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Kai Rübsamen
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Kai Rübsamen
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Aug 23, 2014
05:16 AM
1 Upvote
Vandy, maybe I’m wrong, but I think he wants to alert the name, not the value …
var myFile = File("/Users/studio/Desktop/Workbook.csv");
if ( !myFile ) {
exit();
}
myFile.open( 'r' );
while ( myFile.eof == false ) {
var myFind=myFile.readln();
var myLine =myFind.split(",");
if(myLine[5] == "£6") {
var docName = myLine[10];
alert("INDD NAME\r" + docName);
}
}
myFile.close();
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Aug 22, 2014
02:18 AM
Hi Guys, thanks for your comments. So I will defenitly do something about the scope. This saving settings thing sounds to complicated for me at the moment. I will post a new version, if I can figure out, what is the best way of offer a choice for the scope (surely another dropdown). – Kai P.S. This is my first script with more than 80 lines 😉
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Aug 21, 2014
08:27 AM
I thought about the scope before I posted the lines. Maybe I try it next week and put the new version on my website. If so, I will let you know. To save or reset settings seems difficult or I have no idea how to do this. – Kai
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Aug 21, 2014
06:15 AM
Hi, I am not interested to script elements from a library at the moment, but I’m interested in playing with dialogs. Here is the next and maybe last version:
// ApplyStylesToLists.jsx
// Kai Rübsamen, www.ruebiarts.de
// Vers. 1.1
// DESCRIPTION: Search for lists and apply styles
if ( app.scriptPreferences.version >= 6 ) {
app.doScript( main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT , [], UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Search and style lists" );
}
else {
main();
}
function main() {
// make certain that user interaction (display of dialogs, etc.) is turned on
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll;
if ( app.documents.length == 0 ) {
alert ( "Open a document!" );
exit();
}
var curDoc = app.activeDocument;
// COLLECT ALL STYLES IN THE DOCUMENT
// ---
// Create a list of names and paragraph styles
var allParaStyleNamesList = [];
var allParaStylesList = [];
// all styles outside of groups
for ( var i = 0; i < curDoc.paragraphStyles.length; i++ ) {
var curParaStyle = curDoc.paragraphStyles;
allParaStyleNamesList.push( curParaStyle.name );
allParaStylesList.push( curParaStyle );
}
// all styles inside of groups
for ( var i = 0; i < curDoc.paragraphStyleGroups.length; i++ ) {
var curStyleGroup = curDoc.paragraphStyleGroups;
for ( var j = 0; j < curStyleGroup.paragraphStyles.length; j++ ) {
allParaStyleNamesList.push( curStyleGroup.paragraphStyles .name + " ( " + curStyleGroup.name + " )" );
allParaStylesList.push( curStyleGroup.paragraphStyles );
}
}
// the slice() method returns a copy of the array into a new array object
var displayNames = allParaStyleNamesList.slice(1);
// insert a new element at the beginning
displayNames.unshift( "Choose a style" );
// CREATE THE DIALOG
// ---
var dlg = app.dialogs.add({ name: "Style lists" }); // the dialog container
var min_width_left = 140;
var min_width_right = 210;
with ( dlg.dialogColumns.add() ) { // at least one column
with ( dialogRows.add() ) { // row
staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "Find what:" });
}
with ( borderPanels.add() ) { // border
with (dialogColumns.add()) { // column
with ( dialogRows.add() ) { // row
staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "Paragraph style:" , minWidth: min_width_left });
var search_style = dropdowns.add({ stringList: displayNames, selectedIndex: 0 , minWidth: min_width_right });
} // end dialogRows
with ( dialogRows.add() ) { // row
staticTexts.add( {staticLabel: "Real list:", minWidth: min_width_left} );
var cb_realList = checkboxControls.add({staticLabel: "", checkedState: false, minWidth: min_width_right});
} // end dialogRows
with (dialogRows.add() ) { // row
staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "Manual bullets:", minWidth: min_width_left });
var text_edit_box = textEditboxes.add({ minWidth: min_width_right -120});
staticTexts.add( {staticLabel: "( E.g.: -\\s+ or •\\t )"} );
} // end dialogRows
} // end dialogCols
} // end borderPanels
with ( borderPanels.add() ) { // border
with (dialogColumns.add()) { // column
} // end dialogCols
} // end borderPanels
with ( dialogRows.add() ) { // row
staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "Change to:" });
}
with ( borderPanels.add() ) { // border
with (dialogColumns.add()) { // column
with ( dialogRows.add() ) { // row
staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "Main paragraph style:" , minWidth: min_width_left });
var main_style = dropdowns.add({ stringList: displayNames, selectedIndex: 0 , minWidth: min_width_right });
} // end dialogRows
with ( dialogRows.add() ) { // row
staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "First paragraph style:" , minWidth: min_width_left });
var first_style = dropdowns.add({ stringList: displayNames, selectedIndex: 0 , minWidth: min_width_right });
}
with ( dialogRows.add() ) { // row
staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "Last paragraph style:" , minWidth: min_width_left });
var last_style = dropdowns.add({ stringList: displayNames, selectedIndex: 0 , minWidth: min_width_right });
} // end dialogRows
with ( dialogRows.add() ) { // row
staticTexts.add( {staticLabel: "Remove bullets:", minWidth: min_width_left} );
var cb_removeBullets = checkboxControls.add({staticLabel: "", checkedState: false, minWidth: min_width_right});
} // end dialogRows
} // end dialogCols
} // end borderPanels
} // end dialogCols
// show the dialog and save users choice
if( dlg.show() ){
var searchParaIndex = search_style.selectedIndex;
var mainParaIndex = main_style.selectedIndex;
var firstParaIndex = first_style.selectedIndex;
var lastParaIndex = last_style.selectedIndex;
var dlgStr = text_edit_box.editContents;
var cbList = cb_realList.checkedState;
var cbRemove = cb_removeBullets.checkedState;
dlg.destroy();
}
else {
dlg.destroy();
exit();
}
// SEARCH AND STYLE THE PARAGRAPHS
// ---
// test the choice for find what
if ( searchParaIndex == 0 && cbList == false && dlgStr == "" ) {
alert("You must enter something!");
exit();
}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
if ( searchParaIndex != 0 && cbList == false && dlgStr == "" ) { // style, no list
var searchStyle = allParaStylesList[searchParaIndex];
app.findGrepPreferences.properties = { appliedParagraphStyle: searchStyle };
}
else if ( searchParaIndex != 0 && cbList == true ) { // style and list
var searchStyle = allParaStylesList[searchParaIndex];
app.findGrepPreferences.properties = { appliedParagraphStyle: searchStyle, bulletsAndNumberingListType: ListType.BULLET_LIST };
}
else if ( searchParaIndex == 0 && cbList == true && dlgStr == "" ) { // only list
app.findGrepPreferences.properties = { bulletsAndNumberingListType: ListType.BULLET_LIST };
}
else if ( searchParaIndex != 0 && dlgStr != "" && cbList == false ) { // style and grep
var complGREP = "(" + dlgStr + "(.|\\n)+\\r)+";
alert ( complGREP );
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = complGREP ;
var searchStyle = allParaStylesList[searchParaIndex];
app.findGrepPreferences.properties = { appliedParagraphStyle: searchStyle };
}
else if ( dlgStr != "" && cbList == false ) { // only grep
var complGREP = "(" + dlgStr + "(.|\\n)+\\r)+";
alert ( "Notice:\r Your grep will be expanded to find the whole list\r" + complGREP );
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = complGREP ;
}
else if ( dlgStr != "" && cbList == true ) { // warning list or grep, not both
alert ( "Stop!\rYou can only search for manual bullets\rOR automatic lists, not both at the same time!" );
exit();
}
var allFounds = app.findGrep(true); // it’s important to search backwards if later manual bullets should be deleted !
// test the choice for change to
if ( mainParaIndex != 0 ) {
var mainStyle = allParaStylesList[mainParaIndex];
}
else {
alert ( "Choose at least the main style for all paragraphs!" );
exit();
}
for ( var i = 0; i < allFounds.length; i++ ) {
var curFound = allFounds;
var allParas = curFound.paragraphs;
allParas.everyItem().appliedParagraphStyle = mainStyle; // whole paragraphs
if ( firstParaIndex != 0 ) {
allParas[0].appliedParagraphStyle = allParaStylesList[firstParaIndex]; // first paragraph
}
if ( lastParaIndex != 0 ) {
allParas[allParas.length-1].appliedParagraphStyle = allParaStylesList[lastParaIndex]; // last paragraph
}
if ( dlgStr != "" && cbRemove == true ) {
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = dlgStr;
curFound.changeGrep();
}
}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
} // end main
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Aug 21, 2014
05:53 AM
Guys, your scripts produces local overrides. @VeluVK: I would think, that your cellstyle has a fill applied. In this case the alternating rows from the table style are overwritten by the cellstyle. In a normal world there is no need for a script in this case. If your cellstyles have no fill, please provide an example file. – Kai
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Aug 20, 2014
01:07 AM
Hi, first of all, I have no idea how to write an applescript . So this is my first one. Some thoughts: 1. If you escape something, you must escape it in general, so not only digits, but also \x{0024} or \t >> \\x and \\t 2. If you have two queries, you must set 'change grep' twice 3. Some cosmetics: \x{0024} can be written as \x24 and [\d]{5} should be written als \d{5}. With some changes, this lines work for me:
tell application "Adobe InDesign CC 2014"
set find grep preferences to nothing
set change grep preferences to nothing
set find what of find grep preferences to "\\x24?\\d+\\.\\d{2}"
set change to of change grep preferences to "" --replace with nothing
change grep
set find what of find grep preferences to "\\t?120\\u{2}\\d{5}([\\u|\\d]+)?"
set change to of change grep preferences to "\\t" --replace with a tab
change grep
set find grep preferences to nothing
set change grep preferences to nothing
end tell
– Kai
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Aug 19, 2014
10:14 AM
Hi Trevor, great solution. Thanks! I think, the second 'changeTo' isn’t necessary, since you apply some formatting.
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Aug 19, 2014
06:21 AM
1 Upvote
Argh! I forgot the table … You are right . I didn’t also notice 'while (app.activeDocument.changeGrep ().length); ' because if I use only your grep in the ui, I got not the endresult. So to find e.g. 1000000000 we need 3 loops. Thanks for your code. To do it without a loop, I did in the past something like: Find what: (?<=\d{3})\d\b Change to: $0~< and then run my previous grep. But in this case, I would select the table before. So not really better.
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Aug 19, 2014
05:26 AM
2 Upvotes
Hi Jongware, thanks for your queries. My query is simply nonsense, because of one parentheses at the wrong place. This should be the right one: \d(?=(\d{3})+\b) Do you see a benefit, if we use: (?=\d(\d{3})+\b)\d instead of \d(?=(\d{3})+\b) ? I know, that a string can be searched twice with yours, but I see no benefit at the moment? Otherwise I like the idea of applying the character style instead of inserting whitespace, because no additional characters are needed and it is dynamic.
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Aug 19, 2014
02:44 AM
1 Upvote
Hi Trevor, you are wrong 😉 Chinnas Grep is the right one! Chinna is searching for a digit, if then comes packages with 3 digits. The power here is the 'plus'-symbol. This way with the repeater was first mentioned by Jeffrey Friedl and he writes it in this way: \d(?=(\d{3}+)\b) If you need to find all numbers without numbers of 4 digits you can search with: (?<=\d)\d(?=\d{3}\b)|\d(?=(\d{3}){2,}\b) Your search is limited, because there is no repeater. – Kai
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Aug 18, 2014
06:21 AM
What could be a reason fo this one? "Search a paras group (in sequence) with the same style and the same manual bullet." I would say, the script should cover 3 topics: 1. Search a paras group (in sequence) with the same style (no manual bullet used but possibly auto-numbering) 2. Search a paras group (in sequence) with the same manual bullet 3. Search a paras group (in sequence) that has already a local real bulleted list applied I will try to figure that out, but give me some time
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Aug 18, 2014
05:53 AM
2 Upvotes
My problem is, that I don’t know at the moment how single paragraphs with manual bullets can be treated at one list. This is easier, if there is already a list. You can check this, if you search for style 0 (all paragraphs are highlighted) or if you search with e.g. '•\t.+\r' (only one paragraph is highlighted). edit: Ah, maybe '(•\t.+\r)+' this will work 😉 In the meantime. Something like that for your first need?
// Enter your style names
//
var paraStyle_0 = "style 0",
paraStyle_1 = "style 1",
paraStyle_2 = "style 2";
paraStyle_3 = "style 3";
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.properties = { appliedParagraphStyle: paraStyle_0 };
var allFounds = app.findGrep();
for ( var i = 0; i < allFounds.length; i++ ) {
var curFound = allFounds;
var allParas = curFound.paragraphs;
// whole list
allParas.everyItem().appliedParagraphStyle = paraStyle_2;
// first bullet
allParas[0].appliedParagraphStyle = paraStyle_1;
// last bullet
allParas[allParas.length-1].appliedParagraphStyle = paraStyle_3;
}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
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Aug 18, 2014
04:42 AM
Sorry to hear, that you got an error. I have no problems here. If you provide a sample-doc I will try to fix this. The original intention of the script was not to find paragraphs with predefined styles and that’s also not, was the actual script does! The script will search either for bulleted lists or for normal paragraphs that look like bulleted lists. In the last case, you must insert some grep code. Since we tested it here with two guys, I would think, it does what it should do.
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Aug 18, 2014
03:30 AM
I have no idea what that means? Everything is o.k.? Everything is o.k., but in the case of … ? It would be additional nice … ?
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Aug 17, 2014
05:05 AM
2 Upvotes
Hi Obi-wan, here it is, with some lines more 😉 Try also the editField: E.g. if you have no list already, you could search for '•\t' or '-\x20{2}' or '-\s+'. Notice, that this will also remove those characters too. And: If you start the script a second time, your first choice will be overwritten. The script should also work with paragraph styles in groups.
// ApplyStylesToBulletedLists.jsx
// Kai Rübsamen, www.ruebiarts.de
// DESCRIPTION: Search for bullets and apply styles
if ( app.scriptPreferences.version >= 6 ) {
app.doScript( main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT , [], UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Search and style bulleted lists" );
}
else {
main();
}
function main() {
// make certain that user interaction (display of dialogs, etc.) is turned on
app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll;
if ( app.documents.length == 0 ) {
alert ( "Open a document!" );
exit();
}
var curDoc = app.activeDocument;
// COLLECT ALL STYLES IN THE DOCUMENT
// ---
// Create a list of names and paragraph styles
var allParaStyleNamesList = [];
var allParaStylesList = [];
// all styles outside of groups
for ( var i = 0; i < curDoc.paragraphStyles.length; i++ ) {
var curParaStyle = curDoc.paragraphStyles;
allParaStyleNamesList.push( curParaStyle.name );
allParaStylesList.push( curParaStyle );
}
// all styles inside of groups
for ( var i = 0; i < curDoc.paragraphStyleGroups.length; i++ ) {
var curStyleGroup = curDoc.paragraphStyleGroups;
for ( var j = 0; j < curStyleGroup.paragraphStyles.length; j++ ) {
allParaStyleNamesList.push( curStyleGroup.paragraphStyles .name + " ( " + curStyleGroup.name + " )" );
allParaStylesList.push( curStyleGroup.paragraphStyles );
}
}
// the slice() method returns a copy of the array into a new array object
var displayNames = allParaStyleNamesList.slice(2);
// insert a new element at the beginning
displayNames.unshift( "Choose a style" );
// CREATE THE DIALOG
// ---
var dlg = app.dialogs.add({ name: "Style bulleted list" }); // the dialog container
var min_width_left = 110;
var min_width_right = 230;
with ( dlg.dialogColumns.add() ) { // at least one column
with ( dialogRows.add() ) { // row
staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "Required:" });
}
with ( borderPanels.add() ) { // border
with (dialogColumns.add()) { // column
with ( dialogRows.add() ) { // row
staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "Main bullet style:" , minWidth: min_width_left });
var mainStyle = dropdowns.add({ stringList: displayNames, selectedIndex: 0 , minWidth: min_width_right });
} // end dialogRows
} // end dialogCols
} // end borderPanels
with ( dialogRows.add() ) { // row
staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "Optional:" });
}
with ( borderPanels.add() ) { // border
with (dialogColumns.add()) { // column
with ( dialogRows.add() ) { // row
staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "First bullet style:" , minWidth: min_width_left });
var firstStyle = dropdowns.add({ stringList: displayNames, selectedIndex: 0 , minWidth: min_width_right });
}
with ( dialogRows.add() ) { // row
staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "Last bullet style:" , minWidth: min_width_left });
var lastStyle = dropdowns.add({ stringList: displayNames, selectedIndex: 0 , minWidth: min_width_right });
} // end dialogRows
} // end dialogCols
} // end borderPanels
with ( dialogRows.add() ) {
staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "I have no list so far and want to remove some garbage too!" });
}
with ( borderPanels.add() ) { // border
with ( dialogColumns.add() ) { // column
with (dialogRows.add() ) { // row
staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "Search for:", minWidth: min_width_left });
var text_edit_box = textEditboxes.add({ minWidth: min_width_right });
} // end dialogRows
} // end dialogCols
} // end borderPanels
} // end dialogCols
// show the dialog and save users choice
if( dlg.show() ){
var mainParaIndex = mainStyle.selectedIndex;
var firstParaIndex = firstStyle.selectedIndex;
var lastParaIndex = lastStyle.selectedIndex;
var dlgStr = text_edit_box.editContents;
dlg.destroy();
}
else {
dlg.destroy();
exit();
}
// test the choice for the main style
if ( mainParaIndex != 0 ) {
var mainBulletStyle = allParaStylesList[mainParaIndex+1];
}
else {
alert ( "Choose at least the main style for all bullets!" );
exit();
}
// SEARCH AND STYLE THE BULLETS
// ---
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
if ( dlgStr != "" ) {
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = dlgStr + "(.)";
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "$1";
app.changeGrepPreferences.properties = { bulletsAndNumberingListType: ListType.BULLET_LIST };
app.changeGrep();
}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.properties = { bulletsAndNumberingListType: ListType.BULLET_LIST };
var allFounds = app.findGrep();
for ( var i = 0; i < allFounds.length; i++ ) {
var curFound = allFounds;
var allParas = curFound.paragraphs;
allParas.everyItem().appliedParagraphStyle = mainBulletStyle; // whole list
if ( firstParaIndex != 0 ) {
allParas[0].appliedParagraphStyle = allParaStylesList[firstParaIndex+1]; // first bullet
}
if ( lastParaIndex != 0 ) {
allParas[allParas.length-1].appliedParagraphStyle = allParaStylesList[lastParaIndex+1]; // last bullet
}
}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
} // end main
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Aug 09, 2014
03:32 AM
Ah, this writing for the styles was not intended, since I saved the names already in the variables at the beginning of the script. Limitation: This will not work with paragraph styles in groups at the moment and: What if there is no list instead there are typed bullets followed by a tab. So a little GREP-search could be included. Your idea with the UI sounds interesting. Since I have no idea how to do this and since I never built a UI before, this could be my little first one 😉 In the meantime the corrected version.
var bulletStyle = "allBullets",
firstBulletStyle = "firstBullet",
lastBulletStyle = "lastBullet";
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.properties = { bulletsAndNumberingListType: ListType.BULLET_LIST };
var allFounds = app.findGrep();
for ( var i = 0; i < allFounds.length; i++ ) {
var curFound = allFounds;
var allParas = curFound.paragraphs;
// whole list
allParas.everyItem().appliedParagraphStyle = bulletStyle;
// first bullet
allParas[0].appliedParagraphStyle = firstBulletStyle;
// last bullet
allParas[allParas.length-1].appliedParagraphStyle = lastBulletStyle;
}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
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Aug 08, 2014
12:48 AM
John, I got an error is no description! Vandys lines work here too. But I think, this isn’t really flexible and it is always a good idea to avoid the select-function. I would do it in this way. The script assumes, that either the insertionPoint is in a cell, one or more cells are selected or the whole table.
var myTable = getTable();
formatTable( myTable );
// check selection
function getTable() {
if( app.selection.length > 0 ) {
mySel = app.selection[0];
if( mySel.parent.constructor.name == 'Table' )
return mySel.parent;
else if( mySel.parent.parent.constructor.name == 'Table' )
return mySel.parent.parent;
else if ( mySel.constructor.name == 'Table' )
return mySel;
}
alert( 'Error!\rWrong selection or nothing selected.' );
exit();
}
// some styling
function formatTable( tbl ) {
tbl.columns[1].cells.everyItem().texts[0].appliedCharacterStyle = 'italic';
}
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Aug 08, 2014
12:30 AM
To show also a screen: If the body style has no space after, there are sometimes 3 styles for the list needed.
var bulletStyle = "allBullets",
bulletFirst = "firstBullet",
lastBullet = "lastBullet";
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.properties = { bulletsAndNumberingListType: ListType.BULLET_LIST };
var allFounds = app.findGrep();
for ( var i = 0; i < allFounds.length; i++ ) {
var curFound = allFounds;
var allParas = curFound.paragraphs;
// whole list
allParas.everyItem().appliedParagraphStyle = "allBullets";
// first bullet
allParas[0].appliedParagraphStyle = "firstBullet";
// last bullet
allParas[allParas.length-1].appliedParagraphStyle = "bulletLast";
}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
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Aug 08, 2014
12:06 AM
Hi Obi-wan, your way with grep ist clever. I did it in the past in a similiar way. The benefit of the script is, that it could also style the other parts of the bulleted list (all bullets, only the first bullet, the first and last bullet) or could be part of a larger script, that do some other styling or clean up. –Kai
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Aug 07, 2014
01:29 PM
2 Upvotes
It’s not clear to me, if the bullets are formatted at this time or how you indentify them. But try the following:
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.properties = { bulletsAndNumberingListType: ListType.BULLET_LIST };
var allFounds = app.findGrep();
for ( var i = 0; i < allFounds.length; i++ ) {
var curFound = allFounds;
var allParas = curFound.paragraphs;
var nParas = allParas.length;
allParas[nParas-1].appliedParagraphStyle = "bulletLast";
}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
–Kai
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Jul 29, 2014
07:57 AM
John, I’m surely not the scripter who can help you here, if this will grow up. Even if I can help you in some ways, it would take much longer, than if an advanced scripter solve your issues. So I suggest contact Chinna, Jarek, Trevor or Uwe Laubender or one of the others directly. – Kai
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Jul 29, 2014
07:02 AM
Please provide a screen before / after! – Kai
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Jul 29, 2014
06:58 AM
First of all, I think you employ in the meantime 2-3 people here with this one script. If this will get more complex you should invest some money in a paid version! As I said before, I’m a script beginner, so I write scripts here, to learn things. For the above script, there exists two versions: One will deal only with the selection. That’s mine. I think, Chinna wrote a similiar for you (the one which apply character styles to $-values), that deals first with the selection, but chooses then something like app.selection[0].cells[0].columns[0]. In this case, you deal not anymore with the selection. And the results are maybe more random rather than intended. I was not able to write your other requirements. So I did not write anything in the thread! However: The combination of the script with an UI is very interesting to me .
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Jul 29, 2014
05:15 AM
Hm, documentGridShown should work for you, as it works here too. baselineShown cannot work, because it must be baselineGridShown = true;
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Jul 29, 2014
05:05 AM
Cool what happend it the meantime with my script. @Chinna: I realize that the script throws an error, if e.g. no stroke or no characterStyle is selected. How can I catch this ? And: If I start the script a second time, I wish, that the former entries are honored. Would this be possible with a palette? Thanks Kai
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Jul 29, 2014
04:47 AM
Repeating a script multiple times is surely not a good solution. I would do it in the following way. Try to understand what is going on here and see the differences between these lines and the last script!
if ( app.documents.length > 0 ) {
if ( app.scriptPreferences.version >= 6 ) {
app.doScript( main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT , [], UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Search in masterpages" );
}
else {
main();
}
} else {
alert ( "No documents open!" );
}
function main() {
// Your settings
// ---
var searchList = [
[ "USA" , "Obama" ],
[ "rocket" , "sky" ],
[ "New York" , "Los Angeles" ]
];
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = true;
var target = app.documents.everyItem().masterSpreads.everyItem().textFrames.everyItem();
for ( var j = 0; j < searchList.length; j++ ) {
var curSearch = searchList ;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = curSearch[0];
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo= curSearch[1];
target.changeGrep();
}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
} // main
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Jul 28, 2014
10:20 AM
Teetan, don’t use code without understand what those lines does 😉 Remember: A script can only do, what you can do in the interface. In the interface you would fill in findTo and changeTo. After that, you would click on the button change(). Nothing else with scripting. So if you insert mTarget.changeGrep(); multiple times, you will get your desired result. Of course, this can be written shortener with a for-loop.
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Jul 28, 2014
12:16 AM
1 Upvote
Hi, I would think, that this can be done with one loop, instead of three:
var doc = app.activeDocument,
_cells = doc.stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem().cells.everyItem().getElements();
for ( var k = _cells.length-1; k>= 0; k-- ) {
if ( _cells .contents == "" ) _cells .rows[0].remove();
}
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Jul 27, 2014
05:03 AM
Teetan, first of all, after Jareks code, I correct my version a bit. Nevertheless my version is a bit longer than Jareks, because I check some things more, have a alert at the end and I’m not able to write such short scripts as Jarek (as a advanced beginner I have always problems with while loops …). The trick ist the line nr. 16 SEARCH_Pattern. Here you can enter the right expression. E.g. if you want to find 2013 - 2016 change [4-6] to [3-6]. However: The script assumes, that you want to grow up numbers +1. So if you want to change other things on the masterpages, all those scripts from today won’t work and must be modified > new goals >> new scripts 😉
if ( app.documents.length > 0 ) {
if ( app.scriptPreferences.version >= 6 ) {
app.doScript( main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT , [], UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Search in Masterpages" );
}
else {
main();
}
} else {
alert ( "No documents open!" );
}
function main() {
// Your settings
// ---
var SEARCH_PATTERN = '\\b201[4-6]\\b';
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = true;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = SEARCH_PATTERN;
var target = app.documents.everyItem().masterSpreads.everyItem().textFrames.everyItem();
var allFounds = target.findGrep();
var counter = 0;
for ( var n = 0; n < allFounds.length; n ++ ) {
var framesFound = allFounds ;
if ( framesFound.length > 0 ) {
for ( var j = framesFound.length-1; j >= 0 ; j-- ) {
var curFound = framesFound ;
curFound.contents = String( Number( curFound.contents) + 1 );
}
counter += framesFound.length;
} // if
} // for
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
alert( counter + " expressions have been changed." );
} // main
but not today. Sunny wheather. Let’s go outside .
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Jul 27, 2014
04:34 AM
Jarek, your version ist much shorter, than my script, great I have this in the meantime:
if ( app.documents.length > 0 ) {
if ( app.scriptPreferences.version >= 6 ) {
app.doScript( main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT , [], UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Search in Masterpages" );
}
else {
main();
}
} else {
alert ( "No documents open!" );
}
function main() {
// Your settings
// ---
var SEARCH_PATTERN = '\\b201[4-6]\\b';
// Set SEARCH
// ---
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = true;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = SEARCH_PATTERN;
// Variables
// ---
var allDocs = app.documents,
nDocs = allDocs.length,
nFounds = [],
counter = 0;
// SEARCH ONLY MASTERPAGES IN ALL OPEN DOCS
// ---
for ( var i = 0; i < nDocs; i++ ) {
var curDoc = app.documents,
target = curDoc.masterSpreads.everyItem().pages.everyItem().textFrames.everyItem();
var allFounds = target.findGrep();
for ( var n = 0; n < allFounds.length; n ++ ) {
var framesFound = allFounds ;
if ( framesFound.length > 0 ) {
for ( var j = framesFound.length-1; j >= 0 ; j-- ) {
var curFound = framesFound ;
var newNumber = (parseInt( curFound.contents) +1).toString();
curFound.contents = newNumber;
} // for
counter += framesFound.length;
} // if
} // for
} // for
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
alert( counter + " expressions have been changed." );
} // main
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