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Adressing an object by it's id

Apr 25, 2012 7:37 AM

I'm failing to write a line that will adress a textframe by id (which is 3771) and then move it.

 

This is how my attempt looks:

app.activeDocument.textFrames.item.id(3771).move([0, 0, 7, 2]);

 

Any help is appreciated

480 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: John Hawkinson, Apr 26, 2012 10:01 AM
 
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  • John Hawkinson
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    1. John Hawkinson,
    Apr 25, 2012 7:46 AM   in reply to PrntScr
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    It this JavaScript?

    You should use app.activeDocument.textFrames.itemByID(3771).

    Where did you find this .item.id() syntax?

     
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    2. PrntScr,
    Apr 25, 2012 7:53 AM   in reply to John Hawkinson
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    Hi John, and thanks

     

     

     

    Consider me an absolute noob. Yes this is JavaScript. I found fragments within another script which I thought would work, but didn't. With your correction, and some further research it now looks like this:

     

    var textblock = app.activeDocument.textFrames.itemByID(3771);

    textblock .move( [0, 4] );

     

    but still doesn't move the textframe.

     
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    3. John Hawkinson,
    Apr 25, 2012 7:58 AM   in reply to PrntScr
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    Your answer to "where?" is "somewhere" but not-gonna-say? I see.

     

    Are you sure your ID is correct? What if you use

     

    var textblock = app.activeDocument.textFrames[0];

     

    ? Are your units set reasonably so that you would see a [0,4] move?

    Do you get an error?

     
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    4. PrntScr,
    Apr 26, 2012 7:35 AM   in reply to John Hawkinson
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    Didn't think it was relevant, but here you go (an instance of "textFrame.id", from InDesignCS5_ScriptingGuide_JS.pdf)


    http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5420164/Screen%20shot%202012-04-26%20at%2016.1 1.00.png

     

    The id was wrong, just like you said.

     

    This line now works:

    app.activeDocument.textFrames.itemByID(3768).move( [0, 4] );

     
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  • John Hawkinson
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    5. John Hawkinson,
    Apr 26, 2012 10:01 AM   in reply to PrntScr
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    Note that you can in fact use inline images here...

    Screen shot 2012-04-26 at 16.11.00.png

    Anyhow, I guess you've figured it out, but

     

    var myID = myTextFrame.id;

     

    merely sets myID to the ID number of the text frame. It doesn't mean that you can add parens after id() and parametrize an index through it.

     

    Glad you got it working!

     
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