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• • May 11, 2016 at 2:34 am #84777
    Floris Hollander

    Member

    Hi All,

    I found this script somewhere on one of the Adobe forums I could use (written by Ramkumar. P). When I try to run the script, it shows an error message. Now, I know virtually nothing about scripting. Is the Java or Applescript? Is it outdated or broken somewhere?

    Thanks, Flo

    It says:

    Number of columns in a table may vary depends on the book.
    If the columns count is constant then you can use the below script.

    var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
    var myWidths = [100, 100, 150, 150];
    for(var T=0; T < myDoc.textFrames.length; T++){
    for(var i=0; i < myDoc.textFrames[T].tables.length; i++){
    for(var j=0; j < myWidths.length; j++){
    myDoc.textFrames[T].tables[i].columns[j].width = myWidths[j];
    }
    }
    }
    alert(“Table width updated successfully…”);

    In the above script i declared the 4 columns width(s) as 100pt, 100pt, 150pt & 150pt. Change width acording to your requirement.
    I think this will give you the solution.

    Regards,
    Ramkumar. P

  • May 11, 2016 at 7:23 am #84786
    Ari Singer

    Member

    This is JavaScript.

    I’m afraid you included his comments in the script, without ‘commenting it out’. The script should look like this:

    
// Number of columns in a table may vary depends on the book.
// If the columns count is constant then you can use the below script.
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myWidths = [100, 100, 150, 150];
for(var T=0; T < myDoc.textFrames.length; T++){
for(var i=0; i < myDoc.textFrames[T].tables.length; i++){
for(var j=0; j < myWidths.length; j++){
myDoc.textFrames[T].tables[i].columns[j].width = myWidths[j];
}
}
}
alert(“Table width updated successfully…”);
// In the above script i declared the 4 columns width(s) as 100pt, 100pt, 150pt & 150pt. Change width acording to your requirement.
// I think this will give you the solution.


    Make sure to save it as a .jsx file and place it in the Scripts panel and run it from there.

    • July 9, 2019 at 1:02 pm #117552
      Ha Ab

      Member

      Hi.
      How can I appliedCellStyle on the column[j]?

  • May 12, 2016 at 12:59 am #84849
    Floris Hollander

    Member

    Thank you Ari, but still.. it doesn’t work :\

    Is the width always in points, or given by the program prefs?

  • May 12, 2016 at 7:48 am #84862
    Ari Singer

    Member

    No, the width is only in points if it’s set up in the prefs.
    I added a few lines to the script to automatically change the prefs to points, and then set it back to what it was before.

    
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
with (myDoc.viewPreferences){
var myOldXUnits = horizontalMeasurementUnits;
var myOldYUnits = verticalMeasurementUnits;
horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.points;
verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.points;
}
//At this point, you can perform any series of script actions
var myWidths = [100, 100, 150, 150];
for(var T=0; T < myDoc.textFrames.length; T++){
for(var i=0; i < myDoc.textFrames[T].tables.length; i++){
for(var j=0; j < myWidths.length; j++){
myDoc.textFrames[T].tables[i].columns[j].width = myWidths[j];
}
}
}
alert(“Table width updated successfully…”);
with (myDoc.viewPreferences){
try{
horizontalMeasurementUnits = myOldXUnits;
verticalMeasurementUnits = myOldYUnits;
}
catch(myError){
alert("Could not reset custom measurement units.");
}
}


  • May 12, 2016 at 8:36 am #84866
    Floris Hollander

    Member

    Keep getting the syntax error.

    Looking into the code, I can change the numbers betweet the brackets [100, 100 etc]?

    Do I have to fill in any number on the for(var T=0 / i=0 / j=0 also to make it work?

  • May 12, 2016 at 9:51 am #84868
    Ari Singer

    Member

    No, you don’t change that. Can you please tell me what it says when the syntax error pops up?

  • May 13, 2016 at 3:23 am #84885
    Floris Hollander

    Member

    It says something like:

    Error: 8
    Syntax Error

    Engine: main
    File (etc)
    Line:18
    Source: alert(“Table width updated sucessfully…”);
    Responsible text: ”

    Ooh, I just fixed this one with Extendscript Toolkit (I found the debug function there). There where typographic quotes instead of dumb ones.

    But now it still stops at:
    with (myDoc.viewPreferences){

    Anyway, I found out this script will change all the colums in the document and that’s not what I was looking for.

    This was what I needed:

    var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
    var myWidths = [100, 100, 150, 150];
    for(var j=0; j < myWidths.length; j++)
    {
    app.selection[0].columns[j].width = myWidths[j];
    }

    So simple, so efficient;) After all, it was good to dive into the world of table scripting and all the possibilities there are. Ari, thanks for your time and response.

  • June 9, 2022 at 9:50 am #14366612
    Stephane Potvin

    Member

    Hello.

    I have two questions:

    1. Would there be a way to call a dialogue box where I could input the values for the column widths?
    That way I could adapt it according to my document.

    2. How can this script be modified to apply only to a selected table? Again with a dialogue box asking for the widths.

    Thank you.

  • June 11, 2022 at 2:19 pm #14366659
    Mohammad Hasanin

    Member

    Hi Stephane, try this for Selected Table Only

    //Start Simple Window
    var w = new Window (‘dialog’);
    w.text = ‘Change Table Columns Width’;
    w.preferredSize.width = 280;
    w.group = w.add (‘group’);
    var RadioPanel1 = w.add(‘panel’, undefined, undefined, {name: ‘myGroupS’});
    var StaticaStart = RadioPanel1.add(‘statictext’, undefined,’Enter Table Columns Width’);
    var myString = RadioPanel1.add (‘edittext’, undefined, ‘100, 100, 150, 150’, {readonly: false}); //read only prevent user Entering Nums
    myString.alignment = ‘center’;
    myString.characters = 20;
    w.buttons = w.add (‘group {alignment: “center”}’);
    w.ok = w.buttons.add (‘button {text: “OK”, enabled: true}’);
    w.buttons.add (‘button {text: “Cancel”}’);
    //After Interface
    //Showing the Dialog
    var a = w.show()
    //if User Hit Cancel
    if(a == 2){
    exit(0);
    }

    //Run with UNDO Enabled
    app.doScript(doColumnWidth, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, “Change Selected Table Column Width”);

    function doColumnWidth(){
    //Convert String to Array
    var WidthVar = (myString.text);
    var TargetWidthArray = eval(‘[‘+WidthVar+’]’);
    //Script
    var mySelection = app.selection[0];
    var myWidths = TargetWidthArray;
    for(var i=0; i < mySelection.tables.length; i++){
    for(var j=0; j < myWidths.length; j++){
    mySelection.tables[i].columns[j].width = myWidths[j];
    }
    }
    alert(“Table width updated successfully…”);
    }

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