[CS3 AS] set paragraph style, go to next paragraph, set paragraph style, etc.

Question

hello,
i'm pretty much a noob at scripting. i'd like to automate applying paragraph styles to a document with reviews.
basically, i want to place the cursor in a paragraph (manually), and have a script do the following: set paragraph style 5, go to the next paragraph, set paragraph style 1, go to the next paragraph, set paragraph style 2, go to the next paragraph, set paragraph style 3.
help?
(i specified AS as i think i might understand it, but JS probably works as well)

Answer 1

Assuming you set the relationship of one style to the next using the 'Next Style' definition in the paragraph styles, then the following should do the trick (assuming you have your cursor in the first paragraph).
> // Follows next paragraph style setting until Same Style or No Paragraph Style
>// Get the current pagaraph based on user cursor location
var myCurrentParagraph = app.documents[0].selection[0].paragraphs[0];
do
] // Currently applied paragraph style
var myCurrentParagraphStyle = myCurrentParagraph.appliedParagraphStyle;
] // Next Style for current paragraph style
var myNextParagraphStyle = myCurrentParagraph.appliedParagraphStyle.nextStyle;
] // Check current style and next style are not the same or No Paragraph Style
if (myCurrentParagraphStyle == myNextParagraphStyle
|| myNextParagraphStyle == app.documents[0].paragraphStyles.item("[No Paragraph Style]") ) {
]] exit(); }
] // Get next paragraph in chain
var myNextParagraph = myCurrentParagraph.insertionPoints[-1].paragraphs[0];
] // If we are end of story then stop
if (myNextParagraph == myCurrentParagraph) { exit(); }
] // Apply next style to next paragraph
myNextParagraph.appliedParagraphStyle = myNextParagraphStyle;
] // Restart the process
myCurrentParagraph = myNextParagraph;
>while (true)
Note that the process will end when the Next Style setting of one paragraphs is Same Style or when the Next Style is No Paragraph Style. There would be other ways to end the process, such as limiting it to a certain number of steps if the number of steps was always the same. Let me know.