sel.duplicate problem

[akiva_atwood]

I'm trying to copy blocks of text from one file to a series of new files - each block in it's own file,

The following code works -- USUALLY. occasionally the text in the new file is truncated in the middle (with no pattern as to when it is truncated.

the alert shows the complete text block so I know the sel is correct

any ideas as to what could be causing the problem?

thanks

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;

    app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat=" newblock";

    found=app.activeDocument.findGrep();   

    for(i=0;i<found.length-1;i++){

        ipStart=found.index;

        ipEnd=found[i+1].index-1;

        sel = found[0].parentStory.characters.itemByRange(ipStart,ipEnd);

       //alert(i+"\r"+sel.contents);

        nd=makeNewDoc();// creates new doc - sets margins

        ntf=nd.pages[0].textFrames.add();

        gb=ntf.geometricBounds;

        gb[2]=gb[3]=200;

        gb[0]=gb[1]=0;

        ntf.geometricBounds=gb;

       sel.duplicate(LocationOptions.AT_BEGINNING,ntf);    

       }

[Sunil Yadav]

Hi there,

          If you are more concerned about text only, then instead of grep you should try text search, so your code should be like this,

app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findTextPreferences.findWhat=" newblock";
found=app.activeDocument.findText();
for(i=0;i<found.length-1;i++){
    ipStart=found.index;
    ipEnd=found[i+1].index-1;
    sel = found[0].parentStory.characters.itemByRange(ipStart,ipEnd);
    nd=makeNewDoc();
    ntf=nd.pages[0].textFrames.add();
    gb=ntf.geometricBounds;
    gb[2]=gb[3]=200;
    gb[0]=gb[1]=0;
    ntf.geometricBounds=gb;
    sel.duplicate(LocationOptions.AT_BEGINNING,ntf);
    }

[akiva_atwood]

Hi

I need to use grep -- "new block" is preceded by numbers that have to be included. I left that out because it doesn't affect the script example

Thanks

[akiva_atwood]

Follow up experimenting: if I make the textFrame huge (so the entire text block fits into the frame) then it seems to work properly...

Which doesn't make any sense (as far as I can see)

Any ideas why?

thanks

[Sunil Yadav · Accepted solution]

As per your need I can understand, I think you should try this

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;  
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat="newblock";  
found=app.activeDocument.findGrep();  
var ipStart = null;
var ipEnd = null;
for(i=0; i < found.length; i++){  
    if(i==0){
        ipStart = found.characters[0].index;
        }
    else{
        if(i < found.length-1){
            ipEnd=found.characters[0].index-1;
            }
        else if(i < found.length){
            //******you can choose here if you want to add character after last newblock to the end of your story or not******//
            ipEnd=found.parent.characters[found.parent.characters.length-1];
            }
        sel = found[0].parentStory.characters.itemByRange(ipStart,ipEnd);  
        var nd = app.documents.add();
        ntf=nd.pages[0].textFrames.add();
        gb=ntf.geometricBounds;
        gb[2]=gb[3]=200;
        gb[0]=gb[1]=0;
        ntf.geometricBounds=gb;
        sel.duplicate(LocationOptions.AT_BEGINNING,ntf);
        if(i < found.length-1){
            ipStart = found.characters[0].index;
            }
        }
    }

[Marc Autret]

Hi,

What if you duplicate the text into ntf.parentStory (instead of ntf)?

@+

Marc