Script to loop all selected frames and math.round geometrcBounds

[DAVIDKOBELT]

Hi

I need a script that arranges thousands of frames. The geometricBonds of these frames should be rounded
to the nearest 5mm.

Applied to an object, the script works great.

But when I try to apply it to all selected frames, error code 11270 appears.

for(var i = 0; i < app.activeDocument.selection.length; i++) {

var y1 = app.activeDocument.selection[i].geometricBounds[0];
var x1 = app.activeDocument.selection[i].geometricBounds[1];
var y2 = app.activeDocument.selection[i].geometricBounds[2];
var x2 = app.activeDocument.selection[i].geometricBounds[3];

app.activeDocument.selection[i].geometricBounds = [Math.round(y1 / 5) * 5, Math.round(x1 / 5) * 5, Math.round(y2 / 5) * 5, Math.round(x2 / 5) * 5];

}

Thanks, 

[DAVIDKOBELT]

Stupid me!

please delete thread... it is of course not necessary to take the way over the loop.

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

Hi David,

why is this not necessary?

I would be surprised if your script will work without any loop if you want to address more than one text frame.

You could store "all" text frames of a document in an array with:

app.documents[0].textFrames.everyItem().getElements();

If you want to avoid text frames on masters address all text frames on document spreads:

app.documents[0].spreads.everyItem().textFrames.everyItem().getElements();

If you want to avoid text frames on masters and pasteboards:

app.documents[0].pages.everyItem().textFrames.everyItem().getElements();

But this will not get text frames in nested structures like groups, anchored frames etc.pp.

To get really all the text frames ( and text paths ) of a document, also the nested ones, you could concat all textContainers of all stories of a document.

Loop the result array to

[1] Filter text paths from text frames ( if you concat textContainers )

[2] Filter frames on pasteboards or master pages

[3] Do your math with the geometric bounds of the frames.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[DAVIDKOBELT]

You're absolutely right.

There must have been an error when saving the script or applying it in Indesign itself. When I restarted InDesign, my script worked perfectly and I thought it had returned to pre-loop status. I was wrong.