Anchored Object

Report · May 08, 2012

Hi Scripters,

I want to place copied object as a anchored object in selection[0]. And need Anchored object custom setting.

Please pass the JS code for this.

Thanks in advance.

Thomas

Report · May 09, 2012

This is an example of of a script I made for myself some time back.

You should be able to figure out from it what you need to do.

(you should see that many off the lines are not needed )

#target "InDesign"
app.displayPerformancePreferences.ignoreLocalSettings=0;
app.displayPerformancePreferences.defaultDisplaySettings = ViewDisplaySettings.highQuality;
myDoc = app.activeDocument;
app.scriptPreferences.enableRedraw =0;
myPage = app.activeWindow.activePage.name;
userHoriz = app.documents[0].viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits;
userVert = app.documents[0].viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits;
app.documents[0].viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS;
app.documents[0].viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS;
try {app.doScript("threeRoses()", ScriptLanguage.javascript, undefined, UndoModes.FAST_ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Three Roses");}
catch (noObjectStyles) {
    objectStyleSetup ();
    app.doScript("threeRoses()", ScriptLanguage.javascript, undefined, UndoModes.FAST_ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Three Roses");}
app.documents[0].viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = userHoriz;
app.documents[0].viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = userVert;
function threeRoses()
{
myInsertionPoint=app.selection[0].insertionPoints[0];
frame = myInsertionPoint.parentTextFrames[0];
frame.localDisplaySetting = DisplaySettingOptions.HIGH_QUALITY;
    roseFile="C:/InDesign/Pastes/individual flowers.ai";
   roseStyle=myDoc.objectStyles.item("Three Roses");
myRose= myInsertionPoint.rectangles.add({geometricBounds:[0, 0, 4, 18],  appliedObjectStyle: roseStyle, localDisplaySetting: DisplaySettingOptions.HIGH_QUALITY});
myRose.contentType=ContentType.GRAPHIC_TYPE;
//myRose.visible=0;
myRose.place(roseFile);  
myRose.localDisplaySetting = DisplaySettingOptions.HIGH_QUALITY;
}   
 function objectStyleSetup ()
 {
enabled= {enableTextFrameGeneralOptions:1, enableAnchoredObjectOptions:1, enableStrokeAndCornerOptions:1,enableTextWrapAndOthers:1,enableFrameFittingOptions:1};
try {
var threeRoses = myDoc.objectStyles.item("Three Roses");
// threeRoses.remove();
var myName = threeRoses.name;
    }
    catch (myError){
        //The object style did not exist, so create it.
        threeRoses = myDoc.objectStyles.add({name:"Three Roses"});
    }
with (threeRoses) {
anchoredObjectSettings.anchorPoint = AnchorPoint.TOP_CENTER_ANCHOR;    
anchoredObjectSettings.horizontalReferencePoint=AnchoredRelativeTo.TEXT_FRAME;    
anchoredObjectSettings.horizontalAlignment=HorizontalAlignment.CENTER_ALIGN;
anchoredObjectSettings.verticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.TOP_ALIGN;
anchoredObjectSettings.verticalReferencePoint =VerticallyRelativeTo.LINE_BASELINE;
anchoredObjectSettings.anchorYoffset = 3;
anchoredObjectSettings.anchoredPosition = AnchorPosition.ANCHORED;
textWrapPreferences.textWrapMode=TextWrapModes.JUMP_OBJECT_TEXT_WRAP;
textWrapPreferences.textWrapOffset=[1,1,1,1];
frameFittingOptions.autoFit=1;
frameFittingOptions.fittingOnEmptyFrame=EmptyFrameFittingOptions.CONTENT_TO_FRAME;
frameFittingOptions.fittingAlignment=AnchorPoint.TOP_RIGHT_ANCHOR;
strokeWeight=0;
properties= enabled;
}
}

Report · May 10, 2012

Thank you so much dear, Travor. I am trying your code.

Thomas