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Something like this should do the trick...

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3" 
	tell active document 
		--Standardize your coords 
		set zero point to {"0p", "0p"} 
		set horizontal measurement units of view preferences to picas 
		set vertical measurement units of view preferences to picas 
		set ruler origin of view preferences to page origin



		--Define Doc & Box height/width 
		set thisDocHeight to page height of document preferences 
		set thisDocWidth to page width of document preferences 
		set boxHeight to 3 --pi 
		set boxWidth to 12 --pi

		--Position in bottom right corner 
		--  using top,left,bottom,right coord system 
		set boxBounds to {thisDocHeight - boxHeight, thisDocWidth - boxWidth, thisDocHeight, thisDocWidth} 

		--Place the boxes 
		tell every page 
			set myTextBox to make new text frame with properties {geometric bounds:boxBounds} 
		end tell 
	end tell 
end tell

On 28/1/09 7:57 AM, "Kermy" <member@adobeforums.com> wrote:

> How can create my box, so that it is aligned to the bottom left of the page?

You set it's geometric bounds property accordingly. Perhaps if you posted
the code you have already, we could help.

-- 
Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>
AppleScript Pro Florida, April 2009 <http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>

Well crap, somehow today my code is all screwed up. I guess I saved it in the wrong format and it changed(?). I have all of these funky brackets in my code now. Here's my screwed up code:

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3"

	set myDocument to make document
	tell �class vwpp� of myDocument
		set �class hunt� to �class zpoi�
		set �class vunt� to �class zpoi�

		set �class RCtp� to �constant MRcdRCPo�
	end tell
	set myPage to �class page� 1 of myDocument
	set myString to "TEST" & return

	tell myPage
		set myTextFrame to make �class txtf� with properties {�class gbnd�:{0, 0, 15.738, 144}, contents:" " & myString}
		tell myTextFrame
			tell paragraph 1
				set font to "Georgia"
				set �class ptfs� to "Regular"
				set size to 5
				set �class szld� to 5
				set �class paln� to �constant Baltleft�

			end tell
		end tell

		tell �class strp� of myTextFrame
		end tell
	end tell
end tell

How should I be saving this? -

Eric - That worked out swell. How can I get the font formatted, i.e. Arial, 4pt, Rt justified?
My Code:
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3"
	set myDocument to active document
	set MyDocName to (name of document 1) as string
	tell active document
		--Standardize your coords
		set zero point to {"0p", "0p"}
		set horizontal measurement units of view preferences to points
		set vertical measurement units of view preferences to points
		set ruler origin of view preferences to page origin





		--Define Doc & Box height/width
		set thisDocHeight to page height of document preferences
		set thisDocWidth to page width of document preferences
		set boxHeight to 9
		set boxWidth to 72





		--Position in bottom right corner
		-- using top,left,bottom,right coord system
		set boxBounds to {thisDocHeight - boxHeight, 0, thisDocHeight, boxWidth}

		--Place the boxes
		tell every page



			set myTextBox to make new text frame with properties {geometric bounds:boxBounds, contents:MyDocName}



		end tell
	end tell
	end tell

On 29/1/09 2:12 AM, "Kermy" <member@adobeforums.com> wrote:

> How should I be saving this?

If you want to run it from InDesign's panel, save it as a Compiled Script
(Data Fork). If you want to make it a standalone app, save it as either kind
of application.

-- 
Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>
AppleScript Pro Florida, April 2009 <http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>

Shane wrote: "If you want to run it from InDesign's panel, save it as a Compiled Script (Data Fork). If you want to make it a standalone app, save it as either kind of application."

If you're running from the Scripts panel, I'm not aware of any advantage to saving as a compiled script over saving as a text file. What am I missing?

Thanks,

Ole

Add a label so you can change them all afterwards. Better yet, create a text style and then just set them to that. Something like this:

 
tell every page

	set myTextBox to make new text frame with properties {geometric bounds:boxBounds, label:"myTextBox", contents:MyDocName} 
end tell 
set applied font of parent story of every text frame whose label = "slug" to font ("Monaco" & tab & "Regular") as string 
set point size of parent story of every text frame whose label = "slug" to "8pt"

On 29/1/09 10:50 AM, "Olav Kvern" <member@adobeforums.com> wrote:

> If you're running from the Scripts panel, I'm not aware of any advantage to
> saving as a compiled script over saving as a text file. What am I missing?

Speed. If you save as text, the file has to be converted to AppleScript
tokens before it's run. How much time this takes can vary from next to
nothing to quite dramatic -- for example, if your script also addresses
another app, it means loading another dictionary.

You also lose the ability to use persistent properties, you're more
susceptible to problems with terminology changes, and in some cases you risk
problems with different text encodings. You also avoid some potential
problems when moving between versions. Against that, I see few cons.

The fact that you *can* run text files is a good thing, and in some cases
useful. But as a default, IMO, it doesn't make sense.

-- 
Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>
AppleScript Pro Florida, April 2009 <http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>

Hi Shane,

I guess I've just been burned too often by compiled scripts. My scripts often need to reside on non-Mac OS systems, and I've just had too many compiled files get corrupted as they go back and forth.

re: Speed

Certainly I'd expect it to be slower, but I haven't noticed much of a speed difference with scripts that *don't* call other applications.

Thanks,

Ole

On 30/1/09 9:39 AM, "Olav Kvern" <member@adobeforums.com> wrote:

> I guess I've just been burned too often by compiled scripts. My scripts often
> need to reside on non-Mac OS systems, and I've just had too many compiled
> files get corrupted as they go back and forth.

That was certainly a problem with the old resource-fork format, but now that
everything is saved in the one fork (unless you want a bundle), there's much
less risk. And if you use Script Debugger, it adds in a copy of the source
text anyway, so it can be recovered that way.

The other thing worth mentioning is that InDesign supports script bundles
(.scptd). These are very useful for things like attachment scripts, because
they give you a simple way to package (and find) external scripts called by
do script.

-- 
Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>
AppleScript Pro Florida, April 2009 <http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>

On 31/1/09 3:57 AM, "Kermy" <member@adobeforums.com> wrote:

> I'm also thinking on making a version where I can drop multiple indd files
> on it from the Finder. What's the best format for that - Application (.app)?

Yes, that has to be an app. There are two kinds -- bundle apps are Cocoa
native apps, and have some other advantages.

> What/where is Script Debugger?

It's a third-party script editor. You can download a copy from
<www.latenightsw.com/> for evaluation. I recommend it highly.


-- 
Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>
AppleScript Pro Florida, April 2009 <http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>