Reference to object by ID (Applescript)

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4 total messages Started by Peter_Bossens Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:32

#181

Author: Peter_Bossens
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:32

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Applescript - InDesign CS2
I would like to check some attributes of an object within a document from which I know the ID.
How can I reference to this object using applescript?

Suppose the ID is "3102", I would expect someting like:

set myObject to item id 3102
if name of fill color of myObject is .... then ...
or:
select myObject ....

...but this does not work! Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Peter

Re: Reference to object by ID (Applescript)

Author: Dirk_Becker
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:10

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The class of objects addressed by ID is not checked - probably a minor bug. Most of these IDs (except XML elements) are unique across the classes. You can take advantage of that by using any class. The resulting object will have the correct class anyway.

I would prefer to suggest you use some generic base class instead, but "Object" does not work.



 
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS4"
 
   tell active document
 
      get id of page 1
 
      -- 190
 
      get class of character style id 190
 
      -- page
 
      get side of page id 190
 
      -- right hand
 
      get side of character style id 190 
      -- right hand
 
   end tell
 
end tell
 




Dirk

Re: Reference to object by ID (Applescript)

Author: Olav_Kvern
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:17

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Hi Peter,

In addition to what Dirk said (thanks, Dirk!), I'd point out that "item" does not refer to anything in your example. Something like this, on the other hand, should work (provided that the object being addressed through the "tell" block contains page items):



set myObject to page item id 3102

Thanks,

Ole

Re: Reference to object by ID (Applescript)

#128

Author: Peter_Bossens
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:15

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Olav, Dirk, thanks a lot, it works!
In my tests, I used "item id" instead of "page item id".
From the answer of Dirk, I learned how to get the side of the page, also something I was searching for!

Peter

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