Re: What use is an object's ID?

Article View: adobe.scripting.indesign

Article #19822

Back to adobe.scripting.indesign Previous Next

#19822

From: Shane Stanley
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 21:05

14 lines
1196 bytes

in article 1de6a0d6.-1@WebX.la2eafNXanI, Mike Mepham wrote:

> What is an object's ID actually?

It's a unique ID.

> Does it have a practical use, say, in comparing?

I'm not sure what you mean, but it definitely has practical uses. Object
references to page items are based on IDs, which is why they are so robust
compared with those in Brand X.

-- 
Shane Stanley,  sstanley@myriad-com.com.au

Technical Details

Message-ID: <B9FCFE30.43F5B%sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>

Path:

arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-06!sn-xit-08!supernews.com!feedme.news.mediaways.net!eusc.inter.net!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!WebX

References: <1de6a0d6.-1@WebX.la2eafNXanI>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: f939a,69b6010c913419c7
X-Google-Attributes: gidf939a,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-16 13:18:01 PST
From: Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-06!sn-xit-08!supernews.com!feedme.news.mediaways.net!eusc.inter.net!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!WebX
Newsgroups: adobe.scripting.indesign
Subject: Re: What use is an object's ID?
Message-ID: <B9FCFE30.43F5B%sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 13:05:04 -0800
References: <1de6a0d6.-1@WebX.la2eafNXanI>
Lines: 17
User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.0.6
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Reply to Parent Message