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Hi ,
I need to get all join point value in custom area text (textframe) using extendscript?.
i try this,
app.activeDocument.selection[0].geometricBounds;
it returns
69.1558441558445,-109.363636363636,586.038961038961,-426.246753246753
Please help.
Area text frames have a textPath associated with them. this textpath is what holds the information for where the anchor points are. To get to it via extendscript you can do as follows
var thisFrame = app.activeDocument.textFrames[0]
alert(thisFrame.textPath.pathPoints.length)
/* just checking how many path points come up */
for(var p=0;p<thisFrame.textPath.pathPoints.length;p++){
var thisPoint = thisFrame.textPath.pathPoints[p]
/* here we get the reference to the pathpoint and can do what
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Area text frames have a textPath associated with them. this textpath is what holds the information for where the anchor points are. To get to it via extendscript you can do as follows
var thisFrame = app.activeDocument.textFrames[0]
alert(thisFrame.textPath.pathPoints.length)
/* just checking how many path points come up */
for(var p=0;p<thisFrame.textPath.pathPoints.length;p++){
var thisPoint = thisFrame.textPath.pathPoints[p]
/* here we get the reference to the pathpoint and can do what we want. simple alert for what the anchor value is */
alert(thisPoint.anchor)
}
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Hi RobOctopus,
Thanks for your reply, it returns only 4 points not for all.
529.357142848246,-561.500000000002
463.303571424123,-626.107142857143
397.25,-561.500000000002
463.303571424123,-496.892857142859
I attached my ai file here for your reference.
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Hi @Arunkumar25715058ufpl, I tried with your example file, with the large text frame selected and I get 12 path points, which is correct. And @RobOctopus's code is quite correct, but you did not adjust it to target the text frame you want. For example, here's a version directly operating on the selection:
alert(app.activeDocument.selection[0].textPath.pathPoints.length + ' points in selected text path');
Hope that helps.
- Mark
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looks like you are looking at the path points for the circle text frame. if you just copied the code i wrote it is referencing the 0 text frame, based on the file you need the last textframe in your stack. changing the code to use selection[0] instead of textFrames would allow you to just select one and examine it. This is what I got for your odd shape text frame
PathPoint: 0 x:407.370,y:-456.248
PathPoint: 1 x:58.020,y:-456.248
PathPoint: 2 x:50.227,y:-375.728
PathPoint: 3 x:50.227,y:-290.014
PathPoint: 4 x:60.617,y:-210.793
PathPoint: 5 x:76.201,y:-139.365
PathPoint: 6 x:156.721,y:-139.365
PathPoint: 7 x:526.851,y:-139.365
PathPoint: 8 x:548.929,y:-169.235
PathPoint: 9 x:567.110,y:-196.508
PathPoint: 10 x:404.773,y:-199.105
PathPoint: 11 x:406.071,y:-338.066
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Yes RobOctopus, i missed that selection[0]. Now it returns all points.
Thanks for your support.