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Ric,

If you can read JavaScript, this has been answered quite recently here:

Peter Kahrel, "Extracting info from Links panel" #7, 10 Feb 2009 12:16 pm </webx?14@@.59b7d3ce/6>

If you're just concerned with text, the simpler version of the findWhere function (in message 7) will do the job for you.

Dave

Hi Dave,

Thank you for the reference. I am trying to work with this code.

In my example above, would theObj be:

t.Item(i)

I translated the javascript to vb and that doesn't seem to be working.

When I pass it t.item(i) I get an error:

"Object doesn't support this property or method".

I must be passing the function the wrong object.

Function findPage(theObj)

If (theObj.hasOwnProperty("baseline")) Then
    theObj = theObj.ParentTextFrames(0)
End If

While theObj <> Null And theObj <> Page
    Set t = theObj.constructor
    Select Case t
        Case Null
        Case Character: theObj = theObj.ParentTextFrames(0)
        Case Cell: theObj = theObj.InsertionPoints(0).ParentTextFrames(0)
        Case Application
    End Select

findPage = theObj.Parent
Wend

End Function

Any ideas?

thanks,
Ric

Ah, hasOwnProperty is a JavaScript only method.

Since you know that you're passing text, you could just skip that -- eliminate the test and go straight to the parent text frame.

Dave

Hi Dave,

OK, so I tried all of these variations and got various errors:

t.Item(1).InsertionPoints(0).ParentTextFrames(0)
t.Item(1).ParentTextFrames(0)
t.InsertionPoints(0).ParentTextFrames(0).item(1)
t.ParentTextFrames(0).item(1)

I would think that one of the first two would work since they are both  
text and the object browser shows ParentTextFrame as a property of text.

What am I doing wrong.

Thanks,
Ric

Quoting Dave Saunders <member@adobeforums.com>:

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INDESIGN SCRIPTING --
   Using Grep to find text pattern, get found text, and get page
number found on

Ah, hasOwnProperty is a JavaScript only method.

Since you know that you're passing text, you could just skip that --
eliminate the test and go straight to the parent text frame.

Dave

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Is the found text overset? That will cause the parent text frames array to be of zero length.

Dave

think i have same pro with you,

function myReadPMTags(myStory){
var myName, myString, myStyle, myStyleName;
var myDocument = app.documents.item(0);
//Reset the findGrepPreferences to ensure that previous settings
//do not affect the search.
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
//Find the tags (since this is a JavaScript string,
//the backslashes must be escaped).
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "[^A-Za-z0-9/.-]+";
var myFoundItems = myStory.findGrep();
if(myFoundItems.length != 0){
var myFoundTags = new Array;
for(var myCounter = 0; myCounter<myFoundItems.length; myCounter++){ myFoundTags.push(myFoundItems[myCounter].contents); } myFoundTags = myRemoveDuplicates(myFoundTags); //At this point, we have a list of tags to search for. for(myCounter = 0; myCounter < myFoundTags.length; myCounter++){ myString = myFoundTags[myCounter]; //Find the tag using findWhat. app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = myString; //Extract the style name from the tag. myStyleName = myString.substring(1, myString.length-1); //Create the style if it does not already exist. try{ myStyle = myDocument.paragraphStyles.item(myStyleName); myName = myStyle.name; } catch (myError){ myStyle = myDocument.paragraphStyles.add({name:myStyleName}); } //Apply the style to each instance of the tag. app.changeTextPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = myStyle; myStory.changeText(); //Reset the changeTextPreferences. app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; //Set the changeTo to an empty string. app.changeTextPreferences.changeTo = ""; //Search to remove the tags. myStory.changeText(); //Reset the find/change preferences again. app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; } } //Reset the findGrepPreferences. app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; } function myRemoveDuplicates(myArray){ //Semi-clever method of removing duplicate array items; much faster //than comparing every item to every other item! var myNewArray = new Array; myArray = myArray.sort(); myNewArray.push(myArray[0]); if(myArray.length > 1){
for(var myCounter = 1; myCounter < myArray.length; myCounter ++){ if(myArray[myCounter] != myNewArray[myNewArray.length -1]){ myNewArray.push(myArray[myCounter]); } } } return myNewArray; }

No Response with my code,but no bug, i don't know why?

function myReadPMTags(myStory){
var myName, myString, myStyle, myStyleName;
var myDocument = app.documents.item(0);
//Reset the findGrepPreferences to ensure that previous settings
//do not affect the search.
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
//Find the tags (since this is a JavaScript string,
//the backslashes must be escaped).
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "[^A-Za-z0-9/.-]+";
var myFoundItems = myStory.findGrep();
if(myFoundItems.length != 0){
var myFoundTags = new Array;
for(var myCounter = 0; myCounter<myFoundItems.length; myCounter++){ myFoundTags.push(myFoundItems[myCounter].contents); } myFoundTags = myRemoveDuplicates(myFoundTags); //At this point, we have a list of tags to search for. for(myCounter = 0; myCounter < myFoundTags.length; myCounter++){ myString = myFoundTags[myCounter]; //Find the tag using findWhat. app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = myString; //Extract the style name from the tag. myStyleName = myString.substring(1, myString.length-1); //Create the style if it does not already exist. try{ myStyle = myDocument.paragraphStyles.item(myStyleName); myName = myStyle.name; } catch (myError){ myStyle = myDocument.paragraphStyles.add({name:myStyleName}); } //Apply the style to each instance of the tag. app.changeTextPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = myStyle; myStory.changeText(); //Reset the changeTextPreferences. app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; //Set the changeTo to an empty string. app.changeTextPreferences.changeTo = ""; //Search to remove the tags. myStory.changeText(); //Reset the find/change preferences again. app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; } } //Reset the findGrepPreferences. app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; } function myRemoveDuplicates(myArray){ //Semi-clever method of removing duplicate array items; much faster //than comparing every item to every other item! var myNewArray = new Array; myArray = myArray.sort(); myNewArray.push(myArray[0]); if(myArray.length > 1){
for(var myCounter = 1; myCounter < myArray.length; myCounter ++){ if(myArray[myCounter] != myNewArray[myNewArray.length -1]){ myNewArray.push(myArray[myCounter]); } } } return myNewArray; }

Robin,

To make your code examples readable, put <pre> at the beginning of your code examples and </pre> at the end, and replace < with &lt;.



Your GREP is faulty: instead of [^A-Za-z0-9/.-] use [^A-Za-z0-9\\.-]

Peter

Hi Peter,

Thank you,

<pre>function myReadPMTags(myStory){
var myName, myString, myStyle, myStyleName;
var myDocument = app.documents.item(0);
//Reset the findGrepPreferences to ensure that previous settings
//do not affect the search.
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
//Find the tags (since this is a JavaScript string,
//the backslashes must be escaped).
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "[^A-Za-z0-9/.-]+";
var myFoundItems = myStory.findGrep();
if(myFoundItems.length != 0){
var myFoundTags = new Array;
for(var myCounter = 0; myCounter<myFoundItems.length; myCounter++){ myFoundTags.push(myFoundItems[myCounter].contents); } myFoundTags = myRemoveDuplicates(myFoundTags); //At this point, we have a list of tags to search for. for(myCounter = 0; myCounter < myFoundTags.length; myCounter++){ myString = myFoundTags[myCounter]; //Find the tag using findWhat. app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = myString; //Extract the style name from the tag. myStyleName = myString.substring(1, myString.length-1); //Create the style if it does not already exist. try{ myStyle = myDocument.paragraphStyles.item(myStyleName); myName = myStyle.name; } catch (myError){ myStyle = myDocument.paragraphStyles.add({name:myStyleName}); } //Apply the style to each instance of the tag. app.changeTextPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = myStyle; myStory.changeText(); //Reset the changeTextPreferences. app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; //Set the changeTo to an empty string. app.changeTextPreferences.changeTo = ""; //Search to remove the tags. myStory.changeText(); //Reset the find/change preferences again. app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; } } //Reset the findGrepPreferences. app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; } function myRemoveDuplicates(myArray){ //Semi-clever method of removing duplicate array items; much faster //than comparing every item to every other item! var myNewArray = new Array; myArray = myArray.sort(); myNewArray.push(myArray[0]); if(myArray.length > 1){
for(var myCounter = 1; myCounter < myArray.length; myCounter ++){ if(myArray[myCounter] != myNewArray[myNewArray.length -1]){ myNewArray.push(myArray[myCounter]); } } } return myNewArray; } </pre>

Don't replace the < in <pre> and </pre> with &lt;
Do replace "[^A-Za-z0-9/.-]+" with "[^A-Za-z0-9\\.-]+"

Peter