Story Has Notes

/*

Determine if there are notes in a story.

*/

//

#target incopy

var aStory = app.documents[0].stories[0] ;

if ( storyNotesExists ( aStory ) )

alert ('that story has notes' ) ;

//

function storyNotesExists ( storyRef ) {

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//-- S T O R Y N O T E S E X I S T S

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//-- Generic: Yes for Adobe InDesign or Adobe InCopy CS2, CS3, CS4

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//-- Purpose: To return true or false after determining if notes exist

//-- within the passed story.

//-- This is useful if you are cleaning up stories and placing

//-- undesirable text within a note. If is extremely safe to assume

//-- that any story with notes has already been edited and/or cleaned.

//----------------------------------------------------------------------

//-- Arguments: 1

//-- storyRef: A reference to a story in Adobe InDesign or Adobe InCopy

//-- this might be in the form of many things including:

//-- app.documents[0].stories[0]

//-- app.selectionp[0].parentStory

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//-- Calls: Nothing

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//-- Returns: True or false.

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//-- Written by: Jon S. Winters on 2009.06.20

//-- Edited: 2009.06.23

//-- eps@electronicpublishingsupport.com

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try {

//-- See if passed story reference has a notes collection with more

//-- zero items. If so, return true. If not, return false.

return ( storyRef.notes.length > 0 ) ;

}

catch (err) {

//-- If anything caused an error, return false. This protects us when

//-- the function was called with something other than a story.

return false ;

}

}

//