Re: QuarkXPress: Syntax help
Re: QuarkXPress: Syntax help
- Subject: Re: QuarkXPress: Syntax help
- From: Luca Pozzato <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 19:27:05 +0200
this is working (characters must be plural)
delete (((every character) in current page) whose (color is "PANTONE 354
CV") and characters is not equal to return)
luca
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From: Michael Turner <email@hidden>
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Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 12:33:14 -0400
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To: AppleScriptList <email@hidden>
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Subject: QuarkXPress: Syntax help
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I am attempting to move through a document removing a specific color. I
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limited my script to a single page to make the effects quick enough to
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perceive. I think I have found a way that would work for me, if I can just
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iron out a problem: if a return character is color, it must be excluded.
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Here is my attempt:
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tell application "QuarkXPress 4.1"
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activate
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tell document 1
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tell current page
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repeat with y from 1 to count of text boxes
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tell text box y
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delete (((every character) in current page) whose
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((color is "PANTONE 354 CV")
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and content is not equal to return))
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end tell
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end repeat
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end tell
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end tell
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end tell
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The phrase " and content is not equal to return " seems to be my hangup.
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Drop this phrase, and the script works after a fashion. What is the proper
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way to address "every" character's "contents"?
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Note: I have successfully walked through the same page with a character by
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character examination, but that is too slow.
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/Michael
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Many thanks to all the people on the list!
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