delete all text frames with the word "abc"

[Antony_Mooe]

Hello!

I'm trying to find a way to delete all text frames witch has the word "abc".

I found this script from https://forums.adobe.com/thread/690303 but it doesn't delete all the text frames with the "word" I want.

Does anyone can help me?

Thank you!

app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "my+.+grep"; // << Edit your GREP here
with(app.activeDocument) {
     for(Counter = 0; Counter < textFrames.length; Counter++) {
           var MyResult = textFrames.item(Counter).findGrep();
                    if (MyResult.length == 0) {
                  textFrames.item(Counter).remove();
           }
     }
}

[Loic.Aigon · Accepted solution]

var main = function(){
var doc = app.properties.activeDocument;
if ( !doc ) return;
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "abc"; // << Edit your GREP here  
var found = doc.findGrep();
var n = found.length, text, tf;
while ( n-- ) {
text = found;
if ( !text.isValid ) continue;
if ( !text.parentTextFrames.length ) continue;
text.parentTextFrames[0].remove();
}
}
var u;
app.doScript ( "main()",u,u,UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "ABC" );

[Laubender]

Hi Loic,

your script works for not threaded text frames.

If we consider stories that flow through more than one text frame, we have to be very cautious.
For this case I would first remove the text of the frame and then the frame itself.

Hm… And there could be more than one parent text frame for one single instance of found text.

Regards,
Uwe

[Antony_Mooe]

It works perfectly!!

Thank you very much Logic.Aigon!!

Kind regards!

[Loic.Aigon]

Hi Uwe,

You are right and thanks for pointing this. I think now our friend has everything to build his own bulletproof script