Re: Re script
Re: Re script
- Subject: Re: Re script
- From: Stan Cleveland <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 17:47:47 -0700
- Thread-topic: Re script
On 5/3/06 6:26 PM, email@hidden wrote:
> I am new to this and am currently writing a script, I have done what I want
> but have one element that I cant seem to work out.
>
> It is a variable element ie it is not the same element/rectangle on every
> page, but the coordinates and also the style is the same ie the rectangle
> has a fill of white and has fixed coordinates of -1 & -.75
I'm doing a bit of reading between the lines, but it would seem you're
working with InDesign (you refer to a "rectangle") and have an element that
repeats on every page of your document. Your problem has to do with the
negative coordinates of the rectangle--I know because I've had the same
problem.
Whenever a rectangle, or other page item, falls entirely outside the page
boundary, it is no longer an element of the page. If any part of an item
touches the page it is a page element, but those that are positioned
completely on the pasteboard are spread elements. For example, below are
attempts to get coordinates of a rectangle that lies off the page.
tell application "InDesign CS"
tell page 1 of document 1
geometric bounds of rectangle 1
end tell
end tell
--> Can't get geometric bounds of rectangle 1 of page 1 of document 1
tell application "InDesign CS"
tell spread 1 of document 1
geometric bounds of rectangle 1
end tell
end tell
--> {-0.75, -0.5, -0.25, 1.0}
Addressing spread elements is easy with single pages. All coordinates,
negative and positive, are relative to the page coordinates. However, when
using facing pages, the "ruler origin" property plays a major role. To keep
your sanity, set it to "spread origin" (rather than "page origin") with the
following command.
set ruler origin of view preferences of document 1 to spread origin
Then all coordinates are relative to the left-hand page and the coordinate
of the far right edge of the right-hand page is twice the page width (17
inches, if the page width is 8.5 inches).
I hope my guesses about your situation are correct. If not, then maybe this
information will help others who are scripting InDesign.
Stan Cleveland
Color Technology Inc.
Portland, Oregon
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