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• • April 1, 2019 at 4:35 am #115704
    Alberto Gutierrez

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    Hi there, I have found and issue trying to apply a character style which is inside a group folder. If I open the supporting text file of the script (FindChangeList.txt) I see this example of style application:

    //text {findWhat:”^9^9.^9^9″} {appliedCharacterStyle:”price”} {include footnotes:true, include master pages:true, include hidden layers:true, whole word:false} Find $10.00 to $99.99 and apply the character style “price”.

    That works if the style “price” is in the «root» directory of character styles. If it is inside a folder the scripts shows up an error. I have tried to add the name of the containing folder and a slash before the name of the style (appliedCharacterStyle:”my_ch_styles/price”) with no success.

    ¿Any clue? Thanks in advance.

  • April 1, 2019 at 7:12 am #115705
    Vinny –

    Member

    Hi

    try this: (change “group” by your folder name)

    text {findWhat:”^9^9.^9^9″} {appliedCharacterStyle:app.activeDocument.characterStyleGroups.item(“group”).characterStyles.item(“price”)} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false}

  • April 1, 2019 at 8:39 am #115707
    Alberto Gutierrez

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    Thanks for your answer Vinny. I tried your expression with a paragraph style, changing the word “character” for “paragraph”:

    text {findWhat:”<0016>”} {appliedParagraphStyle:app.activeDocument.paragraphStyleGroups.item(“tablas”).paragraphStyles.item(“tab_texto”)}

    And i get the error message, is there any semantic difference between character and paragraph?

  • April 2, 2019 at 12:09 am #115749
    Vinny –

    Member

    Hi Alberto.

    Yes, the syntax is similar.
    I can think of two reasons for the thrown error:

    – You have to add options at the end of your line in order to comply with the syntax. A minima, add a tab followed by {}
    – WordPress changes straight quotes to curly ones. Nicer to read for sure, but not got when it comes to code ^^ Make sure you change those curly quotes into straight ones in your FindChangeList.txt file.

    By the way, what are you trying to catch with <0016>? I’m curious about it…

  • April 2, 2019 at 6:33 am #115759
    Alberto Gutierrez

    Participant

    I made sure that the quotes are straight and the actual syntax is:

    text {findWhat:”<0016>”} {appliedParagraphStyle:app.activeDocument.paragraphStyleGroups.item(“tablas”).paragraphStyles.item(“tab_texto”)} {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false}

    I still get the error 25 message. <0016> finds a table, and in this case applies the paragraph style tab_texto.

  • April 2, 2019 at 6:53 am #115760
    Vinny –

    Member

    Aah right! Table! (“tablas”… how did I miss that?)

    I remember this great Indesignsecrets tip now ^^

    Anyway… When I copy/paste your code, I noticed a space instead of a tab before the options.
    Check that out…

    Otherwise, I’m running out of ideas… It works fine for me!

  • April 2, 2019 at 6:58 am #115761
    Alberto Gutierrez

    Participant

    Bingo Vinny! it was exactly that: instead a space it needed a tab.

    All working fine, thanks!.

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