[JS] Problem in importing data.

Question

Hello
I am trying to place a .doc file in my document(textframe). For that i am using following script
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
var myTextFrame = myDocument.pages.item(0).textFrames.add({geometricBounds:myGetBounds(myDocument, myDocument.pages.item(0))});
myTextFrame.place(File(mypath_new));
But i want to auto-flow the data if i use above script it will place the text on first page only.
Is there any way to auto-flow the data in InDesign.
Thank you,

Answer 1

Hi Avi,
I don't think you understand what I'm saying. Flowing the text using the code I posted will not create two text frames unless you are placing it on a page with two columns. Set the margin preferences of the page and/or the master spread to use one column, and you will not have two text frames on the page. If you don't have two text frames on the page, then you do not need to merge them.
Or it might be that I'm not understanding you--if you mean that placing the document with autoflow on results in the story spanning multiple pages, then--yes, that's what autoflow does. That's what you asked for, as I understood it.
To apply an object style to all of the text frames created by the autoflow operation, do this:
var myBounds = myGetBounds(myDocument, myDocument.pages.item(0));
var myX = myBounds[1];
var myY = myBounds[0];
//Placing a file returns an array--in this
//case, an array containing a single item.
var myStory = myDocument.pages.item(0).place(File("/c/AutoflowTest.txt"), [myX, myY], undefined, false, true)[0];
//Apply an object style "myTextFrameStyle" to
//all of the text frames in the story.
for(var myCounter = 0; myCounter < myStory.textContainers.length; myCounter++){
myStory.textContainers[myCounter].applyObjectStyle(myDocument.objectStyles.item("myTextFr ameStyle"));
Thanks,
Ole