Re: GeometricBounds expression

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From: Shane_Stanley
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:05

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If you have to do a lot of them, you can kludge things by using a dialog.
For example, using AppleScript, if you want a string for 3.75 picas:

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
    set theDialog to make dialog
    tell theDialog
        tell (make dialog column)
            set theBox to make measurement editbox with properties {edit
units:picas, edit contents:"3.75"}
            set x to edit contents of theBox
        end tell
    end tell
    destroy theDialog
    return x
end tell

So if you needed a lot, you could make a dummy dialog -- you never have to
show it -- and just set and get the relevant properties of a single
measurement editbox.

-- 
Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>

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