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Re: Box Overflows in Xpress 4.11
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Re: Box Overflows in Xpress 4.11


  • Subject: Re: Box Overflows in Xpress 4.11
  • From: David Glass <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 07:56:18 -0800

On 11/5/02 7:06, "Steve Thompson" <email@hidden> wrote:

> tell application "QuarkXPress 4.11"
> tell document 1
> set m to object reference of every text box
> set obrefs to {}
> repeat with j in m
> if (box overflows of j) then set end of obrefs to item i of m
> end repeat
> end tell
>
> end tell
>
> Sets m to {generic box 2 of spread 1 of document "ORD001504", generic box 4
> of spread 1 of document "ORD001504", generic box 5 of spread 1 of document
> "ORD001504"}
>
> And then fails on the first pass at "box overflows" with the error 'Can't
> make some data into the expected type.'
>
> Can someone tell me what I'm missing?
>

I have experienced trouble when playing with overflows (and other text
formatting) if the box I'm trying to manipulate is not visible in the
document window.

Are all of your boxes showing in the window?

--
David Glass
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