Script to rotate image inside a frame

[deguelleaux]

Hello,  reaching out before I fall completely down the rabbit hole. 

I have a script that downloads puzzles and comics daily.  I have one puzzle that when downloaded, needs to be placed 90CCW.  A sample of the code i'm trying is here:

                // LA TIMES SUNDAY
                if (pageItem.label == "LA_TIMES_SUNDAY_CROSSWORD")
                try{
                    name = "20" + myDate.text + "pzsxw-a.tif"
                    var myFile = new File(imagePath+name);
  if (myFile.exists)
                    {
  pageItem.place(myFile); 
  pageItem.rotationAngle = 90;
  // pageItem.fit(FitOptions.CONTENT_TO_FRAME);
                        }

This works but it moves my frame way up and resizes it.  Any ideas how I can only have the image rotate within the frame, keeping everything else in the template static?

Hope this makes sense.

Doug

[Trevor: · Accepted solution]

Hi Doug

You can use

var tm = app.transformationMatrices.add(undefined, undefined, undefined, 90);

pageItem.transform(CoordinateSpaces.pasteboardCoordinates, AnchorPoint.centerAnchor, tm);

instead of

pageItem.rotationAngle = 90;

HTH

Trevor

[Trevor:]

Easier to remember is

app.layoutWindows[0].transformReferencePoint = AnchorPoint.CENTER_ANCHOR;

pageItem.rotationAngle  = 90;

[deguelleaux]

Thanks so much Trevor.

Worked like a charm!