Changing the table properties in a FrameMaker document

The following script changes the left indentation of all the tables in a FrameMaker body page by 1 inch. It also changes the width of the columns to 2 inches. Open a FrameMaker document that has tables with two columns before running the script.

var doc =app.ActiveDoc 
var flow = doc.MainFlowInDoc 
var tbl = 0; 
var textItems = flow.GetText(FTI_TblAnchor) 
for (var i = 0; i < textItems.len; i += 1) 
{ 
    tbl = textItems[i].obj; 
    tbl.TblLeftIndent = (2*72 * 65536); 
    var tblColWidths = new Metrics (2 * 72 * 65536, 2 * 72 * 65536); 
    tbl.TblColWidths = tblColWidths; 
}

The script creates the document’s main flow using the MainFlowInDoc method. Use the GetText(FTI_TblAnchor) method to list all tables in the main flow. Using a for loop, for each table, use the TblLeftIndent() method to change the left indentation.

Use the TblColWidths() method to change the width of the column. This method accepts the argument in a metric form. So, create the arguments as a metric object using the new Metrics() method.

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