Need some support with syntax from FDK to ExtendScript : Getting FontFamily

[Guest]

Hi there, I am using some scripts to traverse my text and add tags to specific characters when they use a given font. This works fine if the PlatformName is known, but every now and a while these seem to be not set. I therefore want to do the following : If no FontPlatformName get the FontFamily instead, but I'm struggling to get it working as the scripting references are a bit limited on covering conversion.

This is what's in the fdk (simplified for my needs) :

families = F_ApiGetStrings(0, FV_SessionId, FP_FontFamilyNames);

for (i=0; i < families.len; i++)

if(F_StrIEqual(families.val, "myFont")

     /* Do something*/

) break;

But I can't get it working on extendscript

What I have now is something like below :

var doc = app.ActiveDoc;

var families = Constants.FP_FontFamilyNames.GetStrings;

for (var i = 0; i < families.length; i += 1)

{

// alert fontname of families.val

}

But I'm doing something wrong as it fails on my for loop. Anybody that can help getting the syntax correct ?

Thanks in advance already

[frameexpert]

The equivalent to the FDK's (and FrameScript's) Session is the app. So this gives you the Font Family Names:

app.FontFamilyNames

Rick

[frameexpert]

The FontFamily property is an index into the list of FontFamilyNames. For example, you can tell the font that is used by the paragraph containing the insertion point with this:

#target framemaker
var doc = app.ActiveDoc;
var pgf = doc.TextSelection.beg.obj;
alert (app.FontFamilyNames[pgf.FontFamily]);