Path of the Find-Change Queries/Grep folder in ID CC 2014

Hi,
Is this var correct to localize the path of the Find-Change Queries/Grep folder in ID CC 2014?
var query_folder = app.scriptPreferences.scriptsFolder.parent.parent + "/Find-Change Queries/Grep/";
Thanks in advance!

Hello,
Alert ( app.scriptPreferences.scriptsFolder.parent.parent );
Mac ID 6, give me this.
I will have a look at CC later.
P

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Okay I thought I knew where these were. I've looked in
C:\Users\phyllis\AppData\Local\Adobe\InDesign\Version 6.0\en_US\Caches
There are files there called FindChangeData and FindChangeDataTmp, but writing them into the folder for Version 7.5 doesn't do anything.
So I think I'm looking in the wrong place. I'm trying to move all the find/change queries into InDesign CS 5.5. Can someone point me to them?
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Working on a large ID book document (*.indb), I have saved several dozens of Find/Change Queries (named "col01", "col02" etc.) that I run on "All documents". For a particular reason I have to run these queries several times a day.
So I was wondering whether there is, or whether anybody out there would write, a script that runs these queries one after the other. Given the size of the book, it might be necessary to provide for the script to pause after each query is run (before it goes on with the next), but I am just guessing.
Any help is much appreciated!

There are a couple of others:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5173943#5173943
this is more at code level rather than a GUI, but the actual queries are made using the Find/Change dialog box.
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http://www.kahrel.plus.com/indesign/grep_query_manager.html
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Did try the Doquerylist suggested by Kasyan. This allows GREP/text changes by the user/installed with InDesign, but only applies to a selection or text-thread.
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Please at least make this an option.
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If you really want, you can change it manually. Saved Queries can be found in your User data folder (which depends on your OS, your InDesign version, and your installation language -- CS4, Mac, is in Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/Version 6.0/en_US/Find-Change Queries).
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Your saved find/change queries are in a folder in your user library or user profile (depending on your OS). You can find the path to where they are stored in the information provided for the InDesign Defaults file at Replace Your Preferences. The saved queries folder is in the same parent folder as the InDesign Defaults file. Note that this is a HIDDEN folder on all recent operating systems.
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First, good luck to Ole. He's been so helpful (and such a good writer, too). All the best!
My Find/Change JavaScripts are running into trouble at line 159 of the ExtendScript Toolkit. The script is searching for a particular font, to which it should then apply a character style. I'm using the format I see in Adobe's "FindChangeList" sample text, but the script is still hitting a wall. What am I doing wrong? I'd like to have a working method for searching, not only for fonts, but also for finding a particular character or paragraph style and then applying a new style.
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No objects locked.
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Using GREP I can pick it up by finding "\$\d\d," but when I replace it with "\$\d\d" I get the actual string "\$\d\d". IE. "$10," becomes "\$\d\d" rather than "$10". Am I misundersting how the 'change' part of GREP works? Can any one advise?
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