Adobe 0046100128056 Scripting Guide - Page 88

Here is the myBreakFrames function referred to in the preceding script.

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CHAPTER 6: Text and Type Working with Text Frames 88 myObjectList.push(app.selection[myCounter]. parentTextFrames[0]); break; } } break; } } //If the object list is not empty, pass it on to the function //that does the real work. if(myObjectList.length != 0){ myBreakFrames(myObjectList); } } } Here is the myBreakFrames function referred to in the preceding script. function myBreakFrames(myObjectList){ myObjectList.sort(myReverseSortByTextFrameIndex); for(var myCounter = 0; myCounter < myObjectList.length; myCounter ++){ myBreakFrame(myObjectList[myCounter]); } } function myBreakFrame(myTextFrame){ if((myTextFrame.nextTextFrame != null)&&(myTextFrame.previousTextFrame != null)){ var myNewFrame = myTextFrame.duplicate(); if(myTextFrame.contents != ""){ myTextFrame.texts.item(0).remove(); } myTextFrame.remove(); } } function myReverseSortByTextFrameIndex(a,b){ //By combining the story id with the text frame index, we can sort the text frames //into the right (reverse) order in a single pass. $.write("padded a: " + myPadString(a.id, 8)+myPadString(a.textFrameIndex, 8)); $.write("padded b: " + myPadString(b.id, 8)+myPadString(b.textFrameIndex, 8)); if((myPadString(a.id, 8)+myPadString(a.textFrameIndex, 8)) > (myPadString(b.id, 8)+myPadString(b.textFrameIndex, 8))){ return -1; } if((myPadString(a.id,8)+myPadString(a.textFrameIndex,8)) < (myPadString(b.id,8)+myPadString(b.textFrameIndex,8))){ return 1; } return 0; } function myPadString(myString, myLength) { var myTempString = ""; var myNewLength = myLength-String(myString).length; for (var myCounter = 0; myCounter

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C
HAPTER
6: Text and Type
Working with Text Frames
88
myObjectList.push(app.selection[myCounter].
parentTextFrames[0]);
break;
}
}
break;
}
}
//If the object list is not empty, pass it on to the function
//that does the real work.
if(myObjectList.length != 0){
myBreakFrames(myObjectList);
}
}
}
Here is the myBreakFrames function referred to in the preceding script.
function myBreakFrames(myObjectList){
myObjectList.sort(myReverseSortByTextFrameIndex);
for(var myCounter = 0; myCounter < myObjectList.length; myCounter ++){
myBreakFrame(myObjectList[myCounter]);
}
}
function myBreakFrame(myTextFrame){
if((myTextFrame.nextTextFrame != null)&&(myTextFrame.previousTextFrame != null)){
var myNewFrame = myTextFrame.duplicate();
if(myTextFrame.contents != ""){
myTextFrame.texts.item(0).remove();
}
myTextFrame.remove();
}
}
function myReverseSortByTextFrameIndex(a,b){
//By combining the story id with the text frame index, we can sort the text frames
//into the right (reverse) order in a single pass.
$.write("padded a: " + myPadString(a.id, 8)+myPadString(a.textFrameIndex, 8));
$.write("padded b: " + myPadString(b.id, 8)+myPadString(b.textFrameIndex, 8));
if((myPadString(a.id, 8)+myPadString(a.textFrameIndex, 8)) >
(myPadString(b.id, 8)+myPadString(b.textFrameIndex, 8))){
return -1;
}
if((myPadString(a.id,8)+myPadString(a.textFrameIndex,8)) <
(myPadString(b.id,8)+myPadString(b.textFrameIndex,8))){
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
function myPadString(myString, myLength) {
var myTempString = "";
var myNewLength = myLength-String(myString).length;
for (var myCounter = 0; myCounter<myNewLength; myCounter++) {
myTempString += "0";
}
return myTempString + myString;
}