// IndexSonderzeichenUmwandlung.js 
// DESCRIPTION: Ersetzt im Index die Buchstaben aus der Liste oldChars durch die Buchstaben newChars. 
// 
var oldChars = ["Î", "È", "…", "Ë", "å"]; 
var newChars = ["ë", "é", "É", "è", "Œ"]; 
var myIndex = app.activeDocument.indexes.item(0);  
var myTopics = myIndex.topics; 
 
do{ 
	var myChanges=0; 
	for (theTopicNr=0; theTopicNr<myTopics.length;theTopicNr++){ 
		mySubTopics=myTopics[theTopicNr].subtopics; 
		for (theCharNr=0; theCharNr<oldChars.length; theCharNr++){ 
			for (theSubTopicNr=0; theSubTopicNr<mySubTopics.length; theSubTopicNr++){ 
				mySubTopics[theSubTopicNr].name=changeChars(mySubTopics[theSubTopicNr].name, oldChars[theCharNr], newChars[theCharNr]); 
			} 
		} 
	} 
alert(myChanges+ " changes done"); 
} while (myChanges != 0); 
 
function changeChars(oneWord,oneOldChar,oneNewChar){ 
	var myTemp1=oneWord.split(oneOldChar); 
	var myTemp2=myTemp1.join(oneNewChar); 
	if (myTemp2 != oneWord){ 
		myChanges++; 
	} 
	return myTemp2; 
} 

// IndexSonderzeichenUmwandlung_2.js  
// DESCRIPTION: Ersetzt im Index die Buchstaben aus der Liste oldChars durch die Buchstaben newChars.  
//  
var oldChars = ["Ä", "Ö", "Ü", "ä", "ö", "ü"];  
var newChars = ["Ae", "Oe", "Ue", "ae", "oe", "ue"]; 
var myIndex = app.activeDocument.indexes.item(0);   
var myTopics = myIndex.topics;  
  
do{  
	var myChanges=0;  
	for (theTopicNr=0; theTopicNr<myTopics.length;theTopicNr++){  
		mySubTopics=myTopics[theTopicNr].topics;  
		for (theCharNr=0; theCharNr<oldChars.length; theCharNr++){  
			myTopics[theTopicNr].name=changeChars(myTopics[theTopicNr].name, oldChars[theCharNr], newChars[theCharNr]); 
			for (theSubTopicNr=0; theSubTopicNr<mySubTopics.length; theSubTopicNr++){  
				mySubTopics[theSubTopicNr].name=changeChars(mySubTopics[theSubTopicNr].name, oldChars[theCharNr], newChars[theCharNr]);  
			}  
		}  
	}  
alert(myChanges+ " changes done");  
} while (myChanges != 0);  
  
function changeChars(oneWord,oneOldChar,oneNewChar){  
	var myTemp1=oneWord.split(oneOldChar);  
	var myTemp2=myTemp1.join(oneNewChar);  
	if (myTemp2 != oneWord){  
		myChanges++;  
	}  
	return myTemp2;  
}