Need to avaid placing floats one after one on the same place

Question

Hi All,
I have written a script for placing floats after the citation it works only for either the figure or table. But if both figure and table citation comes on the same place the script placing the floats one on one.
How to control this?
Thanks in advance,
Learner

Answer 1

Hi Vandy,
It is a xml workflow.
Here is the script.
function caption(){
    this.name = "caption";
    this.xpath = "//caption";
          this.apply = function(caption,){
        with(caption){
            var mydoc = app.activeDocument;
            var pwidth = mydoc.documentPreferences.pageWidth;
            var pheight = mydoc.documentPreferences.pageHeight;
            var topmargin = app.activeDocument.masterSpreads.item(0).pages.item(0).marginPreferences.top;    
            var bottommargin = app.activeDocument.masterSpreads.item(0).pages.item(0).marginPreferences.bottom;
            var insidemarginfirstmaserpage = app.activeDocument.masterSpreads.item(0).pages.item(0).marginPreferences.left;
            var outsidemarginfirstmaserpage = app.activeDocument.masterSpreads.item(0).pages.item(0).marginPreferences.right;
            var y1 = topmargin;
            var x1 = outsidemarginfirstmaserpage;
            var y2 = pheight - bottommargin;
            var x2 = pwidth- insidemarginfirstmaserpage;           
            citpage = figCitationPage.name;
            textfm = placeIntoFrame(app.activeDocument.pages.item(citpage), [y1, x1, y2, x2]);
            textfm.fit(FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT);
            textfm.appliedObjectStyle = mydoc.objectStyles.item("oSlug");
            mydoc.xmlImportMaps.add(mydoc.xmlTags.item("caption"), mydoc.paragraphStyles.item("Slug"));
            mydoc.mapXMLTagsToStyles();
            textfm.textWrapPreferences.textWrapMode = TextWrapModes.BOUNDING_BOX_TEXT_WRAP;
            textfm.textFramePreferences.ignoreWrap = true;
            var textfmy1 = textfm.geometricBounds[0];
            var textfmx1 = textfm.geometricBounds[1];
            var textfmy2 = textfm.geometricBounds[2];
            var textfmx2 = textfm.geometricBounds[3];
            figfmy1 = figfm.geometricBounds[0];
            figfmx1 = figfm.geometricBounds[1];
            figfmy2 = figfm.geometricBounds[2];
            figfmx2 = figfm.geometricBounds[3];
            textfm.geometricBounds = [textfmy1,textfmx1,textfmy2,x2];
            textfm.move([textfmy1, figfmy2]);
            textfm.fit(FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT);
            var myPage = mydoc.pages.everyItem();
            var myArray = new Array;
            myArray.push(figfm);
            myArray.push(textfm);
            var t = (textfmy2-textfmy1)
            var groupitem = figCitationPage.groups.add(myArray);
            var citbaseline = exbm - citpos;
            var test = parseInt(citpage)
            var citbaseline = exbm - citpos;
            var test = parseInt(citpage)
            if (citbaseline<groupitem.geometricBounds[2]){
                    groupitem.move(app.activeDocument.pages[test]);
                    groupitem.move([x1,y1])
            else {
                    var by1 = groupitem.geometricBounds[0];
                    var by2 = groupitem.geometricBounds[2];
                    var t = (by2-by1)
                    groupitem.move([x1, (y2-t)])
        return true;
function figure(){
    this.name = "figure";
    this.xpath = "//figure";
          this.apply = function(figure,){
        with(figure){
            var mydoc = app.activeDocument;
            var pwidth = mydoc.documentPreferences.pageWidth;
            var pheight = mydoc.documentPreferences.pageHeight;
            var topmargin = app.activeDocument.masterSpreads.item(0).pages.item(0).marginPreferences.top;    
            var bottommargin = app.activeDocument.masterSpreads.item(0).pages.item(0).marginPreferences.bottom;
            var insidemarginfirstmaserpage = app.activeDocument.masterSpreads.item(0).pages.item(0).marginPreferences.left;
            var outsidemarginfirstmaserpage = app.activeDocument.masterSpreads.item(0).pages.item(0).marginPreferences.right;
            //var insidemarginsecondmaserpage = app.activeDocument.masterSpreads.item(0).pages.item(1).marginPreferences.left;
            //var outsidemarginsecondmaserpage = app.activeDocument.masterSpreads.item(0).pages.item(1).marginPreferences.right;
            var y1 = topmargin;
            var x1 = outsidemarginfirstmaserpage;
            //var x1recto = AMinsidemargin
            var y2 = pheight - bottommargin;
            var x2 = pwidth- insidemarginfirstmaserpage;           
            //var x2recto = pwidth- AMoutsidemargin;
            citpage = figCitationPage.name;
            figfm = placeIntoFrame(app.activeDocument.pages.item(citpage), [y1, x1, y2, x2]);
            figfm.fit(FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT);
            figfm.textWrapPreferences.textWrapMode = TextWrapModes.BOUNDING_BOX_TEXT_WRAP;
            figfm.textFramePreferences.ignoreWrap = true;
            figfm.appliedObjectStyle = mydoc.objectStyles.item("ofigure");
            fy1 = figfm.geometricBounds[0];
            fx1 = figfm.geometricBounds[1];
            fy2 = figfm.geometricBounds[2];
            fx2 = figfm.geometricBounds[3];
        return true;