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Look under paragraph, then under keep:

paragraph.keepWithNext = number

Peter

Thanks Peter for the information -
I'm trying do make a script to manage the Keep Option property of a paragraph.
Here's my attempt:

function main(){
	var mySelection = app.selection[0];
	if (mySelection){
		myProcessText(mySelection);
	}

	function myProcessText(mySelection){
		mySelection.keepWithNext = 1;
	}
}

But it doesn't seem to work.
Have you got any suggestions?
Thanks
Marco

The type of the selection matters; keepWithNext is only part of Paragraphs, and your selection may be something else. I tested the type of mySelection using

      alert ("Selection is of type "+mySelection.constructor.name);




and it gave back "InsertionPoint", "Text", "Word" -- ah, finally! If you triple-click a paragraph, only then it returns "Paragraph".

So, check if the type is "Paragraph"; if so, use that, else check the selection's .parent property? Doesn't work. Any parent of text items seem to be "Story".

But there is another interesting property all these text types have in common: they all have "paragraphs" (an array). A quick check using

      mySelection.paragraphs[0].fillTint = 25;




shows that, indeed, you can use this for direct access to 'the selected paragraph'.

Hi jongware,
I modified the script as you suggested:

function main(){
	var mySelection = app.selection[0];
	if (mySelection){
		myProcessText(mySelection);
	}

	function myProcessText(mySelection){
		mySelection.paragraphs[0].keepWithNext = 1;
	}
}

But still no results.. any suggestions?
Thanks
Marco

If you insert

      alert ("hi!");




somewhere in either your main or your myProcessText function ... does it display?

You wrote two functions, and you call 'myProcessText' from 'main'. However, you don't call 'main' anywhere. This is not C :-) The initial 'function main()' and its associated brackets are not necessary.

Yes,
I see the alert message; but I still can't apply the keep option property..

Your script looks incomplete. I see no call of main(). Did you just leave that out of your posted example? Or is it not there? If it is not there, then that's why nothing is happening.

Dave

Here's the revised script:

function main(){
	var mySelection = app.selection[0];
	if (mySelection){
		myProcessText(mySelection);
	}

	function myProcessText(mySelection){
		mySelection.paragraphs[0].keepWithNext = 1;
	}
}
main();

Still does not function
Marco

What if you add:

alert(app.selection[0].keepWithNext);

after the call to main().

What does the alert say?

Dave

It says: 1

Marco

That's good news -- it appears to be working!
Why do you think it does not?

May be we are not talking of the same thing -
I have a series of threaded text frames with some paragraphs in them. My aim is to script a function that, once launched, will move the selected paragraph in the next threaded text frame. This I mean for keep option..
Marco

You're right. The keepWithNext option is the number n in the "Keep with Next n lines" dialog. However, the one you're after is "Start Paragraph: [xxx]". Fortunately, this value can also be changed in the Paragraph properties: .startParagraph ("The location at which to start the paragraph.") You can set

      paragraphs[0].startParagraph




to any of the values mentioned in the ESTK help; in your case, you probably want StartParagraph.NEXT_FRAME

Thanks jongware,
finally the working code:

function main(){
	var mySelection = app.selection[0];
	if (mySelection){
		myProcessText(mySelection);
	}
	function myProcessText(mySelection){
		mySelection.paragraphs[0].startParagraph = StartParagraph.NEXT_COLUMN;
	}
}
main();

Thanks to all

Marco