[JS] Character properties vs. character style properties.

Question

I am trying to define differences between a characters properties and the paragraph it is inside.
I am doing this if(the_character.appliedFont != the_paragraph.appliedFont) but it doesn't work - it seems they return the values differently. As if the character returns the appliedFont as an object, and the paragraph returns it as a string. Any ideas?

Answer 1

This topic has come up a number of times in the past. I have a function which I use for this purpose. It represents not a small amount of work...
GetCharOverrides = function (text,doc,charStyle){
  var x,e;
  text = text.properties;
  var paraStyle = text.appliedParagraphStyle.properties;
  var inProps = {};var outProps = {};
  if(doc.characterStyles.length<2){var tempStyle = doc.characterStyles.add();}
  else{var tempStyle = false;}
  var a = doc.characterStyles[1].properties;
  for(x in a){inProps[x] = paraStyle[x];}
  if(charStyle&&charStyle!=doc.characterStyles[0]){
    charStyle = charStyle.properties;
    for(x in charStyle){
      if(charStyle[x]&&charStyle[x]!=NothingEnum.NOTHING){
        inProps[x] = charStyle[x];
  delete inProps.basedOn;
  delete inProps.name;
  delete inProps.id;
  delete inProps.parent;
  delete inProps.index;
  delete inProps.imported;
  delete inProps.label;
  delete inProps.properties;
  delete inProps.gradientStrokeStart;
  delete inProps.gradientFillStart;
  for(x in inProps){
    if(text[x]!=inProps[x]){
      if(x=='appliedFont'){
        try{
          var textFont = text.appliedFont;
          var inFont = inProps.appliedFont;
          var textFontStyle = textFont instanceof Font ? textFont.fontStyleName : text.fontStyle;
          var inFontStyle = inFont instanceof Font ? inFont.fontStyleName : inProps.fontStyle;
          if(textFontStyle != inFontStyle){outProps.fontStyle = textFontStyle}
          var textFontFamily = textFont instanceof Font ? textFont.fontFamily : textFont;
          var inFontFamily = inFont instanceof Font ? inFont.fontFamily : inFont;
          if(textFontFamily != inFontFamily){outProps.appliedFont = textFontFamily}
        }catch(e){}
      else{outProps[x] = text[x];}
  if(tempStyle){tempStyle.remove();}
  return outProps;