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• • July 12, 2016 at 1:52 pm #86463
    Luiz Silveira

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    Hi.

    I need to point in some layouts how many characters were used in each text frame. I’ve made a script that include it before the text (see below) but I was thinking and maybe create a new text frame right over the original, with kind of a pink background and with the char count info. Do you have any suggestion in how to do that?

    Thanks,
    Luiz

    ———

    myDoc = app.activeDocument

    var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
    tf = app.activeDocument.textFrames;
    for(var i = 0; i<tf.length; i++){
    textFrame = tf[i];

    tamanho = textFrame.characters.length;
    textFrame.insertionPoints[0].contents = tamanho + ” characters. “;

    }

  • July 12, 2016 at 4:44 pm #86464
    Luiz Silveira

    Member

    Hi.

    I’ve found a way. I’m pasting it below just in case someone want to use it or maybe improve it.

    Thanks,
    Luiz

    —-
    myDoc = app.activeDocument
    var myDoc = app.activeDocument;

    // create arrays to save frame infos
    var xizes = [];
    var xizes2 = []
    var ipes = [];
    var ipes2 = [];
    var valors = [];
    var valorsw = [];

    // get frame infos (position and text lenght)
    tf = app.activeWindow.activePage.textFrames;
    var fim = tf.length;

    for(var i = 0; i<fim; i++){
    textFrame = tf[i];
    tamanho = textFrame.characters.length;
    palavras = textFrame.words.length;
    par = textFrame.paragraphs.length;

    // the locations for the textframe
    var sp = 5;
    var y1 = textFrame.geometricBounds[0] – sp;
    var x1 = textFrame.geometricBounds[1];
    var y2 = textFrame.geometricBounds[2] – sp;
    var x2 = textFrame.geometricBounds[3] – sp;
    xizes[xizes.length] = x1;
    ipes[ipes.length] = y1;
    xizes2[xizes2.length] = x2;
    ipes2[ipes2.length] = y2;
    valors[valors.length] = tamanho;
    valorsw[valorsw.length] = palavras;

    }

    // create one frame for each existing, in a position a little different, showing char count
    var main = function() {

    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    // set the origin to the page
    var curr_origin = doc.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin;
    doc.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.PAGE_ORIGIN;

    tf = app.activeWindow.activePage.textFrames;
    var ende = tf.length;

    for(var g = 0; g < ende ; g++){

    var content = “Chars: ” + valors[g] + ” Words: ” + valorsw[g];

    // create the textframe
    var tf = app.activeWindow.activePage.textFrames.add({
    contents: content,
    geometricBounds: [ipes[g], xizes[g], ipes2[g], xizes2[g]]
    });
    // apply style: I’ve made one with a PINK shading to simulate a box
    tf.paragraphs[0].appliedParagraphStyle = doc.paragraphStyles.item(“myStyle”);

    }

    doc.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = curr_origin;

    };
    main();

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