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how to select all textframes

Oct 21, 2010 9:13 AM

Hi,

 

I am using Indesign CS4 version 6.0.6 on a macosx 10.6.

 

I want to select all text frames to check if they contain paragraphs without style.

 

I am using javascript :

            myAllTextFrames = myAllPages[myCounterPages].textFrames;

 

It gives me all textframes in the page but the textframes in groups in the pages are not included.

 

Is there a way to select all textFrames of a page nested in group (at any level, in a group in a group in a group...) or not ?

 

Regards,

Lionel

686 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: piggychops, Aug 4, 2012 2:09 AM
 
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  • Marc Autret
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    1. Marc Autret,
    Oct 21, 2010 9:56 AM   in reply to libarth1212
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    Use the allPageItems (array) property and filter the TFs with a condition like: (myItem instanceof TextFrame).

     

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    Marc

     
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  • Harbs.
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    2. Harbs.,
    Oct 21, 2010 12:37 PM   in reply to libarth1212
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    There is no reason to select while scripting. You can address them without selecting them.

     

    Use allPageItems to get an array of all page items at any level, and loop...

     

    Harbs

     
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    3. Harbs.,
    Oct 21, 2010 1:11 PM   in reply to Marc Autret
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    That's odd.

     

    Your response came 50 minutes BEFORE the OP...

     

    Harbs

     
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  • libarth1212
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    4. libarth1212,
    Oct 22, 2010 12:56 AM   in reply to libarth1212
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    Hi,

     

    I am sorry I used the wrong word, I do not want to "select" all paragraphs without style, I want to address them and select the first one for the user to choose a style for it.

     

    Thank for your answers, I'll use allPageItems.

     

    Best regards,

    Lionel

     
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  • piggychops
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    5. piggychops,
    Aug 4, 2012 2:09 AM   in reply to libarth1212
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    Hello can you help me for this problem... Even i am stuck in selecting the text frames in indesign using indesign javascript...

     
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