Add headless story splitter

Scripts/Frame_Splits_Story_UI.jsx

@@ -13,23 +13,17 @@ Splits the selected Story to separate Text Frames, while maintaining their conte
 // Adjusted by Bruno Herfst to suit needs
 // 1. Return to selected frame page
 // Don't have time for this now but it would be good if there was an option for style based splitting.
-// Will proberbly have to write from scratch to avoid the App.c
 
 #target indesign;
 
 var myScriptVer = "3.0";
 
 function mySplitAll() {
- for(i = 0; i < myStoryFramesCount; i++){
-  myTextFrames[i].duplicate();
+ for(var i = 0; i < myStoryFramesCount; i++){
+ myTextFrames[i].duplicate();
  }
- for(i = 0; i < myStoryFramesCount; i++){
- if(app.version.split(".")[0] >= 5){
- myTextFrames[i].remove();
- }
- else{
- myTextFrames[0].remove();
- }
+ for(var i = 0; i < myStoryFramesCount; i++){
+ myTextFrames[i].remove();
  }
 }
 

Scripts/Story_Splitter.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+
+Story_Splitter.jsx
+
+Headless story splitter based on StorySplitter by FourAces
+
+With selection: Splits all stories found in selection
+Without selection: Splits all stories in active document
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+StorySplitter
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+An InDesign CS/CS2/CS3 JavaScript by FourAces
+© The Final Touch 2006
+Version 3.0
+
+Splits the selected Story to separate Text Frames, while maintaining their contents.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+*/
+
+#target indesign;
+
+function mySplitAll( tFrames ) {
+ var len = tFrames.length;
+ alert(len);
+ if (len === 1) return;
+ for(var i = 0; i < len; i++){
+ tFrames[i].duplicate();
+ };
+ for(var i = 0; i < len; i++){
+ tFrames[i].remove();
+ };
+};
+
+function splitStories( storyArr ) {
+ for(var i = 0; i < storyArr.length; i++) {
+ var myStory = storyArr[i];
+ if(app.version.split(".")[0] >= 5){
+ var tFrames = myStory.textContainers;
+ } else {
+ var tFrames = myStory.textFrames;
+ };
+ mySplitAll( tFrames );
+ };
+};
+
+function notInArray(needle, array) {
+ for(var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+ if(array[i] === needle) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ }
+ return true;
+};
+
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if(app.documents.length != 0){
+ var mySelection = app.activeDocument.selection;
+ var selected_stories = [];
+ if( mySelection.length === 0){
+ // Do all stories
+ for(var i = 0; i < app.activeDocument.stories.length; i++){
+ selected_stories.push(app.activeDocument.stories.item(i));
+ };
+ } else {
+ // Do stories in selection
+ for(var i = 0; i < mySelection.length; i++){
+ switch(mySelection[i].constructor.name){
+ //we can add insertion points paragraphs too just look them up
+ case "TextFrame":
+ case "Paragraph":
+ case "Text":
+ case "Line":
+ case "Word":
+ case "Character":
+ case "TextColumn":
+ case "TextStyleRange":
+ var myStory = mySelection[i].parentStory;
+ if(notInArray(myStory, selected_stories)){
+ selected_stories.push(myStory);
+ };
+ break;
+ default:
+ break;
+ };
+ };
+ };
+ splitStories(selected_stories);
+ alert("Done");
+} else {
+ alert("No Active Document Found.\nPlease open an InDesign document and select a Story to split.");
+} // EOF