Exclude the Roman Numerals Number Page Section

[manuelb27477138]

Hello!

In my Indesign document, normally my first pages are in Roman Numerals like you can see:

After I use the normal numbers like you can see:

Is there a script to know which number page start my normal number 1?

For example, if my document has the next pages:

I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, 1, 2, 3, 4, ...

this means my page 1 is in the number 8.

Here is the code but didn't works, because they find nothing in the number pages:

var doc = app.activeDocument;
// clear find change text preferences before search
app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
// this is scripting equivalent of the 'Find What:' edit text field
app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = "1";
// search it in the active document
// you can also search it in almost everywhere: story, text frame, paragraph, line, word, etc
var finds = doc.findText();
if (finds.length > 0) { // something has been found
// for the 1st found item display the name of the page where the 1st text frame (there can be several threaded frames) containing it is located
alert("Found " + finds.length + " items, the first of them is on page " + finds[0].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage.name);
}
else { // found nothing
alert("Nothing has been found");
}
// clear find change text preferences after search
app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;

Maybe is helpful to know my number pages always have the style called Book Page Number  and is inside of my folder VARIOUS

I try also do this, but the script didn't find the number 1:

var myDoc = app.activeDocument,      
arrayRomanNumerals = ["1"],
I = arrayRomanNumerals.length,  i;      
app.findTextPreferences = null;    
for ( i = 0; i < I; i++) {         
    app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = arrayRomanNumerals;         
    myFound = myDoc.findText();      
    var J = myFound.length,  j; 
    var styleBookPageNumber = myDoc.paragraphStyleGroups.itemByName("VARIOUS").paragraphStyles.itemByName("Book Page Number");
    for ( j = 0; j < J; j++) {    
        myFound.appliedCharacterStyle = myDoc.characterStyles[0];    
        if (myFound.appliedParagraphStyle == styleBookPageNumber) {    
            alert("Found!"); } 
        else{break;}}}

Thanks so much.

[TᴀW]

A page object has a name property and a documentOffset property. myPage.documentOffset will always give you the number of the page in the document. Does that help?

Ariel

[manuelb27477138]

Hi Ariel!

sorry I am beginner, I added this line but didn't work.:

            var RealNumberPage = myDoc.pages.item(styleBookPageNumber).documentOffset
            alert("The real first page, excluding the Roman Numerals is: " + RealNumberPage);

My full script:

var myDoc = app.activeDocument,     
arrayRomanNumerals = ["1"],
I = arrayRomanNumerals.length,  i;     
app.findTextPreferences = null;   
for ( i = 0; i < I; i++) {       
    app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = arrayRomanNumerals;       
    myFound = myDoc.findText();     
    var J = myFound.length,  j;
    var styleBookPageNumber = myDoc.paragraphStyleGroups.itemByName("VARIOUS").paragraphStyles.itemByName("Book Page Number");
    for ( j = 0; j < J; j++) {   
        myFound.appliedCharacterStyle = myDoc.characterStyles[0];   
        if (myFound.appliedParagraphStyle == styleBookPageNumber) { 
            var RealNumberPage = myDoc.pages.item(styleBookPageNumber).documentOffset
            alert("The real first page, excluding the Roman Numerals is: " + RealNumberPage);
        }
        else{}}}

Thanks!

[Trevor:]

Replace

var RealNumberPage = myDoc.pages.item(styleBookPageNumber).documentOffset

with

parentPage = myFound.parentPage;
RealNumberPage = parentPage && parentPage.documentOffset

The parentPage could be null if the textFrame is of the page so we need to check there's a parent page and if so then we can get it's offset

[manuelb27477138]

Hi Trevor,

I replace the line but still not working:

Please, here is my indesign file if you can check:

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Script:

var myDoc = app.activeDocument,       
arrayRomanNumerals = ["1"],  
I = arrayRomanNumerals.length,  i;       
app.findTextPreferences = null;     
for ( i = 0; i < I; i++) {         
    app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = arrayRomanNumerals;         
    myFound = myDoc.findText();       
    var J = myFound.length,  j;  
    var styleBookPageNumber = myDoc.paragraphStyleGroups.itemByName("VARIOUS").paragraphStyles.itemByName("Book Page Number");  
    for ( j = 0; j < J; j++) {     
        myFound.appliedCharacterStyle = myDoc.characterStyles[0];     
        if (myFound.appliedParagraphStyle == styleBookPageNumber) {   
            parentPage = myFound.parentPage;  
            RealNumberPage = parentPage && parentPage.documentOffset; 
            alert("The real first page, excluding the Roman Numerals is: " + RealNumberPage);  
        }  
        else{}}}  

Thanks so much!

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

Hi Manuel,

a document can be parted in sections.

So I think, you are interested in object Section and several of its properties.

var sections = app.documents[0].sections.everyItem().getElements();
for( var n=0;n<sections.length;n++ )
{
var firstPageInSection = sections.pageStart;
var firstPageName = firstPageInSection.name;
var firstPageOfSectionPositionInDocument = firstPageInSection.documentOffset;
var pageNumberStyle = sections.pageNumberStyle;
$.writeln( n +"\t"+firstPageName );
$.writeln( n +"\t"+firstPageOfSectionPositionInDocument );
$.writeln( n +"\t"+pageNumberStyle.toString() );
}

See into documentation e.g.:

Adobe InDesign CS6 (8.0) Object Model JS: Section

Adobe InDesign CS6 (8.0) Object Model JS: PageNumberStyle

Regards,
Uwe

[manuelb27477138]

Hi Laubender!

amazing you help a lot!

var sections = app.documents[0].sections.everyItem().getElements();  
for( var n=0;n<sections.length;n++ )  
{  
var firstPageInSection = sections.pageStart;  
var firstPageOfSectionPositionInDocument = firstPageInSection.documentOffset;  
//var firstPageName = firstPageInSection.name;  
//var pageNumberStyle = sections.pageNumberStyle;  
$.writeln( n +"\t"+firstPageOfSectionPositionInDocument );
//$.writeln( n +"\t"+firstPageName );    
//$.writeln( n +"\t"+pageNumberStyle.toString() ); 
if (firstPageOfSectionPositionInDocument != 0){
    alert (firstPageOfSectionPositionInDocument);
} else{};
}  

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