what protocol and subject I need to use to observe content change in text story

[alam_84]

HI All,

I am working on an indesign c++ plugin and looking for a solution for following scenario

what protocol and subject I need to use to observe content change in text story.

in autoattach, autodetach and update function

Regards,

Alam

[Dirk Becker]

You won't.

Instead use services, namely text preprocess or postprocess services.

Search for IID_ITEXTEDITPOSTPROCESS, kEditCmdPostProcessService, CTextCommandPostProcess

[Dirk Becker]

If this is for UI, you'd watch the selection instead, eventually even create an own suite.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@alam_84

What exactly is your end goal?

[alam_84]

Hi Robert,

Suppose initially my text box has a content "Hello world" when user update (insert/delete) contents e.g "Hello world Welcome" then i should be notify about content change.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Hi Robert,

Suppose initially my text box has a content "Hello world" when user update (insert/delete) contents e.g "Hello world Welcome" then i should be notify about content change.

By @alam_84

I'm not into real plug-ins, but can't you just monitor built-in track changes functionality? 

[Dirk Becker]

As of above, use kEditCmdPostProcessService to see the result.

If you want to interfere with the pending command before the change (change inserted text, adjust the applied range, filter modified text attributes), use the matching preprocess.

As a service, this catches all stories without attach/detach etc.