/*
    You need a doc with text
    select only one character
    */
if (app.selection[0] instanceof Character) {
	var x = app.selection[0].horizontalOffset;
	var y = app.selection[0].baseline;
	alert(
		"Your selected character is at these coordiantes:\n" +
			"x: " +
			x +
			" y: " +
			x,
	);
} else {
	alert("Please select only one character");
}

main();

function main() {
	var pw = 200; // for easier handling
	var ph = 200; // for easier handling

	/*
		These functions build a basic setup
		this is for better reuse
		*/
	var placeholder_text = create_placeholder(); // this is the placeholder text
	var result_of_doc_setup = basic_doc_setup(pw, ph, false, placeholder_text);
	alert("This is the result of the doc setup function:" + result_of_doc_setup); // have a look at the result of the setup   function
	/*
		 separate the result of the setup function into
		 single variables. for better handling
		*/
	var doc = result_of_doc_setup[0]; // This is a doc
	var page = result_of_doc_setup[1]; // This is a page
	var tFrame = result_of_doc_setup[2]; // this is our text frame

	/*
		The next function uses the built-in search options to find a user defined word
		and returns an object that looks like this
		{ "word":"Hello World", "position":[100,200] } down and inspect the function with care
		the trick is to look for an objects

			var x = Object.horizontalOffset;
			var y = Object.baseline;

			This only works with Text not with graphic objects

		Go down and look into the function
		*/
	var result_of_search = text_find_word(doc, "ich");

	// lets have a detailed look

	// first use toSource() to get the object as string
	// split the string into an array by ","
	// joined the string with a break line
	// this is only for display
	alert(
		"This is the result of the search:\n" +
			result_of_search.toSource().split(",").join("\n"),
	);

	// these variables are for better handling
	var radius = 2.5; // this is the radius of a oval we will draw
	var origin_x = pw / 2; // this is its x loc
	var origin_y = 0; // this is the y loc

	// create a circle on top of the page
	var origin = page.ovals.add();
	origin.geometricBounds = [
		origin_y - radius,
		origin_x - radius,
		origin_y + radius,
		origin_x + radius,
	];
	origin.fillColor = doc.swatches.item(3); /* That's black on creation */

	// now loop through the results and draw a line from every words location
	// to the origin oval

	for (var i = 0; i < result_of_search.length; i++) {
		var res_x = result_of_search[i].position[0]; // this is x of the result
		var res_y = result_of_search[i].position[1]; // this is y of the result

		var gl = page.graphicLines.add();
		// set the anchors of the graphicLine

		gl.paths.item(0).pathPoints[0].anchor = [origin_x, origin_y];
		gl.paths.item(0).pathPoints[1].anchor = [res_x, res_y];
	} // end of loop
} // end of main function

/*
	This uses the find and change options to find the location of a word

	*/

function text_find_word(the_doc, word_string) {
	app.findTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; // now empty the find what field!!! that's important!!!
	app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; // empties the change to field!!! that's important!!!

	var result = new Array(); // this will be our return value

	app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = word_string; // set the find what field
	var fc_result = the_doc.findText(); // execute the search findText() returns an Array
	// alert(fc_result.length);
	// now loop thru the results
	for (var i = 0; i < fc_result.length; i++) {
		var x = fc_result[i].horizontalOffset;
		var y = fc_result[i].baseline;
		/*
			There are also these two options
			endBaseline  -  Vertical offset of the end of the text.
			endHorizontalOffset  -  Horizontal offset of the end of the text.
			*/
		// create an object and push it into the array
		result.push({ word: word_string, position: [x, y] });
	}
	// this returns an array of objects
	return result;
} // end of text_find_word function

/*
	This function creates a document with some preset values
	It also creates a text frame on page one

	**************ARGUMENTS**************
	page_width  Number
	page_height Number
	facing_pages Boolean
	text_frame_content String

	**************RETURN VALUES**************
	it returns an array of objects
	[Object Document, Object Page, Object TextFrame]

	*/

function basic_doc_setup(
	page_width,
	page_height,
	facing_pages,
	text_frame_content,
) {
	// create a doc with a size of 200 w and h
	var doc = app.documents.add({
		documentPreferences: {
			pageWidth: page_width,
			pageHeight: page_height,
			facingPages: facing_pages,
		},
	});
	/*    
		get the page
		create a text frame with a the content
		*/
	var page = doc.pages.item(0);
	var top = page.marginPreferences.top;
	var left = page.marginPreferences.left;
	var right = page.marginPreferences.right;
	var bottom = page.marginPreferences.bottom;

	// now make a text frame with the content of the argument text_frame_content
	var tf = doc.pages.item(0).textFrames.add({
		geometricBounds: [top, left, page_height - bottom, page_width - right],
		contents: text_frame_content,
	});

	return [doc, page, tf];
} // end of basic_doc_setup function

/*
	This function just returns this text
	So it has not to be in the top of the main function

	! Have a look at the unicode character
	\u00E4 for ä
	\u00df for ß

	no arguments

	returns String
	*/
function create_placeholder() {
	var the_text =
		"Ich bin Blindtext. Von Geburt an.\r" +
		"Es hat lange gedauert, bis ich begriffen habe,\r" +
		"was es bedeutet, ein blinder Text zu sein:\r" +
		"Man macht keinen Sinn. Man wirkt hier und da aus dem Zusammenhang gerissen.\r" +
		"Oft wird man gar nicht erst gelesen.\r" +
		"Aber bin ich deshalb ein schlechter Text?\r" +
		"Ich wei\u00df, dass ich nie die Chance haben werde im Stern zu erscheinen.\r" +
		"Aber bin ich darum weniger wichtig? Ich bin blind!\r" +
		"Aber ich bin gerne Text.\r" +
		"Und sollten Sie mich jetzt tats\u00E4chlich zu Ende lesen,\r" +
		"dann habe ich etwas geschafft, was den meisten 'normalen' Texten nicht gelingt.\r" +
		"Ich bin Blindtext. Von Geburt an.\r" +
		"Es hat lange gedauert, bis ich begriffen habe, was es bedeutet, ein blinder Text zu sein:\r" +
		"Man macht keinen Sinn. Man wirkt hier und da aus dem Zusammenhang gerissen.\r" +
		"Oft wird man gar nicht erst gelesen. Aber bin ich deshalb ein schlechter Text?\r" +
		"Ich wei\u00df, dass ich nie die Chance haben werde im Stern zu erscheinen.\r" +
		"Aber bin ich darum weniger wichtig? Ich bin blind!\r" +
		"Aber ich bin gerne Text.\r" +
		"Und sollten Sie mich jetzt tats\u00E4chlich zu Ende lesen, dann habe ich etwas geschafft,\r" +
		"was den meisten 'normalen' Texten nicht gelingt. Ich bin Blindtext.";

	return the_text;
} // end of placeholder text function