artboards and origin

[msismsis]

Hi, I'm trying to draw some objects to fixed positions on artboards by first setting the document origin to the top - left position of the artboard. However this seems to work for some of the artboards but not for all.

Sample code:

#target illustrator // create artboards var CurrentDoc = app.documents.add ( DocumentColorSpace.CMYK, 595, 841, 12, DocumentArtboardLayout.GridByRow, 50, 6); var artboardRef = CurrentDoc.artboards; // loopt through all artboards for ( var i = 0; i < artboardRef.length; i++ )   {    // set page and ruler origin    var RulerLeft = artboardRef.artboardRect[0];

   var RulerTop  = artboardRef.artboardRect[1] ;    CurrentDoc.rulerOrigin = [RulerLeft,RulerTop];    CurrentDoc.pageOrigin  = [RulerLeft,RulerTop];      //add text to artboard    var cTextRef = CurrentDoc.textFrames.add();    cTextRef.textRange.characterAttributes.textFont=app.textFonts.getByName("Verdana");    cTextRef.textRange.characterAttributes.size = 27;    cTextRef.contents = "ArtBoard: "+ (i+1);    cTextRef.left = +55;    cTextRef.top = -64;    redraw();   }

8 out of 12 artboards get the text at the right position (but not in the right order when I look at the artboards palette). Text for 4 artboards is placed completely outside any of the artboards.

Any help is appreciated,

Michel

[moluapple · Accepted solution]

Some Math operation is Ok, no need to set origin.

#target illustrator
 
// create artboards
var CurrentDoc = app.documents.add ( DocumentColorSpace.CMYK, 595, 841, 12, DocumentArtboardLayout.GridByRow, 50, 6); 
var artboardRef = CurrentDoc.artboards;
 
// loopt through all artboards
for ( var i = 0; i < artboardRef.length; i++ ) 
  {
   // set page and ruler origin
   var RulerLeft = artboardRef.artboardRect[0];
   var RulerTop  = artboardRef.artboardRect[1] ;
   //CurrentDoc.rulerOrigin = [RulerLeft,RulerTop];
   //CurrentDoc.pageOrigin  = [RulerLeft,RulerTop];
  
   //add text to artboard
   var cTextRef = CurrentDoc.textFrames.add();
   cTextRef.textRange.characterAttributes.textFont=app.textFonts.getByName("Verdana"); 
   cTextRef.textRange.characterAttributes.size = 27;
   cTextRef.contents = "ArtBoard: "+ (i+1);
   cTextRef.left = RulerLeft +55;
   cTextRef.top = RulerTop -64;
   redraw();
  } 

[msismsis]

That works, thanks,

Michel