Re: Method to convert "6p36" to 1.5?

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From: Ana Greenspan
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 00:09

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I need to do this in VB.

Basically I have text boxes allowing the user to enter measurements in the formats allowed by InDesign, I then need to take those measurement strings and in my script, convert them to Double so I can do calculation.

I am doing it in kind of cheesy way by creating a dummy TextFrame, set its GeometricBounds to those measurement string and read them back in nice decimal form. When finish, delete the TextFrame. Serve the purpose but I thought there minght be a more "orthodox" way to doing this?

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