Re: FMPro to Quark script box bounds problem
Re: FMPro to Quark script box bounds problem
- Subject: Re: FMPro to Quark script box bounds problem
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:18:33 +1000
On 15/7/02 10:54 PM +1000, Jeremy Sellors, email@hidden, wrote:
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I have a script that moves classified ad records form FMP into a Quark
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document. The script is a bit of a klunker because it uses anchored text
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boxes, (white text in a black box) that have to be cut and paste into
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the text flow. However it does work in OS 9.2.2 and we use it every week.
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Now I am tying to move the script to OS 10.1.5 and classic OS 9.2.2
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using Quark 5.0.1.
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At the part of the script that increases the size of the anchored text
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boxes that have text overflow, the "get bounds of text box as list"
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returns "+data FXVM00000000;, +data FXHM00000000;, +data FXVM000E6666;,
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+data FXHM00900000;" instead of the usual measurements list.
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I need to add .126\" to the hight of the boxes with text overflow.
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Is there a scripting addition that I am missing that would make these
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measurements appear normal?
I haven't used any version after 4.11, but in 4.11 under OS X you have to
use explicit coercions using QXP's coerce command. So you'd have to do
something like:
set x to bounds of text box 1
set x to coerce x to list
set theTop to coerce item 1 of x to real
...
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Shane Stanley, email@hidden
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