On Wed, Mar 10, 2021, at 17:25, Gregory Pittman wrote:
> On 3/10/21 5:22 PM, Matt Miller wrote:
> > I want to use the API to replace the text of a frame with new text, but I
> > can't empty the text out of the frame without reverting many of the frame's
> > attributes. The main attribute that's causing problems at this point is
> > the font size. For example:
> >
> > dummy = newDocument((5, 3), (0, 0, 0, 0), PORTRAIT, 1, UNIT_INCHES, PAGE_1,
> > 0, 1)
> >
> > frame_1 = createText (1, 1, 1, 1)
> >
> > setFontSize (24, frame_1)
> >
> >
> >
> > deleteText (frame_1)
> >
> >
> >
> > After executing the first three lines of code above and then loading (or
> > typing) text into the frame all looks fine. In particular, the text is 24
> > point. Also, I see from the "Text Properties" window that the font size
> > shows as "24 pt." However, after executing the "deleteText (frame_1)" call
> > above I see from the "Text Properties" window that the font size shows as
> > "12 pt," which is the default point size I have set for text frames in the
> > "Document Setup" window. Also, entering text into the frame confirms that
> > it's now 12 pt. (As an aside, it seems that "getFontSize()" always returns
> > "12.0" regardless of the frame's actual font size.)
> >
> > deleteText() is reverting other properties, too, like Paragraph Style and
> > Character Style.
> >
> > As a workaround it seems I can first append my new text to the end of the
> > frame, and then select and delete the original text, which is only a few
> > extra steps, but I didn't want to adopt that as a standard without checking
> > first.
> >
>
> Hi Matt,
>
> What's happening, I think, is that when you delete the text, the frame
> reverts to its default font size setting.
Right. When I use deleteText() I see now that every property that can be set
in the "Text Properties" window reverts to what it was when I initially created
the frame.
> I don't see why you want to
> do that. In a script, you should be adding/replacing text, then setting
> the font size.
Okay. I had been thinking that once I set some of the frame's text properties
then those properties would stay that way until I changed them, even if I
replaced all the text. I can work around this.
> Greg
>
>
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