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On 14/2/09 10:23 AM, "Vinny Mannello" <member@adobeforums.com> wrote:

> I was wondering if someone could post an applescript snippet for a way to
> produce a line that was dashed (4pt dash 4pt gap) and was 30% black.
> 
The best place to start is to make such a line manually, then get its
properties and work backwards. This will do what you want, although you'll
probably want to set other properties at the same time:

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS4" tell document 1 make graphic line at
end with properties {geometric bounds:{0, 0, 0, 10}, stroke type:"Dashed",
stroke dash and gap:{4.0, 4.0}, stroke tint:30.0} end tell end tell


> Also if anyone knows of a source that has the default properties for the
> graphic elements in indesign
> 
The properties are defined in the relevant object styles; graphic lines get
the properties set in the object style marked with the Graphics Frame icon.

> (basically a better indesign scripting dictionary then adobes)
> 
If you a want a better view of the object model, get Script Debugger and use
its Explorer feature <http://www.latenightsw.com/>. I wouldn't dream of
scripting without it.


-- 
Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>
AppleScript Pro Florida, April 2009 <http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>