Please tell me how to zoom(approach) the text block knowing its coordinates

[Tod_13]

an array (x, y) points
Should be closer to the point with coordinates (x1, y1)
Please tell me how to do this?

[Muppet_Mark-QAl63s]

From your other post I gather you are using VB? If that is the case their may be a VB command outside of the Illustrator DOM that you could use? (Carlos would probably tell you that)… Anyhow Illustrator offers no zoom to some bounds. It does have access to views but these need to be saved in the document script can't create n use a new view…

[Doug Barton]

Take a look at www.wundes.com for a script named ZoomAndCenterSelection.jsx.  This should get you going.

Cheers

Doug

[CarlosCanto]

Hi Tod, please elaborate on your question, a screen shot on what you're trying to do will help.

something like this??

[Tod_13]

Thanks to everyone for help

I need to know the coordinates of the Point (x, y) to find it on the sheet, and zoom (closer) to it

[Muppet_Mark-QAl63s]

I think the only way to make this possible is to use a trick by Carlos where you temp change the artboard bounding box to some area about your (x,y). After which an action could 'fit in window' but this would rule out using JS and only possible via AS & VB.

[CarlosCanto]

Hi Tod, pretending the TEXT (x,y) is out of sight somewhere, this sample will bring it to the center of the screen.

Sub ScreenCtrPoint() 
    Dim iapp As New Illustrator.Application
    Dim idoc As Illustrator.Document
    Dim iframe As Illustrator.TextFrame
    
    Set idoc = iapp.ActiveDocument
    
    Set iframe = idoc.TextFrames(1)

    ctrx = iframe.left
    ctry = iframe.top
        
    idoc.Views(1).centerPoint = Array(ctrx, ctry)
    iapp.Redraw
    
    Set iframe = Nothing
    Set idoc = Nothing
    Set iapp = Nothing
End Sub

[Tod_13]

Dim iapp As New Illustrator.Application
Dim idoc As Illustrator.Document
Dim iframe As Illustrator.TextFrame

idoc = iapp.ActiveDocument

iframe = idoc.TextFrames(1)

Dim ctrx = iframe.Left
Dim ctry = iframe.Top

Dim a() As Decimal = {ctrx, ctry}
MsgBox(a(0) & "  " & a(1))

idoc.Views(1).CenterPoint = a
iapp.Redraw()

iframe = Nothing
idoc = Nothing
iapp = Nothing

Not as wrong, an exception occurs, help me understand!!!

"MsgBox"

251,42431640625     584,00439453125
OK

ERROR
Value does not fall within the expected range.
System. Argument Except ion: Value does not fall within the expected range.
in the System. RuntimeType.ForwardCallToInvokeMember (5tring member Heme, BindingFlags flags, Object target, Int32 [] a Wrapper Types, MessageData & msgData)
in Illustrator.View.set_CenterPoint (Object)

[CarlosCanto]

the problem is in the way .NET handles Arrays, try this

        Dim ctrx = iframe.Left
        Dim ctry = iframe.Top
        idoc.Views(1).CenterPoint = New Object() {ctrx, ctry}

[Doug Barton · Accepted solution]

Did you give ZoomAndCenterSelection a try yet?  Works for me

http://www.wundes.com/JS4AI/ZoomAndCenterSelection.js