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Article #19888Re: Creating tables on the fly, Windows InDesign
From: Olav Kvern
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:13
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:13
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GeekGod--
Something like this?
Rem Merge cells
Dim myInDesign As InDesign.Application
Set myInDesign = CreateObject("InDesign.Application.2.0")
Set myDocument = myInDesign.Documents.Add
Set myTextFrame = myDocument.Pages.Item(1).TextFrames.Add
Rem Get the page width, page height, and margins
myPageHeight = myDocument.DocumentPreferences.PageHeight
myPageWidth = myDocument.DocumentPreferences.PageWidth
myX1 = myDocument.Pages.Item(1).MarginPreferences.MarginLeft
myY1 = myDocument.Pages.Item(1).MarginPreferences.MarginTop
myY2 = myPageHeight - myDocument.Pages.Item(1).MarginPreferences.MarginBottom
myX2 = myPageWidth - myDocument.Pages.Item(1).MarginPreferences.MarginRight
Rem Size the text frame to fit the margins
myTextFrame.GeometricBounds = Array(myY1, myX1, myY2, myX2)
myTextFrame.TextContents = "1a" & vbTab & "1b" & vbTab & "1c" & vbTab & "1d" & vbCr
myTextFrame.InsertionPoints.Item(-1).TextContents = "2a" & vbTab & "2b" & vbTab & "2c" & vbTab & "2d" & vbCr
myTextFrame.InsertionPoints.Item(-1).TextContents = "3a" & vbTab & "3b" & vbTab & "3c" & vbTab & "3d" & vbCr
myTextFrame.InsertionPoints.Item(-1).TextContents = "4a"
Set myTable = myTextFrame.ParentStory.Tables.Add
Set myRow = myTable.Rows.Item(myTable.Rows.Count)
myRow.Merge
Thanks,
Ole
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