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revathiv80720177
revathiv80720177
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September 4, 2018
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Creating Object Styles using Script

  • September 4, 2018
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Hi,

I tried to create Object Styles with Size and position properties in InDesign CC 2018.But I couldn't find references for Size and Position properties(Object Style propeties) in  InDesign ExtendScript API(13.0).Is it possible to create Object Styles with Size and position properties using Script ?Please do guide me on this..

Thanks and Regards,

Revathi V

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Colin Flashman
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Colin FlashmanCommunity Expert
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September 9, 2018

That's bizarre, I can't find them either. I can find the following properties from here: https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#ObjectStyle.html

enableTransformAttributes (will activate/deactivate this portion of the object style)

setDimensionAttributeState (activates the width, height or both)

setPositionAttributeState (activates the X, Y or both coordinates)

but I can't find where you would get the width, height, x or y offsets or their distance from page edge/margin. I suspect the documentation is simply missing.

If the answer wasn't in my post, perhaps it might be on my blog at colecandoo!
Peter Kahrel
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Peter KahrelCommunity Expert
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September 9, 2018

Size and position are set using the transformAttributeOptions property:

myObjectStyle.transformAttributeOptions.transformAttrHeight = 24

etc.

Peter

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