join-textframes.jsx

(function (thisObj) {
  main();

  function main() {
    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    var sels = doc.selection;
    var pars = [];
    var parstyles = [];
    var pg = null;
    var ftf = null;
    for (var s = 0; s < sels.length; s++) {
      if (sels[s] instanceof TextFrame) {
        if (ftf === null) {
          ftf = sels[s];
          pg = ftf.parentPage;
        }
        for (var p = 0; p < sels[s].paragraphs.length; p++) {
          pars.push(sels[s].paragraphs[p].contents);
          parstyles.push(sels[s].paragraphs[p].appliedParagraphStyle);
        }
      }
    }

    if (ftf === null) {
      return;
    }

    var newtf = pg.textFrames.add({
      geometricBounds: ftf.geometricBounds,
      contents: pars.join("\r")
    });
    newtf.fit(FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT);
    newtf.geometricBounds[3] = ftf.geometricBounds[3];

    for (var np = 0; np < newtf.paragraphs.length; np++) {
      newtf.paragraphs[np].appliedParagraphStyle = parstyles[np];
    }


    marginfitting(newtf);
  }

  function marginfitting(obj) {

    // var sel = app.activeDocument.selection;
    // if(sel.length < 1) {
    //     alert("no selection");
    //     return;
    //     }
    var page = obj.parentPage;
    var margPrefs = page.marginPreferences;
    var columns = margPrefs.columnsPositions;
    //~     alert( columns[1] + margPrefs.left  - columns[0]);
    var mwidth = columns[1] - columns[0]; //  62.333 ;
    fit_to_margins(obj, mwidth);

    function fit_to_margins(obj, newwidth) {
      // for(var i =0;i < sel.length;i++){
      var curbnds = obj.geometricBounds;

      obj.geometricBounds = [curbnds[0], curbnds[1], curbnds[2], curbnds[1] +
        newwidth
      ];
      // }

    }

  }


})(this);