Re: Outcome is incorrect of grouped "group boxes"
Re: Outcome is incorrect of grouped "group boxes"
- Subject: Re: Outcome is incorrect of grouped "group boxes"
- From: Jan Bultereys <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:35:33 +0100
- Thread-topic: Outcome is incorrect of grouped "group boxes"
Hi hans, thanks very much for your input, but the example I have attached
gives me 2 different outcomes... Left gives me 3 picture boxes, right gives
me 1 picture box, which doesn't make sense...
Let me know what you think
jan
> From: Hans Haesler <email@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:13:49 +0100
> To: <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Outcome is incorrect of grouped "group boxes"
>
> On Thu, 28 Dec 2006, Jan Bultereys wrote:
>
>> Hi, I have a syntax problem with "grouped" boxes.
>> When elements are grouped in 1 time in quark the outcome
>> of this script is OK, but when the group exist of 2 or
>> 3 groups the outcome is zero.
>
> Jan,
>
> this snippet addresses group 1 of the main group:
> ---
> tell document 1 of application "QuarkXPress 6.52"
> tell group box 1
> tell group box 1
> count of picture boxes
> end tell
> end tell
> end tell
> ---
>
> When you've got a selection, but you don't know if
> it contains any groups then this should work:
> ---
> set nPicBox to 0
> tell document 1 of application "QuarkXPress 6.52"
> tell selection
> tell every group box
> set nPicBox to count of picture boxes
> end tell
> end tell
> if nPicBox is 0 then
> set nPicBox to count (every picture box whose selected is true)
> end if
> end tell
> nPicBox
> ---
>
> Regards,
> Hans
>
>
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