3 Replies Latest reply: Mar 20, 2013 11:32 AM by Roy Marshall

[JS] CS5 Checking for FORCED_LINE_BREAK

Roy Marshall Mar 20, 2013 3:06 AM

I am putting together a small script containing some code to check if a character is a forced line break.

This line wont work:

if(myCharToCheck2.contents != "\r")

Doing some digging, I found that a forced line break is an SpecialCharacter.FORCED_LINE_BREAK Enumerator, and therefore is referenced in a different way.

I cannot however work that into my simple line to check if myCharToCheck2 is NOT a forced line break.

Any ideas anyone?

Cheers

Roy

1. Re: [JS] CS5 Checking for FORCED_LINE_BREAK

Jump_Over Mar 20, 2013 4:41 AM (in response to Roy Marshall)

Hi,
use "\n" if you are looking for forced line break.

rgds
Jarek
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2. Re: [JS] CS5 Checking for FORCED_LINE_BREAK

Roy Marshall Mar 20, 2013 11:04 AM (in response to Jump_Over)

Thanks for the reply, however, I was using "\n" but that wasn't working, so I was trying"\r". I didn't put it back before posting the question.
Adding a forced line break is done using "\n" but reading a forced new line doesn't work in the same way.

Try this:

Make a text frame with a soft new line (\n)

Run this script:
alert(app.selection[0].parentStory.characters[0].contents);

Weird...
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3. Re: [JS] CS5 Checking for FORCED_LINE_BREAK

Roy Marshall Mar 20, 2013 11:32 AM (in response to Roy Marshall)

OK.

if(app.selection[0].parentStory.characters[0].contents == 1397124194)

Will return true for a forced new line as it is an enumeration.

I think I can work with that.
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