Change Internal References

[Anantha Prabu G]

Hi All,

I have work with custom books. I want to change custom books chapter numbers and update the internal references such as figure, table, Map, Lab.

Example i take chapter 5 to change the chapter 1 and  internal references

Before                                   After

Figure 5.1                            Figure 1.1

Figure 5.2                            Figure 1.2

.....                                      ............

Figure 5.15                        Figure 1.15

Now i am using below script it changes all figure internal references and also change the other chapter internal refernces.

Example:

Before                                   After

Figure 5.1                            Figure 1.1

Figure 5.2                            Figure 1.2

.....                                      ............

see Figure 15.1                  Figure 11.1

if(app.documents.length == 0)  
{  
    alert("Hi User!! Please open the Document")  
    exit();  
    }
var mywindow = new Window ("dialog", "Change Cross-References");
mywindow.orientation = "column";
mywindow.preferredSize.width = 100;  
mywindow.preferredSize.height = 100;
mywindow.location = [500, 400]; 
mywindow.graphics.backgroundColor = mywindow.graphics.newBrush (mywindow.graphics.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR, [0, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5]); 
var Selected_Chapters = mywindow.add ("statictext", undefined, "Enter Old chapters in numbers");
var Old_Chapters = mywindow.add ("edittext", undefined, "");
Old_Chapters.characters = 10;
Old_Chapters.active = true;
var New_Chapters = mywindow.add ("statictext", undefined, "Enter Change chapters in numbers");
var Change_Chapters= mywindow.add ("edittext", undefined, "");
Change_Chapters.characters = 10;
Change_Chapters.active = true;
var myOK_Button = mywindow.add ("button", undefined, "OK")
var myCancel_Button = mywindow.add ("button", undefined, "Cancel", {canCancel:true})
if (mywindow.show () == 1)
{
 //step1   
var myDoc = app.activeDocument, mFind,mChange=0;
var Old_Chapter = Old_Chapters.text; // Find chapter
var New_Chapter = Change_Chapters.text; // Change Chapter
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "figure\\s\\d+|Figure\\s\\d+|FIGURE\\s\\d+";
mFind=myDoc.findGrep();
//step2
for(var i=0;i<mFind.length;i++) {
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = Old_Chapter;
    app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = New_Chapter;
    var re=mFind.changeGrep();
    mChange+=re.length;
}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
alert("find:"+mFind.length+",change:"+mChange);
}

[Anantha Prabu G]

Hi,

Any suggestion please..

Thanks

[Peter Kahrel]

You're looking for 'figure ' followed by any digit. You should look for 'figure ' followed by a specific digit (if I understand you correctly).

[Anantha Prabu G]

Hi pkaherl,

Thanks for your reply. Am looking figure followed by my input digit.

Example figure 5.1 change to figure 1.1.

Old chapter box my input is 5

New chapter box my input is 1

If click OK button it will be change to figure 1.1

Above code changed figure 5.1 to figure 1.1 and also See figure 15.1 changed figure 11.1

Thanks

Prabu

[Peter Kahrel]

Again, you're matching 'figure ' followed by any number.

Why the loop, by the way? You can do this:

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null; 
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "(?i)figure\\s\\K" + Old_Chapters.text;
app.findGrepPreferences.changeTo = New_Chapter.text;
mFind=myDoc.changeGrep();

(?i) means 'search case-insensitively

\K denotes a lookbehind

[Anantha Prabu G]

Hi,

Thanks for your help. I worked with your script it's changes,

Figure 5.1 to 1.1

figure 5.1 to 1.1

Figure 15.1 not changed

Thanks,

Prabu