While loop is always true

[jakec88782761]

Hi guys,

I'm trying to get a text frame to expand while the text is overset.

I've tried the following but nothing works:

while ( watermark.overflows === true ) {
    watermark.geometricBounds[3] = watermark.geometricBounds[3] + 10;

    }

}               
// also tried
watermark.fit(FitOptions.TEXT_TO_FRAME);

[tpk1982]

Why the last line of script is outside of while loop?

[Trevor:]

Maybe you also need to adjust the height?

[Laubender]

Hi Jake,

search the Adobe InDesign Scripting forum for "overflows".

It's likely there is an answer and perhaps a solution.

What we cannot know:

What formatted contents is held by watermark?
Is hyphenation turned on? How are the keep settings? Is noBreak set to true for all the text?
How are the insets of the frame? Is text wrap applied to a different object influencing the text frame's ability to hold text?

Etc.pp. …

You see, there could be good reasons, that you are stuck with a permanent overflow.

Did you try your algorithm on a simple text frame with no other objects on the spread?

Regards,
Uwe

[Loic.Aigon]

recompose() ?

[Laubender]

Loic.Aigon  wrote

recompose() ?

Hi Loic,

will help sometimes, sometimes not.

There are a lot of discussions here in the forum about the usability of recompose():

Re: change paragraph style point size for overset text

Re: Updating a document's layout

Regards,
Uwe

[Peter Kahrel · Accepted solution]

The problem is that you just change the geometricBounds: you should also apply the changed bounds:

gb = watermark.geometricBounds;
while ( watermark.overflows === true ) {
  gb[3] += 10
  watermark.geometricBounds = gb;
}

Peter