get the value of a text variable

[erwine7220]

//  In my active Indesign document, there is a Text variable named myRevisionNR, type: modified text, which can be: "00", or "01" or "02", etc.

//  How can I display the "value" of my tex variable myRevisionNR?

//

//  Create text variable

var myDocVariables = app.activeDocument.textVariables;

var myDocVariablesNames = myDocVariables.everyItem(0).name;

//  The following sentence only displays: "myRevisionNR". But I want to see: "01", or "02"

alert(myDocVariablesNames[0])

//  Who can help me?

[Ronald63]

Hello,

Try this ...

// get text variable value
var myValue= app.activeDocument.textVariables.item('myRevisionNR').variableOptions.contents;
alert(myValue)
 // set text variable value
app.activeDocument.textVariables.item('myRevisionNR').variableOptions.contents = '03';

[erwine7220]

Hello Ronald63,

Thank you very much! You made my day great!

[Vamitul]

This is what you are looking for:

InDesign ExtendScript API (12.0)

(app.activeDocument.textVariables[0].associatedInstances[0].resultText)

[erwine7220]

Hello Vamitul,

Thank you for answerign my question. I will take a look at it.