Re: checking type of pageItem

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From: pd
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:59

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On Apr 2, 12:19 pm, stefan...@adobeforums.com wrote:
> Hello, is there any way to check in JavaScript what is the type of some PageItem. For example I have a Rectangle, and when I try to do it that way it return useless information:
>
> alert(app.activeDocument.pageItems.item(0).constructor.name);
>
> The result is "PageItem" :/
>
> In VBScript it is very easy, I can use TypeName() function, but i need this script working on MacOS.
>
> Can anyone help me????
> Thanks in advance

For InDesign CS4, I think the preferred way is:

var type = myPageItem.reflect.name;

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