Script labels and findchangebylist.jsx

Question

I am looking for any examples of a script that finds a certain script label on a textframe and then runs findchangebylist.jsx on that textframe.

Answer 1

Hi,
What you need is
1. to simplify function
main()
2. and to modify:
myFindChangeByList(myObject)
myDisplayDialog()
Ad 1.
function main(){
    var myObject;
    //Make certain that user interaction (display of dialogs, etc.) is turned on.
    app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll;
    if(app.documents.length > 0) myDisplayDialog();
    else alert("No documents are open. Please open a document and try again.");
Ad 2
function myFindChangeByList(myObject){
    var myScriptFileName, myFindChangeFile, myFindChangeFileName, myScriptFile, myResult;
    var myFindChangeArray, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindLimit, myStory;
    var myStartCharacter, myEndCharacter;
    var myFindChangeFile = myFindFile("/FindChangeSupport/FindChangeList.txt")
    if(myFindChangeFile != null){
        myFindChangeFile = File(myFindChangeFile);
        var myResult = myFindChangeFile.open("r", undefined, undefined);
        if(myResult == true){
            //Loop through the find/change operations.
            do{
                myLine = myFindChangeFile.readln();
                //Ignore comment lines and blank lines.
                if((myLine.substring(0,4)=="text")||(myLine.substring(0,4)=="grep")||(myLine.substring(0,5)=="glyph")){
                    myFindChangeArray = myLine.split("\t");
                    //The first field in the line is the findType string.
                    myFindType = myFindChangeArray[0];
                    //The second field in the line is the FindPreferences string.
                    myFindPreferences = myFindChangeArray[1];
                    //The second field in the line is the ChangePreferences string.
                    myChangePreferences = myFindChangeArray[2];
                    //The fourth field is the range--used only by text find/change.
                    myFindChangeOptions = myFindChangeArray[3];
                    switch(myFindType){
                        case "text":
                            if (myObject instanceof Array)
                                for (var k = myObject.length - 1; k >=0; k--)
                                myFindText(myObject[k], myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions);
                            else myFindText(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions);
                            break;
                        case "grep":
                            if (myObject instanceof Array)
                                for (var k = myObject.length - 1; k >=0; k--)
                                myFindGrep(myObject[k], myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions);
                            else myFindGrep(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions);
                            break;
                        case "glyph":
                            if (myObject instanceof Array)
                                for (var k = myObject.length - 1; k >=0; k--)
                                myFindGlyph(myObject[k], myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions);
                            else myFindGlyph(myObject, myFindPreferences, myChangePreferences, myFindChangeOptions);
                            break;
            } while(myFindChangeFile.eof == false);
            myFindChangeFile.close();
function myDisplayDialog(){
    var myObject, mFramesLabels, mFrames = [];
    var myDialog = app.dialogs.add({name:"FindChangeByList"});
    with(myDialog.dialogColumns.add()){
        with(dialogRows.add()){
            with(dialogColumns.add()){
                staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Search Range:"});
            var myRangeButtons = radiobuttonGroups.add();
            with(myRangeButtons){
                radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel:"Document", checkedState:true});
                radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel:"Selected Story"});
                radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel:"Labeled Frames"});
                if(app.selection[0] && app.selection[0].hasOwnProperty ("baselineShift") && app.selection[0].contents != ""){
                    radiobuttonControls.add({staticLabel:"Selection", checkedState:true});
    var myLabel = textEditboxes.add({staticLabel:"Label:", minWidth: 185});
    var myResult = myDialog.show();
    if(myResult == true){
        switch(myRangeButtons.selectedButton){
            case 0:
                myObject = app.documents.item(0);
                break;
            case 1:
                myObject = app.selection[0].parentStory;
                break;
            case 2:
                mFramesLabels = app.documents.item(0).textFrames.everyItem().label;
                for (var k = 0; k < mFramesLabels.length; k++)
                    if(mFramesLabels[k].length && mFramesLabels[k] == myLabel.editContents)
                    mFrames.push(app.documents.item(0).textFrames[k]);
                myObject = mFrames;
                break;
            case 3:
                myObject = app.selection[0];
                break;
        myDialog.destroy();
        myFindChangeByList(myObject);
    else{
        myDialog.destroy();
Make a copy with mentioned function replaced with.
Enjoy
Jarek