resize, proportionally from the center, text object 1 depending on the content of text objet2

[Magenta s.r.l.]

Hello everyone,

i'm making a script to resize, proportionally from the center, a text object depending on the content of another text object.

This is what i made so far

var text1 = activeDocument.textFrames.getByName("TEXT1");
var text2 = activeDocument.textFrames.getByName("TEXT2");
if (text2.contents == "caseA") {
text1.resize(10, 10, AnchorPoint.MIDDLE_CENTER);
}

It looks like "AnchorPoint" it's not known, it's not the right way.

Does anyone know what's teh correct way to do it?

Cheers!

[Charu Rajput · Accepted solution]

Hi @Magenta s.r.l. , 

In Illustartor it is Transformation. Please see screenshot for resizeAPI what parameters are passed to the resize method and in which order.

Also, you can try the following code

var text1 = activeDocument.textFrames.getByName("TEXT1");
var text2 = activeDocument.textFrames.getByName("TEXT2");
if (text2.contents == "caseA") {
  text1.resize(10, 10, true, true, true, true, 100, Transformation.CENTER);
}

[Magenta s.r.l.]

Hi @Charu Rajput  and thank you again! The script works just fine (obviously) and i really appreciate the expanation, really exhaustive. have a really good day!

Cheers

P.S. Where can i find info such those you shared?

[Charu Rajput]

Welcome @Magenta s.r.l. 🙂

Here is the link for the documentation that you can refer.

https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/illustrator-latest/#Application.html

[pixxxelschubser]

This is perhaps a little too thick, but how about

text1.transform(getScaleMatrix(10,10));