Grep with Stories

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2 total messages Started by Justin_Monsees Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:19

#1587

Author: Justin_Monsees
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:19

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I am currently trying to use the GREP feature using JS for Indesign. I got it working at the document level but I want to be able to search and replace things at the textFrame level. Looking at the interface, after you select a textFrame, you can set the "Search" option to "Story." How do I code this.

Thanks,

Justin M.

Re: Grep with Stories

#1588

Author: Kasyan_Servetsky
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:20

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Assuming that a text frame is selected:

var myTextFrame = app.selection[0]; 
var myStory = myTextFrame.parentStory; 
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null; 
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "(?i)[A-Z]*?@[A-Z]*?[.]..."; 
app.changeGrepPreferences.underline = true; 
myStory.changeGrep(); 
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;

You can search and replace in a story:
myStory.changeGrep();
and in a text frame:
myTextFrame.changeGrep();

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