Group PageItems to Resize

[_HenryL_]

Hi,

Is there any function to group all PageItems together so that the group object can be resize together?

What I would like to do is to
(1) select all the objects, like use a mouse to select all objects or press a "Crtl A" function, in the doc.
(2) click on the Group function in the Object File Menu or press a "Crtl G".
(3) do the resize to the group box.

Any hints / references. Please advises?

Thanks.

Henry

[Larry G. Schneider]

What scripting language? If AppleScript, then the scripting reference has several sample scripts that can be combined to do what you want.

[_HenryL_]

Hi Larry,

Thanks for you reply. The language is VB.

I've read the scripting reference and I've tried as below. Actually, I don't know how to put a particular item into a groupitem, please advise.

1. get all the pageitems list in the active doc.
pageitemlist = doc.PageItems
2. create a groupitem in the doc.
groupitem = doc.GroupItems.Add
3. get the typename of the pageitems list in the FOR LOOP, add the pageitems into the groupitem according to the item type
If pageitems.item(i).typename = "textframe" then
tf = pageitems.item(i)
tf = groupitem.Textframes.add <= ????
If pageitems.item(i).typename = ...
......

The result show out that all the items as in the original and not grouped together.

Thanks.

Henry

[_HenryL_]

Thanks Larry,

It is in the scripting reference doc.

Finally, I got what is wrong.
it is tf.move(groupitem,Illustrator.AiElementPlacement.aiPlaceAtEnd)
but not tf = groupitem.Textframes.add

Thanks.

Henry