Re: Need to script tracking in multiple Quark files-correction
Re: Need to script tracking in multiple Quark files-correction
- Subject: Re: Need to script tracking in multiple Quark files-correction
- From: "Ethan Rips" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:43:40 -0400
- Priority: normal
On 10/23/03 12:34 PM, Arthur Knapp <email@hidden> wrote:
[SNIP LowercaseFilenamesInFolder script]
Arthur<
Thank you very much for the script. As soon as I get Quark working properly
(more below about this), I'll try it out.
And on 10/23/03 12:34 PM, Bill Metzinger <email@hidden> wrote (in
re yet another failure of a script example to communicate with Quark):
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Bummer. Unfortunately I don't have the same setup as you. I have
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Quark's 4,5,and 6 on an OSX box. All of my suggestions work. I have
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another box here with 9.2.2 and QX 4.11.
As noted in my earlier private e-mail, I've got a partitioned hard drive
with OS X 10.2.8 on one side & OS 9.2.2 on the other. I've got Quark 6
(currently disabled, since the reinstalls, due to Quark's fanatical
security) on the OS X side & Quark 5 (apparently nonfunctional) on the OS
9.2.2 side.
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The QX 4.1.1 won't return the properties of story 1 as is. It does
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return properties of the text box. That line was just a reference to
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your question how to I get and set properties. It's not needed by your
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script so take it out.
I only put it in to see what (if anything) I'd get back. As you know, the
answer was the usual error message.
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You say it won't return track as a number, real, or an integer. So what
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is it? What does this return:
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tell application "QuarkXPress"
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activate
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tell text box 1 of page 1 of document 1
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set x to track of story 1
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return x
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end tell
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end tell
Same error (-1700).
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Also watch your tell's and of's. If they are one "layer" off Quark
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complains. If you tell a story and ask for the track of story you will
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get an error.
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These are quivalent:
[SNIP]
Yes, I did nested & unnested tells, all to no avail. I'm familiar with
Quark's object model<it's the app's unusual taciturnity that's got me
stumped.
I've come to the conclusion that I need to reinstall Quark 5. If that
doesn't work, given the fact that I'd previously had to reinstall OS X
(combined update) & had not reinstalled OS 9.2.2 at the same time, I may
have to reinstall the latter as well <groan>.
Thank you both very much for your help.
Ethan
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