(AS) Direct Selection of a photo in a frame, can't find the term or command to do this, help?

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8 total messages Started by Bradford_Armstrong Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:24

#2462

Author: Bradford_Armstrong
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:24

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I have been working on a script that copies images from one frame to another. When I use the term select item 1 of page item "frame1" I am selecting the frame itself and not the image inside. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Re: (AS) Direct Selection of a photo in a frame, can't find the term or command to do this, help?

#2463

Author: Roy_McCoy
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:28

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Bradford Armstrong wrote:

> I have been working on a script that copies images from one frame to  
> another. When I use the term select item 1 of page item "frame1" I  
> am selecting the frame itself and not the image inside. Any help  
> would be greatly appreciated.

I saw "graphic 1 of item 1" in a sample script. Does that do it?


Roy McCoy
Rotterdam, NL

Re: (AS) Direct Selection of a photo in a frame, can't find the term or command to do this, help?

#2465

Author: Kasyan Servetsky
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:56

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I suppose that the image is a linked file.

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3" 
	tell active document 
		set myRec to item 1 of page item "frame1" 
		set myImage to the first image of myRec 
		set myLink to item link of myImage 
		show myLink 
	end tell 
end tell

Re: (AS) Direct Selection of a photo in a frame, can't find the term or command to do this, help?

#2466

Author: Kasyan Servetsky
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:59

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      I saw "graphic 1 of item 1" in a sample script. Does that do it?




No, graphic doesn't support select command.

Re: (AS) Direct Selection of a photo in a frame, can't find the term or command to do this, help?

#2467

Author: Roy_McCoy
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:17

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Kasyan Servetsky wrote:

> No, graphic doesn't support select command.

So what if it were a vector file rather than a bitmap?


Thanks,

Roy McCoy
Rotterdam, NL

Re: (AS) Direct Selection of a photo in a frame, can't find the term or command to do this, help?

#2468

Author: Kasyan Servetsky
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:29

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But to copy/paste something via clipboard is an error prone process. Let's try another approach:

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3" 
	tell active document 
		set myFrame1 to item 1 of page item "frame1" 
		set myFrame2 to item 1 of page item "frame2" 
		set myImage1 to the first image of myFrame1 
		set myLink to item link of myImage1 
		set myPath to file path of myLink 
		set theResult to place myPath on myFrame2 
		set myImage2 to the first image of myFrame2 
		set absolute horizontal scale of myImage2 to absolute horizontal scale of myImage1 
		set absolute vertical scale of myImage2 to absolute horizontal scale of myImage1 
	end tell 
end tell

Re: (AS) Direct Selection of a photo in a frame, can't find the term or command to do this, help?

#2469

Author: Kasyan Servetsky
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:41

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      So what if it were a vector file rather than a bitmap?




I agree with you, Roy McCoy. It's better to use 'graphic' instead of 'image'. I didn't thought about vector files.



tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3" 
	tell active document 
		set myFrame1 to item 1 of page item "frame1" 
		set myFrame2 to item 1 of page item "frame2" 
		set myGraphics1 to the first graphic of myFrame1 
		set myLink to item link of myGraphics1 
		set myPath to file path of myLink 
		set theResult to place myPath on myFrame2 
		set myGraphics2 to the first graphic of myFrame2 
		set absolute horizontal scale of myGraphics2 to absolute horizontal scale of myGraphics1 
		set absolute vertical scale of myGraphics2 to absolute horizontal scale of myGraphics1 
	end tell 
end tell

Re: (AS) Direct Selection of a photo in a frame, can't find the term or command to do this, help?

#1998

Author: Bradford_Armstrong
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:57

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show item link of the first graphic of item 1 of page item " " was the winner. Thanks.

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