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Loic_aigon
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InDesign Server CS4 issue with baseline alignment

Jun 19, 2012 2:35 PM

Hi all,

 

I need to turn baseline alignment off for every text frame. I used alignToBaseline = false until I learnt that this property isn't available in teh IDS CS4 DOM. I was adviced to use gridAlignment instead but it's CS5+ only.

 

So my question is how do we set baseline alignment off for textframes in InDesign Server CS4 ?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Loic

1287 Views   14 Replies   Latest reply: Loic_aigon, Jun 28, 2012 10:44 AM
 
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  • Laubender
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    1. Laubender,
    Jun 20, 2012 12:48 AM   in reply to Loic_aigon
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    @Loic – My first reaction after reading that was: "I can't believe that…"
    "alignToBaseline" is not available for "story" objects in InDesign Server CS4?

     

    But, unfortunately, you could be damn right. Just checked for it in Jongwares' chm DOM representation of InDesign CS5 Server. It's missing there as well.

    That's a real drag!

     

    Sorry, but I cannot help any further…

     

    Uwe

     
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  • Loic_aigon
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    2. Loic_aigon,
    Jun 20, 2012 2:52 AM   in reply to Laubender
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    Hi Uwe,

     

    yep that's really weird and as I don't have IDS installed I can't dig into the DOM. So debugging my script is like shooting in the dark :\

     

    Loic

     
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  • Harbs.
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    3. Harbs.,
    Jun 20, 2012 5:41 AM   in reply to Loic_aigon
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    Well, I'll be... !

     

    You are right. It's missing!

     

    And no one has noticed for years...

     

    I'll try to log this as a bug.

     

    Harbs

     
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  • Loic_aigon
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    4. Loic_aigon,
    Jun 20, 2012 9:05 AM   in reply to Harbs.
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    Hi uwe, Harbs,

     

    Thanks for your confirmation, I feel lonelyless

     

    Loic

     
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  • lomorgan
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    5. lomorgan,
    Jun 25, 2012 7:22 AM   in reply to Loic_aigon
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    This is perhaps a bit of a longshot, but does "gridAlignFirstLineOnly" work for you instead? I'm just looking into this issue now, though I should warn you that I'm new to the InDesign DOM!

     

    Best wishes,

     

    Louis

     
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  • Harbs.
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    6. Harbs.,
    Jun 25, 2012 7:39 AM   in reply to lomorgan
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    That's actually not a bad thought!

     

    Text.gridAlignment = GridAlignment.ALIGN_BASELINE does the same thing as:

    Text.alignToBaseline = true;

     

    (gridAlignFirstLineOnly is a bit different)

     

    Unfortunately, that property was introduced in the Roman version in CS5.

     

    At least we have a solution for CS5 and later...

     
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  • Loic_aigon
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    7. Loic_aigon,
    Jun 25, 2012 8:19 AM   in reply to Harbs.
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    Yep,

     

    I broke my teeth on GridAlignment when I realized it was CS5 and up. I am about to put my hands on the devlopment machine. I am starting worndering if this is only even possible…

     

    Loic

     
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  • lomorgan
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    8. lomorgan,
    Jun 25, 2012 8:28 AM   in reply to Harbs.
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    "in the Roman version" seems to be the critical thing here - I can see it in the Japanese feature set in CS 4 server, not sure if that's any help though.

     
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  • Harbs.
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    9. Harbs.,
    Jun 25, 2012 11:17 AM   in reply to lomorgan
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    Good call.

     

    I forgot that Server had the J DOM features...

     

    Yes. That should work in CS4 as well.

     

    Harbs

     
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  • Dirk Becker
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    10. Dirk Becker,
    Jun 25, 2012 11:55 PM   in reply to Harbs.
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    We've been using that gridAlignment for years on CS4 Server. To make your code run everywhere, use the properties property like below - it ignores unsupported properties.

     

    function setAlignToBaseline(aText,aValue)

    {

         if( aValue ) {

              aText.properties = {

                   alignToBaseline: true,

                   gridAlignment: GridAlignment.ALIGN_BASELINE

              }

         } else {

              aText.properties = {

                   alignToBaseline: false,

                   gridAlignment: GridAlignment.NONE

              }

         }

    }

     
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  • Harbs.
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    11. Harbs.,
    Jun 26, 2012 12:12 AM   in reply to Dirk Becker
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    Nice.

     

    GridAlignment.ALIGN_BASELINE doesn't throw an undefined error on desktop?

     

    Harbs

     
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  • Dirk Becker
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    12. Dirk Becker,
    Jun 26, 2012 11:26 AM   in reply to Harbs.
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    That's a general feature of the "properties" property - it only throws if none of the provided properties has a match.

     

    Dirk

     
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  • Harbs.
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    13. Harbs.,
    Jun 26, 2012 11:33 AM   in reply to Dirk Becker
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    Yes. I know that, but isn't GridAlignment itself undefined on Desktop?

     

    Harbs

     
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  • Loic_aigon
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    14. Loic_aigon,
    Jun 28, 2012 10:44 AM   in reply to Harbs.
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    Hi Dirk,

     

    Thanks a lot for the snippet. I will know by tomorrow if it did the trick.

     

    Loic

     
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