Hi, have to say there was a mistake in my advice, as the argument has to be coerced to string in the targetscript ... Pasted your code to to the end of my script: var source = 'YourSourcepStyle'; var theDoc = app.activeDocument;  var pStyles = theDoc.allParagraphStyles;  var pStyleStringList = [];// listbox  fillPstyleStringList();  var getPstylesIndexinpStyles = selPStyle(pStyleStringList);//[1,2,3,4,  5]  var selPStylesByName = getSelPStyleNames(getPstylesIndexinpStyles); l =     selPStylesByName.length; while(l--){callDoScript([selPStylesByName ])}     function fillPstyleStringList(){  for(var i = 0 ; i < pStyles.length; i++)  {    if(pStyles.parent.toString() === '[object ParagraphStyleGroup]')    {        pStyleStringList.push('Group: ' + pStyles.parent.name + ', Name: ' + pStyles.name);  }else{            pStyleStringList.push('Name: ' + pStyles.name);  }          }      }  function selPStyle (array)   {   var myWindow = new Window ("dialog", "Please select your targetPargraphstyles");     var myInputGroup = myWindow.add ("group");      var sel = myInputGroup.add ("listbox", [0, 0, 300, 300], array, {scrolling: true, multiselect: true});        var myButtonGroup = myWindow.add ("group");      myButtonGroup.add ("button", undefined, "OK");     myButtonGroup.add ("button", undefined, "Cancel");   if (myWindow.show() == 1){  var theSel =     sel.selection;  var tmpList = [];  for(var g = 0; g < theSel.length; g++)  {      tmpList.push(theSel .index)      }  return tmpList;      myWindow.close();          }else{           exit ();       }         }  function getSelPStyleNames(getPstylesIndexinpStyles){      tmpArray = []; for(var j = 0; j < getPstylesIndexinpStyles.length; j++){ var currTargetPStyleName =    pStyles[getPstylesIndexinpStyles ].name; tmpArray.push(currTargetPStyleName);     }    return tmpArray;           } function callDoScript(pNameAsArray){      app.doScript(setGrepStyle, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, pNameAsArray);      } function setGrepStyle(){ var target = arguments[0].toString(); error = ""; source = theDoc.paragraphStyles.item(source); if (!source.isValid) error = 'Source style does not exist'; var target = theDoc.paragraphStyles.itemByName(target); if (!target.isValid) error += '\rTarget style does not exist'; if (error != ""){alert (error); exit()} gs = source.nestedGrepStyles; for (i = 0; i < gs.length; i++)         target.nestedGrepStyles.add (gs.properties);            } Note: Your old scriptpart won't work on styles in groups and if styles are based on others it may run into errors too. But as it worked for you until now, this should work. Much place for improvements so 😉 Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Hello SilvioGabriel, would have been fine to post your script to do the changes on the source ... 😉 Well, the following should show you a dialog to choose the paragraphstyles you want from active Document. It'll then start your own script using this input as argument. Please change in your script 'target = 'alvo';' to 'target = arguments[0]' and fill in the path to your script in first line of script below ... var pathToYourJavaScript = File('~/Desktop/SometestScript.jsx');//please fill correct ... var theDoc = app.activeDocument;  var pStyles = theDoc.allParagraphStyles;  var pStyleStringList = [];// listbox  fillPstyleStringList();  var getPstylesIndexinpStyles = selPStyle(pStyleStringList);//[1,2,3,4,  5]  var selPStylesByName = getSelPStyleNames(getPstylesIndexinpStyles); l =     selPStylesByName.length; while(l--){callDoScript([selPStylesByName ])}     function fillPstyleStringList(){  for(var i = 0 ; i < pStyles.length; i++)  {    if(pStyles.parent.toString() === '[object ParagraphStyleGroup]')    {        pStyleStringList.push('Group: ' + pStyles.parent.name + ', Name: ' + pStyles.name);  }else{            pStyleStringList.push('Name: ' + pStyles.name);  }          }      }  function selPStyle (array)   {   var myWindow = new Window ("dialog", "Please select your targetPargraphstyles");     var myInputGroup = myWindow.add ("group");      var sel = myInputGroup.add ("listbox", [0, 0, 300, 300], array, {scrolling: true, multiselect: true});        var myButtonGroup = myWindow.add ("group");      myButtonGroup.add ("button", undefined, "OK");     myButtonGroup.add ("button", undefined, "Cancel");   if (myWindow.show() == 1){  var theSel =     sel.selection;  var tmpList = [];  for(var g = 0; g < theSel.length; g++)  {      tmpList.push(theSel .index)      }  return tmpList;      myWindow.close();          }else{           exit ();       }         }  function getSelPStyleNames(getPstylesIndexinpStyles){      tmpArray = []; for(var j = 0; j < getPstylesIndexinpStyles.length; j++){ var currTargetPStyleName =    pStyles[getPstylesIndexinpStyles ].name; tmpArray.push(currTargetPStyleName);     }    return tmpArray;           } function callDoScript(pNameAsArray){      app.doScript(pathToYourJavaScript, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, pNameAsArray);      } With NO GUARANTY 😉 Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Hi, please try this marvelous script from Hans Haesler: dokumenteAufteilen ... View more

Ok, guess I found a solution in this forum: app.selection[0].itemLink.linkXmp.getProperty("http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/", "title/*[1]"/* and so on "subject/*[1]""creator/*[1]" "description/*[1]"*/); ... View more

Hi, most of it should be found by a simple "\s" in your Grepsearch Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

? copy the script into a empty estk-document. open ID-dokument within tables and pictures within run the script Have a good day ... View more

Hi, you may use the autoTag()-command. var allGraphics = app.activeDocument.allGraphics; l = allGraphics.length; while(l--){     currGraphic = allGraphics ;     if(currGraphic.parent.parent.parent.constructor.name === 'Cell'){     currGraphic.autoTag();     } } Hope it works for you Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Hi, those are quite normal properties in the text suite: //select some text with(app.selection[0]){ strokeAlignment    =  TextStrokeAlign.CENTER_ALIGNMENT;//TextStrokeAlign.OUTSIDE_ALIGNMENT strokeColor     = 'C=75 M=5 Y=100 K=0'; strokeWeight    = '1 pt'         } Hope it'll work Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Hi, as it's late out here: very basically tested ... var nameOfThePDFExportPresetYouWantToUse = 'MyPdfPreset' //please don't forget to set! var currDoc = app.activeDocument; var currFilePath = currDoc.filePath.absoluteURI + '/'; var currFileName = currDoc.name.replace(/.indd/, ''); var currConditions = currDoc.conditions; //set all conditions visible to false currConditions.everyItem().visible = false; l = currConditions.length; x = 0; //cycle thru conditions while(l--){     x = x+1; currCondition =     currConditions ; //set actual condition visible to true currCondition.visible = true; //set pdfName var exportTo = File(currFilePath + currFileName + '_' + x +'.pdf'); //export PDF currDoc.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, exportTo,false,  nameOfThePDFExportPresetYouWantToUse); //set actual condition visible to false     currCondition.visible = false;     } Hope it'll work Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Hi, app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = PageRange.ALL_PAGES 'pdf' is not uppercase 😉 Hans ... View more

Hi, I'd use conditional text. Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Hi, looking at the samplefile it seems, that the count of sketches may differ and then also the size of each on the spread ... If this is true, you have to define rules for sizes and positions that should be used. Colly's approach seems to be very good (as your layout seems to be quite simple) if you've got all the data ready. If your just looking for a little helper. Try this snippet. It'll load all sketches of selected 'linked photographs' into the place gun (please select the rectangles, folder 'Sketches' has to be in the same folder as the indd-file) //select one or more 'linked photographs' on a page, then run the script ... #target Indesign var currDoc = app.activeDocument; if(!currDoc.saved){alert('Please save the document before running the script'), exit()}; var pathToSketches = currDoc.filePath.absoluteURI + '/Sketches/'; if(!Folder(pathToSketches).exists){alert(pathToSketches + 'does not exist'), exit()}; var currSel = app.selection; currDoc.place(getSketches(currSel));   function getSketches(sel) {     tmp = [];     for (var s = 0; s < sel.length;s++){         var rect = sel ;         if(!rect.constructor.name === 'Rectangle'){alert('Part of selection is not Rectangle. Script aborted'); exit();}         var img = rect.images[0];        var imgName = img.itemLink.name; var imgNameArray = imgName.split('_'); l = imgNameArray.length; x = 0; while(x < l-1){tmp.push(File(pathToSketches + imgNameArray .slice(0,4) + '.tif')); x++}         }     return cleanArray(tmp);     } function cleanArray(array) {    var obj = {}    var list = []    for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {      var obj = array      if (!list[obj]) {        list.push(obj)        list[obj] = true      }    }      return list  } Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Hi, your nested style in Headwords = 'headword over 1 words' includes the space behind the first word. Guess it should be till 1 words. As I work on a German version it's called 'über' und 'bis' Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Hi, was grumbling for a clever solution, but didn't find one 😉 No errorhandling applied ... var myDoc = app.activeDocument; var allStories =  myDoc.stories; s = allStories.length; for(var i = 0; i < s;i ++){ currStory =     allStories; var storyParagraphs = currStory.paragraphs; p = storyParagraphs.length; for(var j = 0; j < p;j++){ var currPara = storyParagraphs ; var paraName = currPara.appliedParagraphStyle.name switch(paraName){ case  'Headwords'  : app.findTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;   app.findTextPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = 'Headword';   var Res = currPara.findText(); var resCont = Res[0].texts[0].contents; break; case 'Text entry' : app.findTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;   app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = resCont; app.changeTextPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = 'keyword in example'; currPara.changeText(); break; default : break;         } }     } app.findTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;   app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Hello Marc, thx for your input Haven't used call or apply until now, even forgot how to use ... your  'killer trick' and this explanation gave me a good restart. I've changed         if( ai != bi ) return ai-bi; to     if( ai != bi ){ if (ai < bi) return -1}else{return 1} So I can  use it with arrays of strings too. Hope it's still correct JS 😉 Thx for sharing your time and knowledge! Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Hi marc, first: sorry for hijacking this thread! Your answers are more then I hoped for Never mentioned to give several returns in one sort ... Have to sleep about it and test tomorrow ... Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

well, coercing class folder to string will never include the slash ... Folder('~/Desktop/test/').toString() + '/' //~/Desktop/test/ Folder('~/Desktop/test').toString() + '/' //~/Desktop/test/ How's the path created¿ why should you test it? ... View more

Hi, don't wonna 'get you there', but wasn't aware of it till last sunday ... Hans-Gerd ... View more

Hi, I know it's the URI Path, but as 'D:' is the drivecharacter which is mapped over the drive will it work on a mac¿! Hans-Gerd Classen ... View more

Hi, a month ago I was grabbing my head to do this 'relative' sort to a array of arrays (<-length may not be equal) . Now, with your input, this seems (!!!) to work: array = [[4,3,2,1], [1,2,3], [1,3,2,4], [5,8,9,7,6,4,8]];     array.sort(function(a,b){         aLength = a.length;                 bLength = b.length; minLength = Math.min(aLength, bLength);         myString = '';         for(var tl = 0; tl < minLength; tl++){             var tmpString = '' + ((a[tl] > b[tl]) - (a[tl] < b[tl]))             if (tl != minLength -1){or = '||'}else{or = ''}             myString = myString + tmpString + or                         }                     return eval(myString);                     }                 ) Great!! But could you show me a way without using 'string' and eval¿ Looking forward 😉 Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

Hi, sunday evening and a bit of time I'm puzzled by the actual Path you give: The actual path is: /Volumes/DTP/Produktbilleder/0893ny/0893_467+468_05_Agrp frit_.tif If I open a macfile including serverlinks on a PC-installation I get: \Volumes\BACKUP\06_Rubens_Thetis_Pau.jpg So I wrote a Script working with my path-result. You'll be asked for a folder that includes *.indd-files and for Networkdrives to work on. The script then tries to set the path based on the sharename which is mapped to a Networkcharacter (e.g. Z:, S: , ...) This worked well for 2 testfiles including missing maclinks to 10 files on 2 different servers: #target InDesign var IDversion =  (app.filePath.displayName.split('CS'))[1]; main() function main() {         var inddFiles = Folder.selectDialog ('Please choose folder with *.indd-files').getFiles('*.indd');     var shareNames = selDriveLetter(getActiveNetworkDriveLetters());//array(['R:', 'S:', ...], [sharename, ...] updateMissingMacLinks(inddFiles, shareNames);         } function getActiveNetworkDriveLetters(){ var myVBScript = "Set myInDesign = CreateObject(\"InDesign.Application.CS" + IDversion + "\")\r";  myVBScript += "Set fso = CreateObject(\"Scripting.FileSystemObject\")\r"; myVBScript += "Set myDrives = fso.Drives\r"; myVBScript += "driveletters = \"\"\r"; myVBScript += "sharenames = \"\"\r"; myVBScript += "delimiter = \",\"\r"; myVBScript += "For Each drive In myDrives\r"; myVBScript += "If drive.isReady then\r"; myVBScript += "If drive.driveType = 3  then\r"; myVBScript += "driveletters = driveletters + drive.Path +delimiter\r"; myVBScript += "sharenames = sharenames + drive.sharename +delimiter\r"; myVBScript += "End If\r"; myVBScript += "End If\r"; myVBScript += "Next\r"; myVBScript += "myInDesign.ScriptArgs.SetValue \"drivesValue\", driveletters\r";  myVBScript += "myInDesign.ScriptArgs.SetValue \"sharesValue\", sharenames\r";  myVBScript += "\r";  app.doScript(myVBScript, ScriptLanguage.VISUAL_BASIC);  var drivesString = app.scriptArgs.getValue("drivesValue");  var driveLettersArray = drivesString.split(','); driveLettersArray.pop(); var sharesString = app.scriptArgs.getValue("sharesValue");  var sharesArray = sharesString.split(','); sharesArray.pop(); return [driveLettersArray, sharesArray] } function selDriveLetter(array)    {    var myWindow = new Window ("dialog", "Please choose Networkdrives to operate on:");      var myInputGroup = myWindow.add ("group");       var sel = myInputGroup.add ("listbox", [0, 0, 300 , 150], array[0], {scrolling: true, multiselect: true});         var myButtonGroup = myWindow.add ("group");       myButtonGroup.add ("button", undefined, "OK");      myButtonGroup.add ("button", undefined, "Cancel");    if (myWindow.show() == 1){   var theSel =     sel.selection;       if(theSel === null){alert('Nothing choosed.'); exit();} var tmpList = [];   for(var g = 0; g < theSel.length; g++)   {       tmpList.push(array[1][theSel .index])   ;     }   return tmpList;       myWindow.close();           }else{            exit ();        }    }   function updateMissingMacLinks(inddFiles, shareNames) {     app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.NEVER_INTERACT;     var l = inddFiles.length;   if (l == 0){displayDialog('The selcted folder doesn\'t contain ID-Files'); exit();}; while(l--){     try{ var theDoc = app.open(inddFiles ); var allLinks =theDoc.links.everyItem().getElements(); for(var i = 0; i < allLinks.length; i++) { var currLink = allLinks; var currLinkStatus = currLink.status; switch(currLinkStatus) { case LinkStatus.LINK_MISSING : tryRelinking(currLink, shareNames); break; default : break;     }         }     theDoc.save(inddFiles ); theDoc.close(); }catch (e){     app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.INTERACT_WITH_ALL;     displayDialog(e);     app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.NEVER_INTERACT;     } } app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.INTERACT_WITH_ALL;         } function tryRelinking(currLink, shareNames){     for(var sn = 0; sn < shareNames.length; sn++){         var brokenMacLinkPath = currLink.filePath;        var newPicFilePath = (shareNames[sn] + '\\'+ ((brokenMacLinkPath.split('\\')).slice(3).join('\\\\'))).replace(/([^\\])\\([^\\])/g, '$1\\\\$2');        newPicFile = new File(newPicFilePath);       if( newPicFile.exists === true){currLink.relink(newPicFile); break;}                 }         } function displayDialog(aString){  var infoWindow = new Window("palette");   infoWindow.add("statictext", undefined, aString);   infoWindow.show();   $.sleep(2000);   infoWindow.close();   } Hans-gerd Claßen ... View more

Hi, if you just have to change '/Volumes/DTP/Produktbilleder/0893ny/0893_467+468_05_Agrp frit_.tif' to 'F:/DTP/Produktbilleder/0893ny/0893_467+468_05_Agrp frit_.tif' then loop the documentlinks, check status, if missing get filePath, replace '/Volumes' with 'F:', check if file exists, if true -> relink. '/Volumes/DTP/Produktbilleder/0893ny/0893_467+468_05_Agrp frit_.tif'.replace(/\/Volumes/, 'F:') Hans-gerd Claßen ... View more

Hi, this script does some grepsearch (Numbers in range of 0 -100) in tables and applies cellStyles on results ... app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;     //[Grep, cellStyleName] var grepSearchs = [["\\<[0-5]{1}[0-9]{0,1}\\>|\\<[6-9]\\>", 'Rot'], ["\\<[6-7]{1}[0-9]{1}\\>", 'Gelb'], ["\\<[8-9]{1}[0-9]{1}\\>|\\<100\\>",   'Gruen']]; //0-59 -> Rot ., 60-79 Gelb und 80-100 Grün    var docTables = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem().getElements();    o = docTables.length;  for(var i = 0; i < o;i++){      myTable = docTables;  l = grepSearchs.length;  while(l--){  app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = grepSearchs [0];   var foundList = myTable.findGrep();   f = foundList.length;  while(f--){foundList .parent.appliedCellStyle = grepSearchs [1];}  }  }    app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; Hope it'll be of some help Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more

hi, you've got to mask the linebreaks in the cStr. -> \\n or \\r var cStr = "I am new scrpit developer.\\rI am not know how develop indesign script? \\nbut forums help me to develop my script" But this also depends to the way you create the string, so there may be another appoach ... Hans-Gerd Claßen ... View more