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C#/VB.net pageitem invalid cast

#8423
From: jean-boots
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:23
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Hello,I'm trying to access pageitem (C# or VB.Net) and an invalid cast exception occurs when in try to extract the firstitem of current page .

Can anybody Help me?

Thanks in advance..
-----------------------C# Code-------------------------------------------

InDesign.Application app = new InDesign.ApplicationClass();
InDesign.Document myDocument = app.ActiveDocument;

InDesign.Page currentPage = (InDesign.Page)myDocument.Pages.FirstItem();

InDesign.PageItem oPageItem= (InDesign.PageItem)currentPage.PageItems.FirstItem();

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-----------------------VB.Net Code---------------------------------------

Dim app As InDesign.Application = CreateObject("InDesign.Application.CS2")

Dim myDocument As InDesign.Document = app.ActiveDocument

Dim currentPage As InDesign.Page = myDocument.Pages.FirstItem()

Dim oPageItem As InDesign.PageItem = currentPage.PageItems.FirstItem()

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