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How to know the name of paragraph style group being deleted from InDesign?

Aug 30, 2012 5:45 AM

Tags: #plugin #paragraph_style_group #indesign_ #style_group_deleted #kdeleteparastylegroupcmdboss

Hi.

I am working on a plugin and need to know the name of paragraph style group being deleted from InDesign.

I have implemented a document observer and attached IID_IPARASTYLEGROUPMANAGER. With this I can get the notification whenever any paragraph style group is deleted. The value of "theChange" is kDeleteParaStyleGroupCmdBoss.

Now i tried to get the pointer to IUIDData for this command but I got Null pointer. This must be because the group has already been deleted by then.

Is there any way to get the name of style group when it is deleted?

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1. Dirk Becker,

Aug 30, 2012 11:23 PM in reply to Daves61

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The style group is already deleted on that notification.
In some cases InDesign sends pre-notifications with a different command state, unfortunately here it is missing.
I'd probably build a map(UID/name) on opening the document and maintain it e.g. on rename.
Alternatively you can watch every command before execution (interceptor etc.) even though that is not recommended for performance reasons.

Dirk

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2. Daves61,

Sep 4, 2012 1:49 AM in reply to Dirk Becker

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I have implemented the Command interceptor now and I want to abort the command if a particular style group is deleted.
Currently I am getting call for kDeleteParaStyleCmdBoss but how to identify this command is being executed for which style group? Basically I need to check the name of style group & then stop processing of this command.

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