I want to mark each CharacterStyle in the document by placing an achored text frame above each text/word. I am quite new to scripting in indesign, so any help is much appreciated.
Here is the expected output:
I found a solution to this, and for those who might encounter the same problem as me here is my code :
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeFootnotes = false;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeHiddenLayers = false;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedLayersForFind = false;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedStoriesForFind = false;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = false;
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = style;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = ".+";
var found_item = doc.findGrep();
var res_count = found_item.length;
if(res_count > 0){
var found_text = found_item[0].paragraphs.firstItem();
var insertion_character = (found_text.characters.lastItem().index);
var check_insertion_character = insertion_character + 1;
var alt_insertion_character = (found_text.characters.firstItem().index);
var the_story = found_text.parentStory;
try{
app.selection = the_story.insertionPoints[check_insertion_character];
app.selection = the_story.insertionPoints[alt_insertion_character];
}catch(err){
alert(err);
}
var the_anchored_frame = app.selection[0].textFrames.add({geometricBounds:["0","0",1,10],anchoredObjectSettings:{anchoredPosition: AnchorPosition.ABOVE_LINE, horizontalReferencePoint: AnchoredRelativeTo.ANCHOR_LOCATION, verticalReferencePoint: VerticallyRelativeTo.TOP_OF_LEADING}});
the_anchored_frame.contents = style;
// the_anchored_frame.appliedObjectStyle = real_anchor_style;
}
Cheers