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Re: Insert Text Variable

#2034
From: Thomas_B._Nielsen
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:21
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Found a solution:

try {
  myVar = myDocument.textVariables.item("Last Page");
  myVar.name;
} catch (e) {
//alert(e);
  myVar = myDocument.textVariables.add({name:'Last Page', variableType:VariableTypes.LAST_PAGE_NUMBER_TYPE});
  myVar.variableOptions.scope = VariableScopes.DOCUMENT_SCOPE;
}

myFoundItems[i].parentTextFrames[0].contents = SpecialCharacters.autoPageNumber;
myFoundItems[i].parentTextFrames[0].contents += "/";
myFoundItems[i].insertionPoints.lastItem().textVariableInstances.add( {associatedTextVariable : myVar} );

If anyone can tell me how i can use the application text variable "Last Page Number" without having to make a document variable, please post.
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