How to highlight State of Multi-State object?

Question

hi,
I have created 3 states of object State1, State2, State 3. and want to highlight state in object state panel programmatically. can any one have idea abt it?

Answer 1

@Priyanka – you did not mention a specific scripting language.
In ExtendScript (JavaScript) you can set the "active" property of the 3rd state of your MultiStateObject to value "true".
//ExtendScript (JavaScript) example
//Make sure a MultiStateObject is selected; nothing else, then run this JavaScript:
app.selection[0].states[2].active = true;
The expression from left to wright (for lurkers who never saw a line of code):
app => application (that's InDesign, of course)
selection => your current selection in the UI (could be one item, could be many)
[0] => index number 0 is the first item in your selection; be cautious with the expression "first", it depends on the InDesign version what that does exactly mean, if you selected more than one object
states => obviously the "state" object (always with the plural "s", it's the collection of all states in that selected MultiStateObject)
[2] => index number 2 is the 3rd element of the states collection
active => property for the active status; boolean, could be "true" or "false"
= => with the "=" sign, you are setting the value
true => the value of the property; self-explanatory, I hope…
; => end of expression, all that comes after is a different expression.
The different parts are held together with a dot-notation. The index  is directly glued to its object, no dot notation between object and index.
If you want learn more about ExtendScript and the InDesign DOM see Jongwares' documentation at:
http://www.jongware.com/idjshelp.html
Uwe