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grefel / getTypeArea

Last active August 29, 2015 14:03

Get type area from page #indesign #js


	function getTypeArea(page) {
	typeArea = {};
	typeArea.y1 = page.marginPreferences.top;
	typeArea.x1 = page.side == PageSideOptions.LEFT_HAND ? page.marginPreferences.right : page.marginPreferences.left;
	typeArea.y2 = page.bounds[2] - page.marginPreferences.bottom;
	typeArea.x2 = page.side == PageSideOptions.LEFT_HAND ? page.bounds[3] - page.marginPreferences.left : page.bounds[3] - page.marginPreferences.right;
	typeArea.geometricBounds = [typeArea.y1, typeArea.x1, typeArea.y2, typeArea.x2]
	typeArea.height = typeArea.y2 - typeArea.y1;
	typeArea.width = typeArea.x2 - typeArea.x1;

grefel / getNexPage.js

Last active July 21, 2016 09:59

Get next Page #InDesign #JS

	function getNextPage(page) {
	var dok = page.parent.parent;
	var nextPage = dok.pages[page.documentOffset+1];
	if (!nextPage.isValid) {
	nextPage = dok.pages.add();
	nextPage.appliedMaster = page.appliedMaster;
	}
	return nextPage;
	}

grefel / gist:d2245fdc4d094a6be643

Last active August 29, 2015 14:03

Point to Millimeter conversion for #InDesign calculation

grefel / gist:26fef91ce1f00318693c

Created July 12, 2014 12:03

InDesign CS Whitespace Handling via Processing Instruction (Does not help :-( )

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	<?whitespace-handling use-tags?>
	<test xmlns:aid3="http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/3.0/">
	<p>Test Tab:<aid3:tab/>End of Paragraph here:<aid3:br/>End</p>
	</test>

grefel / gist:979d7f612e261f687ff1

Last active August 29, 2015 14:05

Escaping JSON String from ExtendScript toSource()

	var myObject = {text:"a\rz"};
	var json = myObject.toSource().replace(/\r/g,"\\r");
	var myObject2 = eval(json);
	$.writeln(myObject2.text)

grefel / getAllTables.js

Last active September 7, 2016 11:42

Find all Tables in InDesign Document

	function getAllTables(dok) {
	allTables = [];
	app.findTextPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
	app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = "<0016>";
	var result = dok.findText();
	for (var i =0 ; i < result.length; i++) {
	allTables[i] = result[i].tables[0];
	}
	return allTables;
	}

grefel / gist:c3934933abdaea03e49e

Last active August 29, 2015 14:07

Anchor is in overset text or XML #indesignjs

	// Based on Marc Autret Idea http://www.indiscripts.com/post/2011/10/how-to-detect-a-ghost-item
	var isGhost = (frame.parent instanceof Character) && (!frame.parent.parentTextFrames.length \|\| frame.parent.parent instanceof XmlStory);

grefel / idversion.js

Last active March 19, 2016 12:55

Get #InDesign version with one decimal place e.g. user folder navigation


	function getVersion() {
	var version = parseFloat(app.version).toFixed (1);
	return (version % 1 == .5) ? version : Math.floor(version).toFixed(1);
	}

grefel / gist:55afd90a8e6a5ccd1a7b

Last active August 29, 2015 14:07

Get #InDesign Style by String

	var root = app.activeDocument;
	var result = getStyleByString(root, "Formatgruppe 2:Form\\:atgruppe 1:Zeichen\\:\\:format 1", "characterStyles", true);
	$.writeln(result.name);


	function getStyleByString(root, string, property, recreate) {
	if (recreate == undefined) recreate = false;
	stringResult = string.match (/^(.?[^\\]):(.)$/);
	var cStyleName = (stringResult) ? stringResult[1] : string;
	cStyleName = cStyleName.replace(/\\:/g, ":");

grefel / gist:e9a333d5332ddbd3ca0a

Created November 4, 2014 15:54

Add standard namespaces for using evaluateXPathExpression() on #InDesign #XML subtrees

	function addStandardNameSpace(xmlContainer) {
	if( !xmlContainer.xmlAttributes.itemByName("xmlns:xml").isValid ) {
	xmlContainer.xmlAttributes.add( "xmlns:xml", "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" );
	}
	if( !xmlContainer.xmlAttributes.itemByName("xmlns:aid").isValid ) {
	xmlContainer.xmlAttributes.add( "xmlns:aid", "http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/4.0/");
	}
	if( !xmlContainer.xmlAttributes.itemByName("xmlns:aid5").isValid ) {
	xmlContainer.xmlAttributes.add( "xmlns:aid5", "http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/5.0/");
	}