifiedHeightInMm) {
      var textContent = textFrame.parentStory.contents;
      var textWithoutDigits = textContent.replace(/\d/g, '');
      textFrame.parentStory.contents = textWithoutDigits;
    }
  }
}
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      r28071715i111Author
      Known Participant
      January 6, 2024

      Great Thanks For you Peter

      Script works like charm

      Thaaaanks

       

      Robert at ID-Tasker
      Robert at ID-Tasker
      Legend
      January 6, 2024

      @r28071715i111, but you need to remember about one thing - this script will mess up your formatting - if you have any there - Char/Para Styles, local formatting - so you need to be careful before you use it on a larger scale.

       

      Unless, of course, you have a very simple contents there.

       

      Peter Kahrel
      Community Expert
      Peter KahrelCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      January 6, 2024

      You'll have to round those numbers a bit because of rounding errors in InDesign and because your multiplier isn#t precise enough (probably).

       

      Do this experiment: place a text frame 50mm wide.  Set your InDesign to points. A script reports the frame's width as follows:

       

      box = app.selection[0];

      alert (box.geometricBounds[3] - box.geometricBounds[1]);  // >= 141.732283464567

       

      But when you do 50*2.83464567 the result is 141.7322835, which is not the same, so you never match the boxes you want to exclude.

       

      Try setting the document's units to millimeters, then you needn't convert any values.

       

       

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        r28071715i111Author
        Known Participant
        January 6, 2024

        I already set my document units to millimeters

        But No change in the script

        Can you fix this and post whole correct script please ?

         

        Robert at ID-Tasker
        Robert at ID-Tasker
        Legend
        January 6, 2024
        quote

        I already set my document units to millimeters

        But No change in the script

        Can you fix this and post whole correct script please ?

         


        By @r28071715i111

         

        Then you can delete this part "* 2.83464567" - in both places - and it should work. 

         

        Peter Kahrel
        Community Expert
        Peter KahrelCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        January 6, 2024

        >  remove all digits from the document except for the text box according to its size

         

        What does this mean? What is a 'text box according to its size'?

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        r28071715i111Author
        Known Participant
        January 6, 2024

        I want to remove all digits from all text boxes in document Except the digits in text boxes that have certian Width and Height 

         

        Robert at ID-Tasker
        Robert at ID-Tasker
        Legend
        January 6, 2024

        Probably because of those three lines:

         

        var specifiedWidthInPoints = specifiedWidthInMm * 2.83464567; // Convert mm to points
        var specifiedHeightInPoints = specifiedHeightInMm * 2.83464567; // Convert mm to points

         

        rounding error?

         

        if (frameWidth !== specifiedWidthInPoints || frameHeight !== specifiedHeightInPoints) {

         

        strict inequality?

         

        But I'm not JS guy so you'll have to wait for someone else to fix it.

         

        R
        r28071715i111Author
        Known Participant
        January 6, 2024

        And So Iam a not a Js

        Thanks for your reply

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