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• • August 1, 2016 at 1:38 pm #87026
    Anonymous

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    select some text in textframe and color this
    in first times i took text frame and color text and background.
    but i need color only first words, and in second times i can not color only selected word. please, help me! thanks.

    var textHeaderTf;
    try{
    textHeaderTf = headerTf.paragraphs.item(0);
    if(textHeaderTf!=undefined && textHeaderTf!=null)
    {
    headerTf.parentStory.insertionPoints.item(-1).contents = ‘myNewText’;
    // textHeaderTf.fillColor = myColorA;
    textHeaderTf.strokeColor = myColorB;

    }
    }catch(e){log.write(‘setHeader font-color error7’+e);}

    try{
    textHeaderTfWord = textHeaderTf.words[0];//headerTf.paragraphs.item(1);
    if(textHeaderTfWord!=undefined && textHeaderTfWord!=null)
    {
    textHeaderTfWord.fillColor = myColorA;
    textHeaderTfWord.strokeColor = myColorA;

    }
    }catch(e){log.write(‘setHeader font-color error8’+e);}

  • August 2, 2016 at 2:21 am #87028
    Kai Rübsamen

    Member

    Try this one and try to avoid all those try/catch things :)

    var sel = app.selection[0];
    
    // check your selection
    if (sel != undefined) {
      var textHeaderTf = sel;
    }
    
    // the parent story
    var parStory = textHeaderTf.parentStory;
    // insert text at the end (realize, that there is no space before the new word)
    parStory.insertionPoints[-1].contents = 'myNewText';
    
    // a fill and a stroke color
    var props = {
      fillColor: app.activeDocument.swatches[4],
      strokeColor: app.activeDocument.swatches[5]
    }
    
    // give the first word in the story a fill and a stroke color
    var firstWord = parStory.words[0];
    
    // since you insert something above, therre is always a word
    firstWord.properties = props;
    
    // give the frame a fill and a stroke color
    textHeaderTf.properties = props;
    

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