Adressing an object by it's id

[PrntScr]

I'm failing to write a line that will adress a textframe by id (which is 3771) and then move it.

This is how my attempt looks:

app.activeDocument.textFrames.item.id(3771).move([0, 0, 7, 2]);

Any help is appreciated

[John Hawkinson · Accepted solution]

It this JavaScript?

You should use app.activeDocument.textFrames.itemByID(3771).

Where did you find this .item.id() syntax?

[PrntScr]

Hi John, and thanks

Consider me an absolute noob. Yes this is JavaScript. I found fragments within another script which I thought would work, but didn't. With your correction, and some further research it now looks like this:

var textblock = app.activeDocument.textFrames.itemByID(3771);

textblock .move( [0, 4] );

but still doesn't move the textframe.

[John Hawkinson]

Your answer to "where?" is "somewhere" but not-gonna-say? I see.

Are you sure your ID is correct? What if you use

var textblock = app.activeDocument.textFrames[0];

? Are your units set reasonably so that you would see a [0,4] move?

Do you get an error?

[PrntScr]

Didn't think it was relevant, but here you go (an instance of "textFrame.id", from InDesignCS5_ScriptingGuide_JS.pdf)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5420164/Screen%20shot%202012-04-26%20at%2016.11.00.png

The id was wrong, just like you said.

This line now works:

app.activeDocument.textFrames.itemByID(3768).move( [0, 4] );

[John Hawkinson]

Note that you can in fact use inline images here...

Anyhow, I guess you've figured it out, but

var myID = myTextFrame.id;

merely sets myID to the ID number of the text frame. It doesn't mean that you can add parens after id() and parametrize an index through it.

Glad you got it working!