Extendscript: how to addword to indd user dictionary with case sensitive enabled ?

[pierratt]

Hi, I'm working on a javascript program that needs to add non hyphenate words to the user dictionnary.

I'm able to add word to the user dictionary with something like :

   var noCesure =[ "~Crescrire"];

   var myUserDictionnaries = app.userDictionaries;

    for (var i = 0; i < myUserDictionnaries.length; i++)

    {

        if (myUserDictionnaries.name == "Français")

        {

            var mySourceUserDictionary = myUserDictionnaries;

            break

        }

    }

    if (myUserDictionnaries.name == "Français")

    {

        mySourceUserDictionary.addWord(noCesure);

    }

But it adds only "~crescrire" to the dictionary, without the uppercase C letter.

I' know it is possible to have the uppercase C in the GUI interface but I did not find how to enable the "case sensitive" switch using extendscript.

Any idea ?

Regards, Pierre

[Peter Kahrel]

The user dictionary's exposure to scripting has always been rudimentary. But that words are always added in lower case must be considered a bug. Please report it here: Adobe InDesign Feedback

It's not possible to change the state of the 'case sensitive' checkbox using ExtendScript.

You could reduce your script to a single line, by the way, no need to cycle through the list of dictionaries looking for a specic one:

app.userDictionaries.item('Français').addWord ([ "~Crescrire"]);

or, to play it a bit safer,

dict = app.userDictionaries.item('Français');
if (dict.isValid) {
  dict.addWord (["~Crescrire"]);
}

P.

[pierratt]

Peter, thanks for your answer. I've post a bug request :

Extendscript : impossible to add word to user dictionnary with respect to upper/lower case – Adobe I...

Feel free to vote for it.

In the mean time, i've also tried the local document dictionnary. Something like :

doc.hyphenationExceptions.item("French").addException(["~Crescrire"]);

It adds the word "~Crescrire" to the local document dictionary with the upper cace C

but functionnaly speaking, it does not works because the word "Crescrire" is sometimes hyphenated. Any ides why ?