Text selection

[Guest]

Hi All

I want to apply underline on selected text but when i select text with itemByRange() then text not selected.

itemByRange() return array of characters.when i store array of characters in var type variable character and try to

underline then it give error object is invalid in line 7.In which type of  variable I store character of array. I also try array type of variable but not sucess.How select text ?

var myDocument = app.documents.add();

var myTextFrame = myDocument.pages.item(0).textFrames.add();

myTextFrame.geometricBounds = ["10p", "15p", "30p", "35p"];

myTextFrame.contents = "Adobe Indesign";

var character=myTextFrame.characters.itemByRange(7,14); // for selection of Indesign in "Adobe Indesign"

character.underline=true;   // error object is invalid

Thanks.

[Vamitul]

the "itemByRange()" returns a ARRAY of objects.

to underline them you can either iterate the array and underline every character individualy, or use myTextFrame.texts

[Guest]

Thanks Vamitul for reply

When I try to underline every character individualy using

character[0].underline=true;

It give error Object does not support the property or method '0'.

I also try this :

var character = new Array();

character =myTextFrame.characters.itemByRange(7,14);

character[0].underline=true;  // error Object does not support the property or method '0'.

But give error.

Which type of variable store characters array ?

I try this but give same error

var text =myTextFrame.texts.itemByRange(7,14);

text.underline=true;  // error object is invalid

How select a text range and underline this?

Thanks

[Vamitul · Accepted solution]

try counting from 0!!!

try this:

var myDocument = app.documents.add();
var myTextFrame = myDocument.pages.item(0).textFrames.add();
myTextFrame.geometricBounds = ["10p", "15p", "30p", "35p"];
myTextFrame.contents = "Adobe Indesign";
var character=myTextFrame.characters.itemByRange(6,13); // for selection of Indesign in "Adobe Indesign"
character.underline=true;   // error object is invalid

[Guest]

Thanks Vamitul for reply

This work sucessfully.

Thanks

[rajesh2373]

Hi

Iam new to javascript can you explain how this coding has been worked by changing "itemByRange(6,13)" instead of "itemByRange(7,14)". If anyone knows please explain.

[Jongware]

Count the number of characters in "Adobe InDesign" ...

[Larry G. Schneider]

itemByRange is zero based so the counts goes 0, 1, 2, 3, ...

[Guest]

Hi rajesh2373

Count the number of characters in "Adobe InDesign"

start counting from 0,1,2,..............13.

last value is 13 not 14.