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convertTextToTable

Aug 7, 2012 5:45 AM

Hi, I want to do this function with a script: Tables can be created from existing text using the convertTextToTable method, or an empty table can be created at any insertion point in a story.

 

1. Select a text (story)

2. Convert to Table with a style

 

3. Then I want to apply some greps and styles within the same script. I already have this point working.

 

I guess it's very simple, but I'm new in this and I haven't found the script, can you help me?

 

Thank u

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  • -hans-
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    1. -hans-,
    Aug 7, 2012 6:10 AM   in reply to traveldis2
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    Hi,

     

    the command for text objects:

    convertToTable ([columnSeparator: string][, rowSeparator: string][, numberOfColumns: number=1])

     

    A infoplace: http://jongware.mit.edu/idcs5.5js_html/idcs5.5js/pc_Text.html#convertT oTable

     
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  • traveldis2
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    2. traveldis2,
    Aug 7, 2012 8:54 AM   in reply to -hans-
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    Thanks! but I have no idea how to do it!

     
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  • Laubender
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    3. Laubender,
    Aug 7, 2012 10:22 AM   in reply to traveldis2
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    @traveldis2 – see the following example:

     

    //Let's assume that we selected one single text frame only:
var myTextFrame = app.selection[0];
 
//You can access the whole story of the text frame (and all of its threadded text frames) by:
var myStory = myTextFrame.parentStory;
 
//Then we need the "texts" object of that story:
var myTexts = myStory.texts[0];
 
//We now can convert that "texts" object to a table:
 
//First argument is the column separator string (in this case a "tabulator")
//Second argument in this case is different from the first one and represents the row separator (a "return")
 
//Both arguments are separated by a "comma"
 
myTexts.convertToTable("\t","\r");

     

    That would convert the story to a table, but we have no immediate access to that table, if we want to format it, etc.pp.

     

    So we could shorten the above code a bit and getting access to the table by introducing a variable for our table:

     

    //If you want to work on with the table, you'll need a handle on it. That means a variable for the table:
//And we could write this a little shorter:
 
var myTable = app.selection[0].parentStory.texts[0].convertToTable("\t","\r");
 
//The default width of the table is the width of the first container of the story.
//All columns are devided evenly in width.
 
//If you do not want that, adjust the width of all the columns in one go:
 
//Example with Millimeter unit:
myTable.columns.everyItem().width = "25 mm";

     

     

    Uwe

     
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    4. traveldis2,
    Aug 8, 2012 1:39 AM   in reply to Laubender
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    Great!!!!

     
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