Selecting a Text Frame in another file (JS/CS3)

Hi, I'm a newbie so this is probably a dumb question.
I'm trying to copy the contents of a text frame in another ID file and copy/paste them into another text frame of my active document. Every example I find creates a NEW text frame and copies it and they work fine but I'm having trouble selecting the text frame or its contents (it's the only object in the document) in the already existing document.
The section I'm struggling with is:
var mySourceSlugDocument = app.open(File("/Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/Testfile.indd"));
var mySourceSlugPage = mySourceSlugDocument.pages.item(0);
var mySourceSlugFrame = mySourceSlugPage.pages.item(0);
app.select(mySourceSlugFrame.parentStory.texts.item(0));
app.copy();
app.activeDocument.close();
I'm doing something wrong here. It doesn't like the 'parentStory' in the select line. I'd be happy with a way of just doing a 'select all' and being able to paste it into the new document with a variable name so I can edit it.
Cheers,
G.

I think the third line should be:
var mySourceSlugFrame = mySourceSlugPage.textFrames.item(0);
Note though that you don't actually need to select/copy/paste. You can use duplicate().
Dave

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Hi Framers,
In FM 7.2 (all patches up to date, running on Windows XP Pro), I added a note inside a text frame next to an anchored frame holding an image. I nudged the text frame close to the image but it blocked out a tiny portion of the image. So I selected the text frame and from the Graphics menu clicked Send to Back. Solved that problem, of course. Now I want to change the wording in the note but can't do it because the entire text frame has been sent to back -- how can I select it to Bring to Front so I can edit its contents???
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Hello again, Sheila ;~)
I selected all and moved my cursor all around the page (around various pages, actually, since Ctrl+A selects the entire chapter), and I see what you mean by the color of the arrow's head changing between black and white. Is it significant that the ONLY time it's black is when I'm outside the frame of the page itself? (That is, in the white, non-editable space around the actual frame borders on the page.) Clicking anywhere, whether inside or outside the active area, deselects everything.
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Traduction
Bonjour je voudrais faire un document indesign reprennent tous les ancre de texte de diffèrent documents d'un livre.
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translation
Bonsoir,
J'avance, le principe fonction mais j'ai un problème à la line 51, et ma connaissance des code n'est pas très bonne.
Voici le message d'erreur : L'Objet sélectionné est utilisé par un autre Hyperlien.
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Dear All,
My Request:
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2. Suppose If we select all text frames, is it possible to fix height for all text frames like as 3p or 4p etc....
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True. But when all I am trying to achieve is a border around a paragraph, use of a table seems overkill to me. But if thats the only solution I have so far then I will have to go down that route.
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InDesign Snippet (.idms) - can't import into InCopy
InDesign Document (.indd) - imports content as an image - only editable in InDesign
InDesign Template (.indt) - imports content as an image - only editable in InDesign
InDesign Library (.indl) - can't import into InCopy - no panel available in InCopy for object libraries (that I can see...)
InCopy Markup (.icml) - only imports the text, loses the text frame

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Hi Everyone,
I'm newbibe to Indesign forums.
I had grouped image placed on rectangle and text frame. now i need change text frame content using indesign Javascript
Its possible to change text frame contents inside group..?
-yajiv

Hi Siraj,
Thank you very much for your assistance...
Actually I need swap both group of image and text frame to another group of image box and text frame.
I wrote code use of you advice and i struct with errors. can you rectify this code if possible...
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-yajiv..
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I have belatedly discovered another difference between CS4 and CS2 -- I don't know whether this started with CS3 or not; I think perhaps it did.
When you want to add a text frame to an existing group (which means create a new one within group), it's fairly straightforward unless the group is inline to a story. Then the new item gets added at the wrong place (I suspect what actually happens is that it always used to get added at the wrong place and then moved to the specified coordinates; but in CS2 and earlier, there was no automatic updating of the screen so the coordinates worked, but in CS4, the addition of the new frame moves the inline and so the coordinates you're aiming for are no longer correct). I worked around this in the following script by changing the anchoring and then changing it back -- I'm not entirely sure that this is foolproof, but it works on the job we're using it for.
//DESCRIPTION: Add New TF to Parent Group of Selected TF
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               app.selection.length === 1 &&
               app.selection[0].parent instanceof Group &&
               app.selection[0] instanceof TextFrame) {
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I've been working with this indesign file and cleaning it up really well. I now have all the text flowing with smart text reflow. There are two parts in the book that have columns of information, or tables. The way it was originally done was having a text box placed inside the text box. But unfortunately, whenever you add pages before or after, the text box won't follow with the text box it is inside. I have tried grouping the two text boxes together, but this doesn't seem to work with Smart Text Reflow (since every page is based on the primary master). How do you embed a text frame inside another text frame that is based off the primary master? I guess it would be like using the text frame as an object.
I included an image to help my explanation.
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ANchor it into the other text fram, look in the help file. Keyword = Anchored Objects.

Can you connect differently tagged text frames?

I have a one file document (no book) that I would like to have two columns on the first page and the Left/Right pages have one column with a side head. I would like the right column on the first page to flow into the second page.
Is there a way to connect differently tagged text frames together so that, although their appearances are different, the text flows from one to the other?
Thanks,
Tim

tkelly5446 wrote:
I have a one file document (no book) that I would like to have two columns on the first page and the Left/Right pages have one column with a side head. I would like the right column on the first page to flow into the second page.
Is there a way to connect differently tagged text frames together so that, although their appearances are different, the text flows from one to the other?
Thanks,
Tim
You can manually connect text frames on body pages, or on master pages, that have the same flow tag. Search Google for "framemaker connect text frames" without quotes.
For the text to flow automatically from one body-page text frame to a body-page text frame on another, and create new pages as needed, the text frames need to be on master pages, have the Autoconnect property turned on, and be in the same text flow. FrameMaker only applies Left and Right master pages (you get them if your document is set for facing page.) To apply custom master pages instead of Left and Right, you need to set up a mapping table on a reference page for use with the Apply Master Pages feature. Search Google for "framemaker apply master pages mapping table" without quotes.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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