[CS2/CS3 JS] Merged Cell Problem...

Question

Hi,
Below is a part of my script that has been giving me a problem with merged cells:
if (myTable.cells.item(h).bottomEdgeStrokeWeight > 0.5) {
myTable.cells.item(h).bottomEdgeStrokeWeight = 2;
myTable.cells.item(h).bottomEdgeStrokeType = "Thick - Thick";}
Everytime the script passes on a merged cell, it quits and it only do changes on the first cell of the merged cells. Once I run my script again, it quits with error because the first cell of the merged cells now has a different stroke weight than the rest of the merged cells.
Is there a way to apply stroke on merged cells? And what is the parameter for UNMERGE? Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi Joaquin,
Here are a few examples – hope it helps.
Kasyan
// lets assume myTable has 4 rows and 4 columns
myTable = app.activeDocument.stories[0].tables[0];
myStartCell = myTable.cells.item("0:0"); // cell in the 1st column and 1st row
myEndCell = myTable.cells.item("0:3");  // cell in the 1st column and 4th row
myStartCell.merge(myEndCell);
// now merged cells have become the cell in the 1st column and 1st row
myMergedCell = myTable.cells.item("0:0");
myMergedCell.unmerge();
// merge/unmerge the last row
myTable.cells.item("0:3").merge(myTable.rows.item(-1));
myTable.cells.item("0:3").unmerge();
// merge/unmerge the last column
myTable.columns.item(-1).cells.item(0).merge(myTable.columns.item(-1).cells.item(-1));
myTable.columns.item(-1).cells.item(0).unmerge();