Andrew Andrew,
Do you really need the size of the pasteboard?
Do you want to create frames on the page?
I've hacked some code to create a text frame on all pages in a document. Not saying it is perfect and you should add lots of extra checking. Most of this code has been gleened from the sample in the SDK.
It would be nice if the experts pointed out any short commings.
Here is the code, feel fee to pull it apart. ( it did a rough and dirth job for me ).
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#include "ISpreadList.h"
#include "ISpread.h"
#include "IGeometry.h"
#include "ITransform.h"
#include "TransformUtils.h" // InnerToPasteboard
#include "SplineID.h" // kSplineItemBoss
#include "PreferenceUtils.h"
#include "INewPageItemCmdData.h"
#include "IMultiColumnItemData.h"
UIDRef CreateTextFrame(const UIDRef& parentUIDRef,
const PMRect& boundsInParentCoords,
int32 numberOfColumns,
bool16 verticalFrame,
UIDRef* storyUIDRef)
{
UIDRef result = UIDRef::gNull;
do
{
PMPoint topLeft = boundsInParentCoords.LeftTop();
PMPoint rightBottom = boundsInParentCoords.RightBottom();
PMPointList points(2);
points.push_back(topLeft);
points.push_back(rightBottom);
// Create the command.
InterfacePtr<ICommand> createTextFrameCmd(CmdUtils::CreateCommand(kCreateMultiColumnItemCmdBoss));
ASSERT(createTextFrameCmd);
if (createTextFrameCmd == nil) {
break;
}
// Set up the INewPageItemCmdData data interface.
InterfacePtr<INewPageItemCmdData> newPageItemCmdData(createTextFrameCmd, UseDefaultIID());
ASSERT(newPageItemCmdData);
if (newPageItemCmdData == nil) {
break;
}
// ClassID of frame in which kMultiColumnItemBoss will be created.
const ClassID graphicFrameClassID = kSplineItemBoss;
newPageItemCmdData->Set(parentUIDRef.GetDataBase(), graphicFrameClassID, parentUIDRef.GetUID(), points);
// Set up ICreateMCFrameData.
InterfacePtr<ICreateMCFrameData> createFrameData(createTextFrameCmd, UseDefaultIID());
ASSERT(createFrameData);
if (createFrameData == nil) {
break;
}
// We recommend you don't activate the text editor via kCreateMultiColumnItemCmdBoss.
// Under InDesign 3.0 the default value of ICreateMCFrameData::SetActivateTextEditor
// has changed from kTrue to kFalse because many expensive notifications happen if
// the text editor is activated.
//createFrameData->SetActivateTextEditor(nil) ; // nil to not activate text editor
// Default is that it isn't activated anyway, this call was bogus (irp)
// Specify the frame orientation
ICreateMCFrameData::Orientation orientation = ICreateMCFrameData::kHorizontal;
if (verticalFrame == kTrue) {
orientation = ICreateMCFrameData::kVertical;
}
createFrameData->SetOrientation(orientation);
// Set up IMultiColumnItemData to override defaults.
InterfacePtr<IMultiColumnItemData> multiColumnItemData(createTextFrameCmd, UseDefaultIID());
ASSERT(multiColumnItemData);
if (!multiColumnItemData) {
break;
}
// CAlert::InformationAlert( "Hello ");
// 1037710+
// Under InDesign 4.0 the text frame options such as
// as insets are now parameters passed to kCreateMultiColumnItemCmdBoss,
// the command no longer picks up these defaults from the workspace,
// instead the client code must direct the command at the values to use.
InterfacePtr<ITextOptions> textOptions((ITextOptions*)::QueryPreferences(ITextOptions::kDefaultIID, parentUIDRef));
if (textOptions) {
multiColumnItemData->SetTextFrameOptionsData(textOptio ns);
InterfacePtr<IBaselineFrameGridData> baselineFrameGridData(textOptions, UseDefaultIID());
if (baselineFrameGridData) {
multiColumnItemData->SetBaselineFrameGridData(bas elineFrameGridData);
}
} //1037710+
if (numberOfColumns > 0) {
multiColumnItemData->SetNumberOfColumns(numberOfColumn s);
}
// Process the command.
if (CmdUtils::ProcessCommand(createTextFrameCmd)!=kSuccess) {
ASSERT_FAIL("kCreateMultiColumnItemCmdBoss failed");
break;
}
// The command returns a reference to the graphic frame, normally a kSplineItemBoss,
// with which the underlying kMultiColumnItemBoss and kFrameItemBoss objects are
// associated.
const UIDList& outItemList = createTextFrameCmd->GetItemListReference();
ASSERT(outItemList.Length() > 0);
if (!(outItemList.Length() > 0)) {
break;
}
result = outItemList.GetRef(0);;
ASSERT(result != UIDRef::gNull);
// If the caller requested it by passing in a pointer return a reference
// to the story associated with the text frame.
if (storyUIDRef) {
*storyUIDRef = UIDRef(parentUIDRef.GetDataBase(), createFrameData->GetStory());
}
} while(false);
return result;
}
#include "ILayerUtils.h"
#include "ISpreadLayer.h"
UID GetDefaultLayerUID(IDataBase *db, ISpread *spread)
{
InterfacePtr<IDocument> doc(db, db->GetRootUID(), UseDefaultIID());
InterfacePtr<IDocumentLayer> activeDocLayer(Utils<ILayerUtils>()->QueryDocumentActiveLayer(doc));
InterfacePtr<ISpreadLayer> spreadLayer(spread->QueryLayer(activeDocLayer));
return ::GetUID(spreadLayer);
}
void do_create_stuff ( void )
{
IDocument *doc = Utils<ILayoutUIUtils>()->GetFrontDocument ( );
if ( !doc )
return;
do {
IDataBase* db = ::GetDataBase( doc );
InterfacePtr<ISpreadList> spreadList ( doc, IID_ISPREADLIST );
if (spreadList)
{
uint32 spreadCount = spreadList->GetSpreadCount ( );
for (uint32 i = 0; i < spreadCount; i++)
{
UID spreadUID = spreadList->GetNthSpreadUID ( i );
InterfacePtr<ISpread> spread(db, spreadUID, UseDefaultIID ( ));
if ( spread )
{
int32 numPages = spread->GetNumPages ( );
for ( int32 j = 0; j < numPages; j++ )
{
UID pageUID = spread->GetNthPageUID ( j );
UID layerUID = GetDefaultLayerUID ( db, spread );
PMRect r(1.0,1.0,20.0,30.0);
InterfacePtr<IGeometry> pageGeometry ( db, pageUID, UseDefaultIID ( ));
::TransformInnerRectToPasteboard ( pageGeometry, &r );
CreateTextFrame ( UIDRef(db, layerUID), r, 1, false, 0L );
}
}
}
}
} while ( false );
}
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