[scribus] Python scripter - scribus.setFont() and scribus.setTextAlignment() ? -- Solution

[Gregory Pittman]

I somehow lost this email from my client, but here it is copied from the
Archives:
*************************
I am trying to run the following (very simple) script:

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import sys
try:
   import scribus

except ImportError:
   print "This script only works from within Scribus"
   sys.exit(1)

n = scribus.selectionCount()

for count in range(0,n):
    textbox = scribus.getSelectedObject(count)
    scribus.messageBox('Error:', textbox);
    scribus.setFont('Arial Regular', textbox)
    scribus.setTextAlignment(scribus.ALIGN_CENTERED, textbox)
    scribus.setTextColor("White", textbox)
    scribus.setFillColor("Red", textbox)


However it fails after one iteration. The error message is:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 8, in <module>
  File "/home/.../SetTableHeading.py", line 17, in <module>
    scribus.setFont('Arial Regular', textbox)
NoValidObjectError: Cannot use empty string for object name when there is
no selection

If I remove the function calls scribus.setFont() and
scribus.setTextAlignment(), the script runs fine, but I dont know why...

I am running Scribus 1.4.3 and python 2.7.6 under Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS.

I am not able to find any solution to this - any suggestions?

regards,
Anders

*****************************

I'm not quite sure why this doesn't work, but I am able to accomplish
what you're looking for (I think) with a modified syntax. Basically,
instead of relying on the count of the selection, I create a list of
frame names, then feed that list into your text manipulations...

*************
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import sys
try:
   import scribus

except ImportError:
   print "This script only works from within Scribus"
   sys.exit(1)

n = scribus.selectionCount()
boxes = []

for x in range(n):
  frame = scribus.getSelectedObject(x)
  boxes.append(frame)

for textbox in boxes:
    scribus.messageBox('Error:', textbox);
    scribus.setFont('Arial Regular', textbox)
    scribus.setTextAlignment(scribus.ALIGN_CENTERED, textbox)
    scribus.setTextColor("White", textbox)
    scribus.setFillColor("Red", textbox)

*************

Greg