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Mike Volpe
Mike Volpe

Reputation: 23

Can't get Applescript to change Paragraph style of text frame in InDesign

I'm trying to write a "simple" applescript that will find a text frame in InDesign that has a certain property and then change the Paragraph style of that particular text frame. I know that the if statement is correct because I use it for other applescripts. So I have a text frame with the object style called "PriceBox". If the text frame contains a slash "/" in it, I want to change the Paragraph style to "2for". I confirmed that the paragraph style exists in the document. However, when I run the script, I get this error:

error "Can’t set «class psty» of {«class txtf» id 6905 of «class sprd» id 6891 of document id 4 of application \"Adobe InDesign CC 2015\"} to \"2for\"." number -10006 from «class psty» of {«class txtf» id 6905 of «class sprd» id 6891 of document id 4} to «class 2for»

I've tried variations of the "set paragraph style" script and none of them seem to work. Please help! =) Thank you!

tell application "Adobe InDesign CC 2015"

tell active document
    set horizontal measurement units of view preferences to inches
    set vertical measurement units of view preferences to inches
    repeat with x from 1 to count pages
        set ThisPage to page x
        tell ThisPage
            if exists (text frames whose (name of applied object style is "PriceBox" and contents contains "/$")) then
                set paragraph style of (get text frames whose name of applied object style is "PriceBox") to "2for"
    end if  
        end tell
    end repeat
end tell

end tell

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1011

Answers (1)

Nicolai Kant
Nicolai Kant

Reputation: 1391

You are testing for "/$" not just "/".

You can't apply paragraph style to a text frame directly. You will need to use paragraphs.

Also need to loop through the frames 

tell application "Adobe InDesign CC 2015"
    tell active document
        set horizontal measurement units of view preferences to inches
        set vertical measurement units of view preferences to inches
        repeat with x from 1 to count pages
            set ThisPage to page x
            tell ThisPage
                if exists (text frames whose (name of applied object style is "PriceBox" and contents contains "/$")) then

                    set myFrames to (text frames whose (name of applied object style is "PriceBox" and contents contains "/$")))
                    tell myFrames
                        repeat with r from 1 to count items
                            set applied paragraph style of paragraphs of item r of myFrames to "2For"
                        end repeat
                    end tell
                end if
            end tell
        end repeat
    end tell
end tell

Upvotes: 0

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