Re: Getting first occurrence of XML elements
If they are all in the same story I sort them by insertionPoint index using the Array.sort() method. I wonder if someone here has a better way.
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Try launching InDesign (and Extendscript Toolkit if running from there) as administrator.
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Do you have an item tagged with this page node? You can get the page number relative to the document by pageItem.parentPage.documentOffset or I think parentPage.name gives you the page number by section.
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Hello Vandy, I do not know how your XML structure is built up, but perhaps in this way: var _firstXref = _root.evaluateXPathExpression("//Story[position()=1]/xref[@rid][posit ion()=1]"); Roland
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Hey Mac, I'm not sure if this will work for you as I've only used it when making .bat files... but, in Windows, you can reference the folder directly by using the variable "%USERNAME%"...
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Tlumbis, I'll check that out !!! :-)
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I don't have MergeTextFrames so can't tell if you are doing something wrong. I have an ExtendScript that I use (not extensively tested); but you could try it. It looks for all stories in the document...
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Thanks so much J!!!! Initially I tried with your solution but missed array [d], that y confused.. HOwever your third solutions clear my doubts, and shown me, where i went wrong. thank you verymuch...
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This question about exporting to single PDFs and naming is coming up often. So much so that I have a dedicated blogpiece to it: http://colecandoo.wordpress.com/2013/07/13/breaking-up-is-hard-to-do-i...
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HI DAVID DAVA! TRY THIS app.findGrepPreferences = null;app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = "Title"; result = app.activeDocument.findGrep(); while (result.length){ str=result.pop(); var...
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HI Forum, This is what i'm lookig for. To move different fillTints of the rectangle to different Layer.i.e. 20% of fillTint to be moved to itemLayer = "20% fillTints".30% to itemLayer = "30% fillTints"...
View ArticleRe: Getting first occurrence of XML elements
Thanks for your reply roland. But it is not working fine. My XML structure will looks like this, <DOCUMENT><CN>1</CN><CT>Title</CT><p1>Sample Text Sample Text Sample...
View ArticleRe: Script to activate the Color Separations Panel?
well now.. first of all i think we found a bug in CS5 at least. Please (anyone) try to duplicate my problem:1) open the Find Object dialog2) In the Find Object Format select the Fill Color Black....
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Hi, ... yeah. A bug with 6 years of history (at least), with no fix and no hope to answer...? Jarek
View ArticleRe: Script to activate the Color Separations Panel?
yep.. buckets and buckets of fun... i guess you can go around it, by getting a list of the app.swatches and indexes, and asking the user to select the proper black. still too ugly for soemthing that...
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If your structure is built in the same way as above, this XPath works fine: var _root = app.activeDocument.xmlElements.firstItem();var _firstXrefID001andID002 =...
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Thanks Roland for your speedy reply. Really helps a lot. Vandy
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not able to merge table cells
hello forum, i am using Indesign 5.5, having problem to merge table cells through scripting. i want to merge multiple cells in a table. i have merge first three merge coorectly, but my script not able...
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Creating menu
The script was running at the first time. when i close and reopen the application its error message i have attached screen shot for you reference. #targetengine "HarbsTestMenu" menuInstaller();...
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How many rows does this table have in the first place? The most likely problem is that because of the previous merges the number of rows left is such that there aren't enough rows left for f to be...
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