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May 3, 2014
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Control horizontal scaling of letters in VBScript

  • May 3, 2014
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Hi,

I've got a problem which almost drives me mad: I want to control the horizontal scaling of characters in vbscript. I know the button on the gui, but I can't find out the corresponding function in vbscript.

So does anyone here know the vbs command for this function? http://s7.directupload.net/images/140503/wfez5hrh.jpg

First I thougt, it would be ".desiredGlyphScaling" But changing this value has no effect. Also if i request the value of a handdrawn object with different scaling over a script, it still shows me 100.

Thanks for help!

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Correct answer pixxxelschubser

Hello friedrich_nietzsche,

sorry, but I'm not familiar with VBS.

But perhaps this Javascript is helpful a little bit for you:

if(app.activeDocument.stories.length && app.activeDocument.stories[0].characters.length) {


alert (app.activeDocument.stories[0].characters[0].horizontalScale);}

This will show you the horizontal scaling of the first character in the first story of your document.

I'm sure, you can translate this by yourself in VBS.

Have fun

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pixxxelschubser
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pixxxelschubserCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
May 3, 2014

Hello friedrich_nietzsche,

sorry, but I'm not familiar with VBS.

But perhaps this Javascript is helpful a little bit for you:

if(app.activeDocument.stories.length && app.activeDocument.stories[0].characters.length) {


alert (app.activeDocument.stories[0].characters[0].horizontalScale);}

This will show you the horizontal scaling of the first character in the first story of your document.

I'm sure, you can translate this by yourself in VBS.

Have fun

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Anonymous
May 3, 2014

Oh my god, how could I overlook this? Yes, this was the correct solution, thanks for your help.

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