Change the case on several documents

Hello!

I'm very new to scripting, and I have the following script that is "Upper" text and change for real uppercase. I work with ID CS 6 on Windows XP.

The script works on a single document, if there is an open, if not, it asks for a file and process all INDD files in this folder.

That's what I have:

if(app.documents.length != 0){
    processDocument(app.activeDocument);
    alert("Done!");
    }
else {
    _folder = Folder('~/Desktop').selectDlg("Select folder");
    if(_folder == null) exit();
    _files = _folder.getFiles("*.indd");
    if(_files.length == 0){
            alert("No INDD files in the selected folder!");            
        }
    else {
        for (i=0; i<_files.length; i++){
        app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.NEVER_INTERACT;
        _inddFile = _files[i]
        doc = app.open(_inddFile);
        app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.INTERACT_WITH_ALL;      
        processDocument(doc);
        app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.yes);
        } 
    alert("Done!");
    }
}

function processDocument(doc) {    
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences.capitalization = Capitalization.allCaps;
    app.findGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = 'Red';
    var _results = doc.findGrep();
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;    
    _length = _results.length;
    for (i=0; i<_length; i++) {
        _results[i].texts[0].changecase(ChangecaseMode.uppercase);
        _results[i].texts[0].capitalization = Capitalization.normal;
        _results[i].texts[0].appliedCharacterStyle = 'Blue';
    }
}

The script works well on a single document, but for some reason any that it does not work on several documents. I try the script on 4 files with this content (the colors are added in the text only to help verify the results):

Whenever the first or the first two documents are processed correctly, the others are not processed at all. But I get no error message. Where is the problem?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Luca

I tried to recreate your problem once again and I don't have something similar. I know it's not normal, but mine started when I changed the variable i in the second. I see that they have a different scope, but somehow she made the difference. Could you try it by chance?

#target indesign
if(app.documents.length != 0){
    processDocument();
    alert("Done!");
    }
else {
    _folder = Folder('~/Desktop').selectDlg("Select folder");
    if(_folder == null) exit();
    _files = _folder.getFiles("*.indd");
    if(_files.length == 0){
            alert("No INDD files in the selected folder!");
        }
    else {
        for (i=0; i<_files.length; i++){
        app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.NEVER_INTERACT;
        _inddFile = _files[i] ;
        doc = app.open(_inddFile);
        app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.INTERACT_WITH_ALL;
        processDocument(doc);
        app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.yes);
        }
    alert("Done!");
    }
} 

function processDocument() {
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences.capitalization = Capitalization.allCaps;
    app.findGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = "Red";
    var _results = app.activeDocument.findGrep();
    $.write(_results);
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    _length = _results.length;
    $.write(_length);
    for (s=0; s<_length; s++) {
        _results[s].texts[0].changecase(ChangecaseMode.uppercase);
        _results[s].texts[0].capitalization = Capitalization.normal;
        _results[s].texts[0].appliedCharacterStyle = 'Blue';
    }
}

Tags: InDesign

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