Code to be evaluated! [007] // Grep Research and Text Frame …

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

Hi Scripters,

I make a Grep research on a "XXX" para style and I want, after, to manipulate the text frame containing the paras I found!

So, is this code correct to begin?

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;        
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = "XXX";
var myFound = myDoc.findGrep();
for(var F = 0; F < myFound.length; F++)  
    {
        var myTextFrame = myFound.parent.textFrames;
        //………
    }

Thanks in advance! 

(^/)

[Peter Kahrel]

1. Open the ESTK, open the Console.

2. Select some text in an InDesign document.

3. In the ESTK console, enter app.selection[0].parent and press Enter

4. What does the console reply?

P.

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

Hi Peter!

app.selecton[0].parent  =>  Result : [object Story]

app.selecton[0].parent.textFrames  =>  Result : [object TextFrames]

… So, I'm right!? 

(^/)

[Peter Kahrel]

Try this:

app.selecton[0].parent.textFrames.length

=> Result: 0

So that doesn't work.

Go to the OMV, look under any text property, e.g. Character. You'll see that it has a property 'parent', but you already found that that doesn't work. After 'parent' is 'parentTextFrames'. Try that:

app.selection[0].parentTextFrames

and see what happens.

Be adventurous!

P.