Why apply a paragraph style let substitutions sometimes? How to prevent this?

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• Script will not apply the paragraph style

  Hello

  I'm new to scripting in InDesign (CS3), and I'm trying to understand why the scipt below does not apply a style in the following text file? :

  < ASCII-WIN >

  < ParaStyle: Heading 1 > who are we? < ParaStyle >:

  For ease of reading, I have shortend the text file to just two lines.

  The script that I use to open and to format the text file is:

  Create a new document.

  myDocument var = app.documents.add ();

  Set the units of measure and the origin of the rule.

  myDocument.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.points;

  myDocument.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.points;

  myDocument.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.pageOrigin;

  Get a reference to the first master spread.

  var myMasterSpread = myDocument.masterSpreads.item (0);

  Get a reference to preferences on the margins of the first page in the Master spread.

  var myMarginPreferences = myMasterSpread.pages.item (0) .marginPreferences;

  Now set up the page margins and columns.

  myMarginPreferences.left = 4;

  myMarginPreferences.top = 70;

  myMarginPreferences.right = 70;

  myMarginPreferences.bottom = 78;

  myMarginPreferences.columnCount = 2;

  myMarginPreferences.columnGutter = 14;

  The margins of page and columns for the right-hand page.

  var myMarginPreferences = myMasterSpread.pages.item (1) .marginPreferences;

  myMarginPreferences.left = 48;

  myMarginPreferences.top = 70;

  myMarginPreferences.right = 70;

  myMarginPreferences.bottom = 78;

  myMarginPreferences.columnCount = 3;

  myMarginPreferences.columnGutter = 14;

  Adding Master Page items

  var myMasterSpread = myDocument.masterSpreads.item (0);

  var myLeftPage = myMasterSpread.pages.item (0);

  var myRightPage = myMasterSpread.pages.item (1);

  var myLeftFooter = myLeftPage.textFrames.add ();

  myLeftFooter.geometricBounds = [70, 742, 728, 528];

  myLeftFooter.textFramePreferences.firstBaselineOffset = FirstBaseline.leadingOffset;

  myLeftFooter.contents = SpecialCharacters.autoPageNumber;

  myLeftFooter.parentStory.characters.item (0) .pointSize = 11;

  myLeftFooter.parentStory.characters.item (0) .leading = 14;

  var myRightFooter = myRightPage.textFrames.add ();

  myRightFooter.geometricBounds = [48, 742, 728, 542];

  myRightFooter.textFramePreferences.firstBaselineOffset = FirstBaseline.leadingOffset;

  myRightFooter.contents = SpecialCharacters.autoPageNumber;

  myRightFooter.parentStory.characters.item (0) .pointSize = 11;

  myRightFooter.parentStory.characters.item (0) .leading = 14;

  myRightFooter.parentStory.characters.item (0) .justification = Justification.rightAlign;

  Adding master text frames

  var myLeftPage = myMasterSpread.pages.item (0);

  var myRightPage = myMasterSpread.pages.item (1);

  var myLeftTextFrame = myLeftPage.textFrames.add ();

  myLeftTextFrame.geometricBounds = [70, 70, 714, 528];

  myLeftTextFrame.textFramePreferences.firstBaselineOffset = FirstBaseline.leadingOffset;

  myLeftTextFrame.textFramePreferences.textColumnCount = 3;

  myLeftTextFrame.textFramePreferences.textColumnGutter = 14;

  Add a label to make the image easier to find later.

  myLeftTextFrame.label = "BodyTextFrame";

  var myRightTextFrame = myRightPage.textFrames.add ();

  myRightTextFrame.geometricBounds = [70, 48, 714, 542];

  myRightTextFrame.textFramePreferences.firstBaselineOffset = FirstBaseline.leadingOffset;

  myRightTextFrame.textFramePreferences.textColumnCount = 3;

  myRightTextFrame.textFramePreferences.textColumnGutter = 14;

  Add a label to make the image easier to find later.

  myRightTextFrame.label = "BodyTextFrame";

  Link the two frames using the nextTextFrame property.

  myLeftTextFrame.nextTextFrame = myRightTextFrame;

  The substitution of Master Page points and adds text

  var myTextFrame = myDocument.masterSpreads.item (0).pages.item (1).textFrames.item (0) .override (myDocument.pag es.item (0));

  Add text by setting the contents of the insertion of a string.

  In JavaScript, "\r" is a return character.

  .silence myTextFrame.insertionPoints.item (0) = "dok\r";

  Adding and applying a paragraph Style

  var myParagraphStyle = myDocument.paragraphStyles.item ("title 1");

  try {}

  var myName = myParagraphStyle.name;

  }

  {} catch (MonErreur)

  //The style of paragraph don't have not exist, so create it.

  myParagraphStyle = myDocument.paragraphStyles.add ({name: 'Title 1'});

  }

  We need to create a color. Check if the color already exists.

  myColor var = myDocument.colors.item ("Green");

  try {}

  myName = myColor.name;

  }

  {} catch (MonErreur)

  //The color have not exist, so create it.

  myColor = myDocument.colors.add ({name: 'Green', model: ColorModel.process, colorValue:[100,0,100,0]});})

  }

  Now set the formatting of the paragraph style.

  myParagraphStyle.appliedFont = "Arial";

  myParagraphStyle.fontStyle = "Bold";

  myParagraphStyle.pointSize = 24;

  myParagraphStyle.spaceAfter = 24;

  myParagraphStyle.spaceBefore = 24;

  myParagraphStyle.fillColor = myDocument.colors.item ("Green");

  Apply the style to the paragraph.

  myDocument.pages.item (0).textFrames.item (0).paragraphs.item (0) .applyParagraphStyle (myParag raphStyle, true);

  You can also use:

  myDocument.pages.item (0).textFrames.item (0).paragraphs.item (0) .appliedParagraphStyle = //myParagraphStyle;

  Import a text file

  Display a standard dialog box open the file to select a text file.

  var monFichierTexte is File.openDialog ("choose a text file");.

  If you selected a text file, and if you didn't press Cancel,

  Place the file of text on the first insertion point after the title.

  If ((monFichierTexte! = "") & & (monFichierTexte!) (= null)) {}

  myTextFrame.insertionPoints.item(-1).place (myTextFile);

  }

  Place a graphic

  Display a standard dialog box open the file to select a graphic file.

  var myGraphicFile is File.openDialog ("choose a graphic file");.

  If you have selected a graphics file, and if you didn't press Cancel,

  Place the graphic file on the page.

  If ((myGraphicFile! = "") & & (myGraphicFile!) (= null)) {}

  var myGraphic = myDocument.pages.item (0) .place (myGraphicFile);

  //Since you can place multiple graphics at once, the place method

  //returns a table. For the graph you have placed, get the first

  //item in the table (beginning of JavaScript arrays with element 0).

  myGraphic = myGraphic [0];

  //Create a style object to apply to the graphic image.

  var myObjectStyle = myDocument.objectStyles.item("GraphicFrame");

  try {

  var myName = myObjectStyle.name;

  }

  catch (MonErreur) {}

  //The an object style have not exist, so create it.

  myObjectStyle = myDocument.objectStyles.add({name:"GraphicFrame"});)

  }

  myObjectStyle.enableStroke = true;

  myObjectStyle.strokeWeight = 3;

  myObjectStyle.strokeType = myDocument.strokeStyles.item("Solid");

  myObjectStyle.strokeColor = myDocument.colors.item("Green");

  //The frame containing the graphic is the parent of the graphic.

  myFrame var = myGraphic.parent;

  myFrame.applyObjectStyle (myObjectStyle, true);

  //Resize the frame to a specific size.

  myFrame.geometricBounds = [0,0,600,600];

  //Fit the graph in the image proportionally.

  myFrame.fit (FitOptions.proportionally);

  / / Next, mount the frame to the resized image.

  myFrame.fit (FitOptions.frameToContent);

  var myBounds = myFrame.geometricBounds;

  var myGraphicWidth = myBounds [3] - myBounds [1];

  //Move the graphic frame.

  var myPageWidth = myDocument.documentPreferences.pageWidth;

  var myTopMargin = myDocument.pages.item (0).marginPreferences.top;

  myFrame.move ([myPageWidth-myGraphicWidth, myTopMargin]);

  //Apply a wrap to the graphic frame.

  myFrame.textWrapPreferences.textWrapType = TextWrapTypes.boundingBoxTextWrap;

  myFrame.textWrapPreferences.textWrapOffset = [12, 24, 12, 24].

  }

  I hope someone can point me in the right direction.
  Thanks in advance.
  Ron

  Hey, Ron.

  The problem has nothing to do with your script. You can see if you attempt to place the file from indesign tagged text by hand.

  Your instinct for divide and conquer for debugging is a good - have a short text file to work with is very useful - of course this is also true for the script.

  During the validation of the scripts on the forum, please do not use the syntax insert > feature Java which lies behind the > arrow in the toolbar. Otherwise, cut and paste your script are difficult requiring manual corrections.

  Anyway, your problem is that each paragraph can have only a single paragraph style, and it's the last one that you define.

  So in your IDTT file, you set the heading 1 paragraph style, enter the content of the paragraph and then set the style of paragraph votes to zero.

  If you have included a line break before setting the style of paragraph votes to zero, you must set the None style for the following paragraph. But since you have not, it resets just the style to the current paragraph.

  In short: success back before .

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  Hello

  I am new to scripting in Indesign. I would like to write a script to apply a paragraph on a line style in a table like this:

  1 search for the string 'XX' in a table

  2. when the 'XX' string is found, apply a paragraph style named "ParA" to the line that contains the string "XX".

  3. apply a cell style named "CellA" to the cell that contains the sting "XX".

  4. apply the style of paragraph called 'Service' to the string "XX".

  5 search for the string "XX" to the end of the table

  Can someone help me?

  Hi Syd,

  For the selected table, use the below a.

  var doc = app.activeDocument,
      _tables = app.selection[0],
      i, j, k, l, a =0, _rows,_cells, rowlen; 
  
  _rows = _tables.rows;
  for(k =0;k<_rows.length;k++)
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      _cells = _rows[k].cells;
      for(l =0;l<_cells.length;l++)
      {
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              _cells[l].paragraphs.everyItem().appliedParagraphStyle = doc.paragraphStyles.item("ParB");
              _cells[l].appliedCellStyle = doc.cellStyles.item("CellA");
              }
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      }
  

  Kind regards

  Cognet

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