The ID Scripting DOM - ff6347/extendscript GitHub Wiki

"The ID Scripting DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM"
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Now lets have a quick look on how to use all the js in InDesign

    /*
    As in javascript in the ID DOM everything is an object  
    you can for example add a doc with a text frame on the first page with  
    */

    var aString = "Hello World!\rHello Dude. How are you?\rFine and you?";
    var doc = app.documents.add();
    var pg = doc.pages[0];
    var d_pref = doc.documentPreferences;
    var pw = d_pref.pageWidth;
    var ph = d_pref.pageHeight;


    var x1 = 13;
    var y1 = 13;
    var x2 = pw - x1;
    var y2 = ph - y1;
    var gb = [y1, x1, y2, x2];

    var tf = pg.textFrames.add();
    tf.geometricBounds = gb;
    tf.contents = aString;
    for(var i = 0; i < tf.paragraphs.length; i++){
        var par = tf.paragraphs[i];
        alert(par + "-->" + par.contents);

        for(var j = 0; j < par.words.length; j++){
            alert(par.words[j].contents);
            }
    }

You can think of the ID DOM as a flow chart. You can access the application and its options the documents. the active document. All pages from a document and all text frames on a page. or all words in a line from a paragraph that is part of a story. This chart shows just a part of the interconnection.