Picas to Points conversion

Hi All,

I am working with InDesign CS3.

By default we have 1 picas = 12 points.

I have some value in picas like 2p3 and I want to convert it in points by using InDesign API.

I have tried following.

PMString picasStr("2p3");

InterfacePtr<IMeasurementSystem> ms(gSession, UseDefaultIID());
if( !ms )
break;

InterfacePtr<IUnitOfMeasure> currentVUnit(ms->QueryUnitOfMeasure(ms->Location(kPointsBoss)));
if( !currentVUnit )
break;

currentVUnit->Parse(picasStr, topInPt, kTrue);

But it returns false. Thus fail to convert the value.

If anybody have the solution then please let me know.

Regards,

Alam

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virtual bool16 Parse	(	const PMString &	str,
		PMReal &	points,
		const bool16	alwaysUseEnglishAbbreviations = `kFalse`
	)			`[pure virtual]`

Parse a string like "1 in" into points.

str IN, the string to be parsed

I think the unit abbrivation i.e in for inch is missing in PMString picasStr("2p3");.

Thanks

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you can try

IUnitOfMeasure::UnitsToPoints

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Hi,

InterfacePtr<IUnitOfMeasure> currentVUnit(ms->QueryUnitOfMeasure(ms->Location(kPicasBoss)));

Gruß,

Sergiy

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