Script to change a paratag based on the autonumber format

[Yves Barbion]

Hi Scott!

Yes! Your script works beautifully!

Thank you very much. So, I guess I owe you a beer (or a lunch) at tekom
tcworld in Stuttgart (I hope you can wait that long)?

Cheers!

Yves



On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 6:58 PM, Scott Prentice <sp14 at leximation.com> wrote:

>  OK .. couldn't resist. Try this ..
>
> --------------------
> var doc = app.ActiveDoc;
> // these para tags must already exist
> var pgfFormat1 = doc.GetNamedObject(Constants.FO_PgfFmt, "listitem1");
> var pgfFormat2 = doc.GetNamedObject(Constants.FO_PgfFmt, "listitem2");
>
> if ((!pgfFormat1.ObjectValid()) || (!pgfFormat2.ObjectValid())) {
>     alert("Para tags must exist!");
> }
> else
> {
>     var pgf = doc.MainFlowInDoc.FirstTextFrameInFlow.FirstPgf;
>
>     while(pgf.ObjectValid() == true)
>     {
>         var autonum = pgf.AutoNumString + "";
>         if (autonum.length > 0) {
>             if (autonum.substring(0, 3) == "•\\t") {
>                 var props = pgfFormat1.GetProps();
>                 pgf.SetProps(props);
>             }
>             else if (autonum.substring(0, 3) == "o\\t") {
>                 var props = pgfFormat2.GetProps();
>                 pgf.SetProps(props);
>             }
>         }
>         pgf = pgf.NextPgfInFlow;
>     }
> }
> --------------------
>
> Cheers!
> ...scott
>  On 3/6/15 9:28 AM, Scott Prentice wrote:
>
> Hi Yves...
>
> The answer to your questions is .. Yes!  :-)
>
> If you're looking for the code to do it, that might take a bit more time.
> Some generous developer might post the code for you, I'll provide some
> pseudo-code ..
>
> - iterate each paragraph in the document
> - check the autonumber format value ..
> - if autonum string starts with "•\t" .. assign the "listitem1" para tag
> - if autonum string starts with "o\t" .. assign the "listitem2" para tag
>
> This should actually be pretty simple .. I just can't do it right now. If
> no one else does, I might though.  :o
>
> Cheers,
> ...scott
>
>
>
>  On 3/6/15 5:07 AM, Yves Barbion wrote:
>
>  Hi group
>
>  I've got a FrameMaker file which was converted from a Word document. The
> FrameMaker file contains the paratag [List Paragraph] but this tag is also
> used by "nested" bulleted lists. Consequently, the autonumber format is as
> follows:
>
> •\t for top-level list items
> o\t for second-level list items
>
>  Is there a way to rename the paratag based on the autonumber format, for
> example:
>
>  rename [List Paragraph] with the •\t autonumber format to [listitem1]
>  rename [List Paragraph] with the o\t autonumber format to [listitem2]
>
>
>  Thanks
>
>  --
> Yves Barbion
> www.scripto.nu
>
>
>
>
>
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-- 
Yves Barbion
www.scripto.nu
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