Find based on style in CS2

Question

Hi All
I am trying to write script for search based on paragraph style here is my code
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myStylename = myDoc.paragraphStyles.everyItem().name;
var myStylenamelen = myStylename.length;
var myStyles = myDoc.paragraphStyles;
var mySlen = myStyles.length;
for (var a=0; myStylenamelen > a; a++) {
for (var j=1; mySlen > j; j++)
if (myStyles[j].basedOn == myStylename[a])
alert("Paragraph style " + myStyles[j].name + " " + myStylename[a]);
exit();
can anyone tell me what me doing wrong
Thanks
Shonky

Answer 1

Hi,
Is this what you want:
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myStyles = myDoc.paragraphStyles;
var mySlen = myStyles.length;
for (var a=0; mySlen > a; a++) {
try {
alert("Paragraph style " + myStyles[a].name + " " + myStyles[a].basedOn.name);
} catch (e) { alert("Paragraph style " + myStyles[a].name + " undefined"); }
I don't know why you made the big construction when you can get the name of the basedOn with no extra effort. But that could be me.
I have inserted a try-catch because you get an error when you take a basedOn of a root paragraph style.
Greetz,
Glen