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Select anchor point of group and anchor it to the insertionpoint

Apr 7, 2012 3:38 AM

Hi all

How to select group's anchor point and anchor it to document's insertion point in indesign cs5.5 using javascript or vb.net

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1. John Hawkinson,

Apr 7, 2012 9:10 PM in reply to SASEKUMAR

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I don't understand your question.
Documents don't have insertion points.

In the scripting DOM you don't real with the anchor points of the group, you just reposition the group entire.

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2. Laubender,

Apr 8, 2012 2:41 AM in reply to SASEKUMAR

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@Sasekumar – would you like to add grouped objects to an insertion point in a text frame?
Result will be an inline or anchored group object.

Do you want to control the absolute or relative position of the anchored group object?

Is that your intent?

Uwe

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3. SASEKUMAR,

Apr 16, 2012 3:42 AM in reply to Laubender

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Yes, you are correct. I need to place the grouped object as anchored in a textframe as absolute position (Placed anchored object should be below to the insertion point).

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4. SASEKUMAR,

Apr 20, 2012 2:30 AM in reply to SASEKUMAR

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Any suggesstion or sample code is much helpful?

Here is the sample snapshot.

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5. SASEKUMAR,

Apr 23, 2012 9:18 PM in reply to SASEKUMAR

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Any sugesstions......

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6. SASEKUMAR,

May 2, 2012 7:15 AM in reply to SASEKUMAR

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Any advise

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7. absqua,

May 2, 2012 10:45 AM in reply to SASEKUMAR

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You can't add a group as an anchored object as you would with, say, a rectangle—with insertionPoint.rectangles.add(); there is no insertionPoint.groups.add(). If you're working with InDesign desktop, you can select the group, cut or copy it, select the insertionPoint, and paste. Then do group.anchoredObjectSettings.properties = {anchoredPosition: AnchorPosition.ANCHORED, pinPosition: false}, then group.move() to your absolute coordinates.

If you're working with InDesign Server and don't have select, copy or paste, you'll have to do some acrobatics with snippets or libraries to get your group anchored. It's been covered here somewhere before...

Jeff

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8. Dave Saunders,

May 2, 2012 11:38 AM in reply to absqua

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You need to get a reference to your group -- let's call it myGroup -- and another to the insertionPoint where you want it anchored -- let's call it myIP. Given those, you can achieve your objective (in CS5 or later) by:

myGroup.anchoredObjectSettings.insertAnchoredObject(myIP);

You can specify a second parameter if you wish that specifies the anchor position:

myGroup.anchoredObjectSettings.insertAnchoredObject(myIP, AnchorPosition.anchored);

That should get you started.

Dave

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9. absqua,

May 2, 2012 11:44 AM in reply to Dave Saunders

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Whaaa? That's great. I had no idea. I think it's in CS5.5 and above though; I don't see it CS5.

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10. Dave Saunders,

May 2, 2012 11:49 AM in reply to absqua

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Yes you're right. It's the scripting equivalent of grabbing the box at top right of a frame and dragging it to an insertionPoint, and indeed, that came in with CS5.5.

Dave

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11. SASEKUMAR,

May 2, 2012 9:25 PM in reply to Dave Saunders

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Thank you all for your guidence.

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12. [Jongware],

May 3, 2012 1:46 AM in reply to SASEKUMAR

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So please mark the question as "Answered".

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13. Cenchen,

Jul 13, 2012 11:38 PM in reply to SASEKUMAR

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Hi,
Am getting error as "myGroup.anchoredObjectSettings.insertAnchoredObject is not a function"...pls advice.

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14. Cenchen,

Jul 13, 2012 11:39 PM in reply to Dave Saunders

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Hi,
Am getting error as "myGroup.anchoredObjectSettings.insertAnchoredObject is not a function"...pls advice.

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15. absqua,

Jul 14, 2012 7:52 AM in reply to Cenchen

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What version of InDesign are you using?

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16. Cenchen,

Jul 15, 2012 9:50 PM in reply to absqua

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CS5.5

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17. கற்பனை (Imagine),

Jul 16, 2012 6:27 AM in reply to Cenchen

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Hi Kannan,

Please check again. You are using that method available CS5.5 onwards, the older InDesign version doesn't have that method. check again what version of InDesign references are you added in Vb.net project. ?

Regards,
Nagaraj

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18. Cenchen,

Jul 16, 2012 9:42 PM in reply to கற்பனை (Imagine)

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Hi Nagaraj,

Am using InDesign CS5.5 and this error getting from javascript not vb.net....

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19. கற்பனை (Imagine),

Jul 17, 2012 3:42 AM in reply to Cenchen

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try this below code, make grouped object on the document first page then place the insertionPoint at any textframe. and run this below code.

var myIP = app.selection[0].insertionPoints[0];
app.activeDocument.pages.firstItem().groups[0].anchoredObjectSettings. insertAnchoredObject(myIP);

I hope this will helps to you.

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20. Cenchen,

Jul 17, 2012 4:07 AM in reply to கற்பனை (Imagine)

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The same error thrown....

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21. கற்பனை (Imagine),

Jul 17, 2012 4:40 AM in reply to Cenchen

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May i Know the InDesign CS5.5 version number. like 7.5.3 is the latest updates. ?

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22. Cenchen,

Jul 17, 2012 4:45 AM in reply to கற்பனை (Imagine)

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InDesign CS5.5 ver.number 7.5...
Version 7.5 won't work???

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23. கற்பனை (Imagine),

Jul 17, 2012 5:03 AM in reply to Cenchen

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Update the patches and try again.

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24. Laubender,

Jul 17, 2012 11:53 AM in reply to Cenchen

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@EyenanC – I just tested with InDesign CS5.5 7.5.3. The script is running without error.

I used the code of கற்பனை (Imagine), What you need is a text frame and a group on page 1 of your document. Select the text frame and run the script: the group will be anchored to the first insertion point of your selected text frame.

@Dave Saunders – thank you so much for pointing us to that capability of InDesign CS5.5 scripting DOM!

Uwe

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