[CS3, CS4 / AS, JS] How to »Label« a Single Character?

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5 total messages Started by tobias_wantzen Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:27

#1609

Author: tobias_wantzen
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:27

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Hello,

I can give objects hidden labels, so I can process them in scripts by calling them via label.
But how can I apply such a hidden label to a single character? Is there a way to do so? Or a trick?

Thanks.
Tobias

Re: [CS3, CS4 / AS, JS] How to »Label« a Single Character?

#1610

Author: Harbs
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:22

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You can't.

You can try enclosing it in xml tags though.

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Harbs
http://www.in-tools.com

Re: [CS3, CS4 / AS, JS] How to »Label« a Single Character?

#1624

Author: tobias_wantzen
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:45

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Hm. Harb�s answer is very absolute. So nobody found a good trick?

Yes, I could use XML, but when I do have XML content, it gets a bit nasty.

Thanks
Tobias

Re: [CS3, CS4 / AS, JS] How to »Label« a Single Character?

#1629

Author: Dave_Saunders
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:42

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It all depends when those other scripts are going to run. If you know that there is no possibility of editing of the text having occurred between the marking and the running, then it is easy enough to record the character's relevant information.

But if editing might have occurred, then you are left with doing some kind of sneaky thing. If all the text is black, make a black_copy and change the fill color to that. Or set the gap color of the stroke to it or somesuch.

Dave

Re: [CS3, CS4 / AS, JS] How to »Label« a Single Character?

#1630

Author: Dirk.Becker
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:23

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Conditional text has the benefit you could attach multiple conditions, but that is CS4 only.

Dirk

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