How do I select the graph of my GREP search?

[Moises_Kanada]

How do I select the graph of my GREP search?

GREP only selects the text space of the image, but I need to select the graphic that is within that space (.eps).

app.findGrepPreferences = null;app.changeGrepPreferences = null;

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat="~a";///FIND image .eps

var myFinds = app.findGrep();

app.findGrepPreferences = null;app.changeGrepPreferences = null;

var img = app.activeDocument.allGraphics;

var myDocument=app.activeDocument;

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

        myFinds[i].select();// SELECT THE TEXT SPACE

        ///??????here?????? //SELECT THE GRAPH .eps 

        //THEN TO THE GRAPHIC I APPLY

        var fp = app.selection[0].graphics[0].itemLink.filePath;

        var f = File(fp);f.open('r');var fs = f.read();f.close();

        alert("the file path is : " + "\n" + fp);

}

[a.yalda]

I think you are trying to select it with the wrong tool.

Try:

var links = app.activeDocument.links;

Then you can loop through each link and do anything you need with it.

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

        alert("The file path is " + links[i].filePath);

}

[Moises_Kanada]

Hello Friend, but I want to select the graph as if it were the selection tool.

[Peter Kahrel · Accepted solution]

Moises -- You rarely need to select anything in scripting, and you should avoid it as much as possible because selections aren't stable and often behave in unexpected ways.

~a finds characters, which you can check in the ESTK's debugger (or whatever you use). Characters can have rectangles, and rectangles can contain images. So this:

myFinds[i].rectangles[0].images[0]

gets you the image. But you want to get the image's file path, which you can get only through its link:

myFinds[i].rectangles[0].images[0].itemLink.filePath

and now you can open and read the contents of the EPS image.

This is a very roundabout and time-consuming way of doing things. Yalda is right: it's much simpler to go through the links collection.

P.

[Moises_Kanada]

app.findGrepPreferences = null;app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat="~a";       ///FIND image
var myFinds = app.findGrep();
app.findGrepPreferences = null;app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
 for (var i = 0; i < myFinds.length; i++) {
        var rectan=myFinds[i].rectangles[0].allGraphics[0];
        var path_file =rectan.itemLink.filePath;
        alert(path_file);
} 

Thank you Mr. Peter, with your explanation I found another way without using ".select ()".