RE: make a style in Quark 4
RE: make a style in Quark 4
- Subject: RE: make a style in Quark 4
- From: "Feldman, Don" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 12:00:18 -0400
- Thread-topic: make a style in Quark 4
Thanks very much,
On my computer with Quark 4.11, Applescript 2.0 and OS10.3.3, I still have problems with Quark 4. When I try using the line
make new character spec at end with properties {name:"TryChar", +class CATR;:{size:"14", font:"times"}}
I get the Applescript Error message, "Read-only property cannot be changed."
However, I have a copies of Quark 5 and Quark 6 on my computer. Either one completes the operation using the simplier form
make new character spec at end with properties {name:"TryChar", size:"14", font:"times"}
as you suggested it would, so I can then
make new style spec at end with properties {name:"TryPara", character style:character spec "TryChar"}
Don Feldman
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From: Luca BASSINI
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Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 5:51 PM
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To: Feldman, Don
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Cc: email@hidden
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Subject: Re: make a style in Quark 4
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On 15/apr/04, at 21:46, Feldman, Don wrote:
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> I'm just curious. Can you write an applescript that makes a Character
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> and Paragraph style sheet in Quark 4.11 or later? I have something
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> like the following, which doesn't work in mind.
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> tell application "QuarkXPress(tm) 4.11"
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> tell document 1
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> make new character style with properties {name:"HarveyChar",
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> size:"14", font:"times"}
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> make new paragraph style with properties {name:"HarveyPara", based
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> on:"HarveyChar"}
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> end tell
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> end tell
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Dear Don,
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it's possible to do what you'd like to do... But in your code there are
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some sintax errors ;-)
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The right code should be this:
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tell application "QuarkXPress Passport> (tm)> 4.11"
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tell document 1
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make new character spec at end with properties {name:"HarveyChar",
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size:"14", font:"times"}
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make new style spec at end with properties {name:"HarveyPara",
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character style:"HarveyChar"}
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end tell
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end tell
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When you are planning to make a new character style you have to think
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of a character spec, when you are planning to make a new paragraph
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style you have to think of a style spec...
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BTW, you have to point your attention to another thing. When you have
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to build a new character spec on QuarkXPress 4.11, applescript
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implementation doesn't work as expected... But there is - fortunately -
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a workaround: you can access to the raw event code +class CATR; for
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setting the character and text attributes of a character spec.
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So this line:
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make new character spec at end with properties {name:"HarveyChar",
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size:"14", font:"times"}
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has to be changed in this way:
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make new character spec at end with properties {name:"HarveyChar",
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+class CATR;:{size:"14", font:"times"}}
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I hope this could help ;-)
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Ciao
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Luca
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