Hi Ton, yes Illustrator will find the menuItem when I search for it, but when playing the Action, Illustrator tells me the menu item is currently not available Thanks Stefan ... View more

I am on CC2019 (Mac) and this is not working for me ... View more

Hi, the following line is the replacementColor // apply replacement swatch color to selection idoc.defaultFillColor = replacementSwatch.color;   Ist there a way to use a named swatch (e.g. "darkblue") as a replacement?   Thanks Stefan ... View more

var swatches = idoc.swatches works for me ... View more

Regarding your first issue: This line works fine for me, if I am escaping the "\b" with an extra "\" grep {findWhat:"(?<=\\b[o|O])2"} {appliedCharacterStyle:"subscript"} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:true} Apply subscript to O2 Does the characterStyle exist in the document ? Thanks Stefan ... View more

Hi, here is a code snippet var curDoc = app.activeDocument; app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat  = "~a"; var foundItems = curDoc.findGrep(); // is there a TextFrame with Text "A" and an Oval with fill C100 for (var i=0; i<foundItems.length; i++) {     var curCharacter = foundItems;     var curPageItems = curCharacter.allPageItems;     // check curPageItems for Oval and TextFrame     // ... } ... View more

Why not use evaluateXPathExpression?: var curDoc = app.activeDocument; var curRoot = curDoc.xmlElements.firstItem(); var curXPathXpression = "//product"; var allProducts = curRoot.evaluateXPathExpression(curXPathXpression); var productCount = allProducts.length; $.bp(); Thanks Stefan ... View more

Hi, you could find the anchoredObject in you text with a grep search. The grep character for an anchored object is "~a". Then you would need to look into the found items. If your condition is maching you remove the anchored object character and replace it with a different object (maybe from a library). Thanks Stefan ... View more

And in case you are using CC 2019: Update to 14.0.2 and do the manual Update Fixed issues in InDesign ... View more

Very interesting project. Have a look also at the AddGuides.jsx Script from the InDesign Sample scripts as a starting point for getting into scripting. This script adds a guide around every pageItem selected. ... View more

Have a look at this thread. It may be helpful for your task: Re: Sorting images based on their position on the page Stefan ... View more

Another idea just came to my mind: You could use the InDesign feature "conditional text" to markup the textVariable with the orignal date. That way you can check nicely if the conversion was correct. You set the conditional text for the date to unvisible with the conditional text palette. Thanks Stefan ... View more

Hi, this is a actually a scripting topic: 1. Find all instances of the textVariable in your document with a GREP (^v, I think) 2. Get the resultText of the instance 3. Do the conversion of the date to a letter 4. replace the textVariable with the new text Thanks Stefan ... View more

I am using this javascript parser for tab separated CSV: var curData = parse(curContents, false); function parse( curContents, option) { try {           // output object         var data = {},         // output no columns array         container = [],         // output array         records = [],         // splits csv data at each new line         lines =input.split(/\r/),         // creates columns by splitting first line of csv         columns = lines[0].split('\t');                         // creates objects from csv data if column option included         if (option === true) {             // loop through each line of csv file             for (var l = 1; l <= lines.length-1; l++) {                 // splits each line of csv by comma                 var words = lines .split('\t');                 // builds object based on column headers                 for (var cell in columns) {                                         data[ columns[cell] ] = words[cell];                          }                             // pushes object to output array                 records.push(data);                 // resets object in order to add another                 data = {};             }                 } else {                         // creates nested arrays from csv data if column option omitted, false or not true                         for (var l = 0; l <= lines.length-1; l++) {                                 var curLine = lines ;                                 // leere Zeilen ignorieren                 if (curLine == "\t") continue;                                 // splits each line of csv by comma                 var words = curLine.split('\t');                                 // creates objects from csv data                                for (var cell in words) {                     container.push(words[cell]);                    }                             // push array to output array                 records.push(container);                                 // reset array in order to add another                 container = [];             }         }             // returns output array         return records;                    } catch(error){         return err;     } } ... View more

I had to add this line at the top of the script in order to see the selection change of the last for loop (InDesign CC2019): app.scriptPreferences.enableRedraw = true; ... View more

Hi, it should be minimumGlyphScaling maximumGlyphScaling desiredGlyphScaling and this line throws an error, if you start your script selecting a textFrame: var myLeading = sel.leading; You don't even get to the last lines of code because of the try catch. Thanks Stefan ... View more

I do it like this: var globalScriptPath = getScriptPath().path; function getScriptPath() { try {      return app.activeScript; } catch(e) {      return File(e.fileName); } } ... View more

Convert the collection of documents into an array: var openDocsAsArray = app.documents.everyItem().getElements().slice(0); Hope this helps. Thx Stefan ... View more

Have a look at this snippet-placer tool http://www.indesignscript.de/skript-detail/detail/News/snippetplacer/ Thx Stefan ... View more

With JavaScript you cound set the excelImportPreference: app.excelImportPreferences.sheetIndex = 2; If you don't run into an error, you know you have an Excel file with at least two sheets. Thx Stefan ... View more

Hi kajzica, you could iterate over all sections in your document and calculate the pageRange for the PDF export. here is the key code snippet: var curPageNameWithPrefix = getPageNameWithPrefix(curPage); app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = curPageNameWithPrefix;            app.activeDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, curPDFfile, false, curPDFJobOptions); You may also need the property documentOffset: firstPageIndex = curSection.pageStart.documentOffset; Thanks Stefan ... View more

Enlarging the AI window fixed the issue for me. Still present in CC2019. Thanks a lot! Stefan ... View more

Hi, you could do an XML-Markup with a script, then add your DTD and check if the xml-structure is built according to the DTD. Errors will show in red. Thanks Stefan ... View more

I am using InDesign CC 2018 13.1 and the script with the fix still applies. Very useful! Thank you ... View more

Hi, first I would create cellStyle with itemByName not with a string name. Secondly use clearCellStyleOverrides: if (curCellStyleName != "" && isValidCellStyle) {               var newCellStyle = curDoc.cellStyles.itemByName(curCellStyleName);               curCell.appliedCellStyle = newCellStyle;               curCell.clearCellStyleOverrides(true); } Thanks Stefan ... View more

Hi All, I am using this code snippet with a temporary frame (curTextFrame) to find the number of pages in the pdf. Haven't tested on CC yet. Happy about any comment. /*     Importiert alle Seiten des PDF Dokumentes     Besonderheit bei InDesign:     Wenn app.pdfPlacePreferences.pageNumber  größer ist als die Anzahl der Seiten im     PDF Dokument, dann platziert InDesign trotzdem eine Seite     pdfAttributes.pageNumber fängt dann wieder bei "1" an.     */ PDFPageCounter.PAGE_NAME_END = 99999; PDFPageCounter.doSampleImport = function (curFile, curTextFrame) {                 var curPageNumber = 0;             for (var i=1; i<PDFPageCounter.PAGE_NAME_END; i++) {                     var curCounter = curPageNumber = i+1;                     app.pdfPlacePreferences.pageNumber = curCounter;                      if (curFile.exists) {                 try {                     curTextFrame.place(curFile);                 } catch (e) {                     $.writeln("cannot place file in InDesign. Corrupt file ?");                 }             }                             var curPDF = curTextFrame.allGraphics[0];               var placedPDFPageNumber = curPDF.pdfAttributes.pageNumber;                             if (placedPDFPageNumber == 1) {                 curPageNumber--;                 break;             }            }     return curPageNumber;   } ... View more

Here is the info from the FindChangeTxt: //This data file is tab-delimited, with carriage returns separating records. // //The format of each record in the file is: //findType<tab>findProperties<tab>changeProperties<tab>findChangeOptions<tab>description // ... View more

Hi tom, have you checked if the separating character in the line is a TAB (s. screenshot). Thanks Stefan ... View more