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[VB] Placing Multiple Images into set templates

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From: Brian Boyce
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 20:32
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I'm trying to create a script that will place a certain number of pictures into a pre-made template with frames already labeled.

The amount of pictures is a user-input variable, and I can't quite figure out how to call that variable as the file name and as the label name. Here's my script so far :

Dim InD
Set InD = CreateObject("InDesign.Application.2.0")

If InD.Documents.Count <> 0 Then

Set InDWindow = InD.ActiveWindow
Set InDSpread = InDWindow.ActiveSpread
Set InDDocument = InD.ActiveDocument
Set InDPage = InDDocument.Pages.Item(1)

InD.ActiveDocument.ViewPreferences.HorzMeasurementUnits = idMSInches
InD.ActiveDocument.ViewPreferences.VertMeasurementUnits = idMSInches

InDMarginL = InDPage.MarginPreferences.MarginLeft
InDMarginT = InDPage.MarginPreferences.MarginTop
InDMarginR = InDDocument.DocumentPreferences.PageWidth - InDPage.MarginPreferences.MarginRight
InDMarginB = InDDocument.DocumentPreferences.PageHeight - InDPage.MarginPreferences.MarginTop
InDWidth = InDDocument.DocumentPreferences.PageWidth
InDHeight = InDDocument.DocumentPreferences.PageHeight

InDImageNumber = InputBox("How many images do you want placed into the composite?", "Composite Image Count", "15")

'	For InDCounter = 1 To InDDocument.AllPageItems.Count
'	Set InDPageItem = InDDocument.AllPageItems.Item(InDCounter)

'InDFilePattern = "img.tif"
'InDPath = "Q:\PROJECTS\script test\"

'For InDPlaceImage = 1 To InDImageNumber step 1
'InDPlaceFile = InDPlaceImage & InDFilePattern

For InDCounter = 1 To InDDocument.AllPageItems.Count
Set InDPageItem = InDDocument.AllPageItems.Item(InDCounter)

If InDPageItem.Label = "img" & cstr(InDCounter) Then
'If InDPageItem.Label = "img1" Then

InDPageItem.Place("Q:\PROJECTS\script test\1img.tif")
InDPageItem.Fit(idCenterContent)

End If

'Next 'InDCounter Pass
Next 'InDPlaceImage Pass

'	End of Script
Else
     MsgBox "Please open a document and try again."
End If

thanks for your help!

Brian
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