index2text (app.activeDocument);
//delete_index (app.activeDocument);
function index2text (doc)
{
var tops = doc.indexes[0].allTopics;
for (var i = 0; i < tops.length; i++)
for (var j = tops[i].pageReferences.length-1; j > -1; j--)
{
var ip = tops[i].pageReferences[j].sourceText;
var p_ref = topic_path (tops[i], tops[i].name);
side_note (ip, p_ref)
}
}
// create topic string. Subtopics are separated by '#'
function topic_path (top, str)
{
if (top.parent.constructor.name == 'Index')
return str;
else
return topic_path (top.parent, top.parent.name + '#' + str)
}
function delete_index (doc)
{
// delete page references and topics
doc.indexes[0].topics.everyItem().pageReferences.everyItem().remove();
doc.indexes[0].topics.everyItem().remove();
}
function side_note (ins_point, s)
{
var sidebar = ins_point.textFrames.add ();
sidebar.geometricBounds = [0,0,10,70];
sidebar.appliedObjectStyle = app.activeDocument.objectStyles.item ('sidebar');
sidebar.contents = s;
sidebar.fit (FitOptions.frameToContent);
}