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asaxena
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April 12, 2024
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Longest line in a table cell and in a table column

  • April 12, 2024
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Hi,

 

I have a requirement to find the longest line and it's length in an InDesign Table Cell and also in an InDesign table column.

 

I am afraid but I do not know where to begin looking for getting this information. Any pointer to specific documentation or reference code will really help me.

 

Thanks

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    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Robert at ID-Tasker
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    April 12, 2024

    @asaxena 

     

    You've tagged "SDK" - are you looking for plugin solution or scripting solution?

     

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    asaxenaAuthor
    Known Participant
    April 12, 2024

    Hi,

    I would prefer the C++ plugin solution but implementing in a jsx called from my plugin is also perfectly fine.

    Thanks

    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Robert at ID-Tasker
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    April 12, 2024
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    Hi,

    I would prefer the C++ plugin solution but implementing in a jsx called from my plugin is also perfectly fine.

    Thanks


    By @asaxena

     

    I asked "just in case".

     

    With JS - you would have to build collection / array - using "everyItem()" - for cell's texts, iterate though this list and check length.

    Or get only columns and then do 2-in-1 - check columns and cells in those.

     

    But I'm not an JS expert and even less in plugins - only VB.

     

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    Rahul_Rastogi
    Inspiring
    April 12, 2024

    Hi @asaxena,

     

    There is no direct way to get the longest line from table column.

     

    You need to iterate each cell and make use of IWaxLine Interface -

     

    IWaxLine->GetWidth();

     

    - Rahul Rastogi

    - Adobe InDesign Custom C++ Plugin Architect

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    asaxenaAuthor
    Known Participant
    April 12, 2024

    Ok. Thank you. Where can I read up on this interface and the concept of "wax line"? For example, I want to understand how to set the horizontal justification of cell content to Right, Left, Center etc. I am not able to get a good starting place to understand the concepts involved. Please advice.

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