I think Jump_Over is correct that the frames are overset. This would happen if your library assets are too large to fit in the placeholder textbox containing the identifier for the library item in your layout. An assumption of the original script was:
I modified the script to resize the placed library asset to avoid the oversetting problem. The library asset should be sized to the width of the placeholder textframe while keeping the height proportional. This seems to work on InDesign 5.5. There is probably a more elegant way of doing this, if anyone else feels like chiming in. Give this a try...
#target "InDesign"
//Assumes each library asset is a single group and library assets are named with unique integer values of one to three digits
//each text offer identifier is in its own textframe.
//Warning: all text styled with the paragraph style "offer_id" will be deleted by the script
if ( app.documents.count() < 1 ) { alert( "No InDesign document is open." ); exit(); }
if ( app.libraries.count() != 1 ) { alert( "You must have one InDesign library file open." ); exit(); }
var lib, sourceFile, found, i, ipt, offer, zAsset, ptf, bndsTF, bndsAsset, scaleFactor, sprd;
var vPrefs = app.documents[0].viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits;
var hPrefs = app.documents[0].viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits;
app.documents[0].viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.POINTS;
app.documents[0].viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits= MeasurementUnits.POINTS;
lib = app.libraries[0];
clearFCPs();
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\d{1,3}";
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = "offer_id"; //offer_id is name of paragraph style applied to each unique identifier
found = app.documents[0].findGrep(true);
for ( i = 0; i < found.length; i++ ) {
ipt = found.insertionPoints[0];
ptf = ipt.parentTextFrames[0];
sprd = ptf.parentPage.parent;
bndsTF = ptf.geometricBounds;
offer = lib.assets.itemByName( found.contents.toString() );
if ( !offer.isValid ) { alert( "Asset named " + found.contents.toString() + " not found!" ); continue; }
app.documents[0].layoutWindows[0].activeSpread = sprd;
zAsset = offer.placeAsset( app.documents[0] )[0];
bndsAsset = zAsset.geometricBounds;
scaleFactor = (bndsTF[3] - bndsTF[1]) / (bndsAsset[3] - bndsAsset[1]);
zAsset.transform( CoordinateSpaces.PASTEBOARD_COORDINATES, AnchorPoint.TOP_LEFT_ANCHOR, app.transformationMatrices.add( {horizontalScaleFactor: scaleFactor, verticalScaleFactor: scaleFactor, horizontalTranslation: bndsTF[1] - bndsAsset[1], verticalTranslation: bndsTF[0] - bndsAsset[0]} ) );
}
app.documents[0].viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = vPrefs;
app.documents[0].viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits= hPrefs;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "[^~a]";
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "";
app.documents[0].changeGrep();
clearFCPs();
function clearFCPs() {
app.findChangeTextOptions = app.findChangeGrepOptions = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
}
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