Another Javascript code

[markc0]

Hello

I have Placed a PDF on a Layout in InDesign, I was Javascript to re-scale this to 117.7970

I have found the code

app.selection.horizontalScale=117.7970;

app.selection.verticleScale=117.7970;

But with this i have to select each image then this will apply, it would really like to use a foreach javascript loop so that if i have multiple PDF's placed on each page i can re-scale them all in one go.

i mean the question would be how to use the above in a foreach loop for image placed PDF in the layout?

Thanks

[Laubender]

@Mark – you could loop through the allGraphics array of your document and check, if a graphic is of type PDF. But unfortunately this would also include placed Illustrator files.

Alternatively we could loop through all the links in the links panel and check, if they are of type PDF and their names have the suffix *.pdf or *.PDF. That would exclude the Illustrator files.

Once found a placed PDF we would ask for the parent of that link. That is the placed graphic. The parent of that parent will give us the container of the placed PDF page. Now we can decide what to scale: The container together with the graphic or the graphic inside the container.

I'm not exactly sure what you'd like to scale. The container together with the placed graphic? Or the graphic inside the container?

Uwe

[markc0]

Sorry forgot to mention

I would like to scale the placed graphic together with the container.

It does not matter if there are illustrator files there as well

Sent from my iPhone

[Laubender]

@Mark – we already had something like that here not long ago.
See the following script I posted a couple of weeks ago:

Re: If Are all the pictures can be enlarged to 160% with script in indesign cs6?

If you add an if statement to check for the value "Adobe PDF" of the property imageTypeName in the for-loop, you have solved your problem.

Uwe

//Edit:

1. The script linked to will enlarge all graphics by the factor of 1.6. It will not enlarge all graphics to 160%.

2. To edit the for loop you have to make the if-statement before scaling and check the variable myGraphics:

if(myGraphics.imageTypeName == "Adobe PDF"){

// … myGraphicContainer.transform() … //

}

[markc0]

Many Thanks i now have the code as below

However is there anyway to move the image to start where the top left margins start?

As currently the image goes off the page

Thanks

var arrayOfImages = app.activeDocument.allGraphics;

for (i=0; i<arrayOfImages.length; i++){

var oneImage = arrayOfImages;

if (oneImage.imageTypeName == "Adobe PDF"){

 oneImage.horizontalScale = 123.1626;

 oneImage.verticalScale = 123.1626;

 oneImage.fit(FitOptions.frameToContent);

   //oneImage.move(

}

 }

[Laubender]

@markc0 – alright, then you wanted to scale to a distinct percentage.

Moving the container frame after requiers the bounds of the pages.

Here your code expanded:

var arrayOfImages = app.activeDocument.allGraphics;

for (i=0; i<arrayOfImages.length; i++){

    var oneImage = arrayOfImages;

    //Make sure, that:
    //1. The graphic is of type "Adobe PDF"
    //2. The graphic's container is not on the pasteboard

    if (oneImage.imageTypeName == "Adobe PDF" && oneImage.parent.getElements()[0].parentPage !== null){

        var currentPage = oneImage.parent.getElements()[0].parentPage;
        var currentPageBounds = currentPage.bounds;
        var upperLeft = [currentPageBounds[1],currentPageBounds[0]];

        //Could be locked? Then the following will throw an error:
        //Unlock it then? Can it be unlocked? Or move to the next one?

        try{
        oneImage.horizontalScale = 123.1626;
        oneImage.verticalScale = 123.1626;

        oneImage.fit(FitOptions.frameToContent);

        oneImage.parent.move(upperLeft);

        }catch(e){
            //Add error report here.
            };

        };

    };

Is it water tight? No.

It depends if a placed PDF was already scaled and how the Preferences for Scaling were set at that time.

Uwe

[markc0]

wow thats great however this goes to the page bounds , but i only need it to go to the Margins

i have only a top and a bottom margin both at 14.5px

So how can i get it to go to the Margins instead of the top of the page page

many Thanks

[markc0]

Hi UWE

i think i have managed to work this out

this is what i have come up with

Many Thanks

Mark

var arrayOfImages = app.activeDocument.allGraphics;

for (i=0; i<arrayOfImages.length; i++){

    var oneImage = arrayOfImages;

    //Make sure, that:

    //1. The graphic is of type "Adobe PDF"

    //2. The graphic's container is not on the pasteboard

    if (oneImage.imageTypeName == "Adobe PDF" && oneImage.parent.getElements()[0].parentPage !== null){

        var currentPage = oneImage.parent.getElements()[0].parentPage;

       var currentPageBounds = currentPage.bounds;

       var marginBounds =

       var upperLeft = [currentPageBounds[1],marginBounds[0]];

        //Could be locked? Then the following will throw an error:

        //Unlock it then? Can it be unlocked? Or move to the next one?

        try{

        oneImage.horizontalScale = 123.1626;

        oneImage.verticalScale = 123.1626;

        oneImage.fit(FitOptions.frameToContent);

        oneImage.parent.move(upperLeft);

        }catch(e){

            //Add error report here.

            };

        };

    };

[Laubender]

@Markc0 – sorry, I misread your demand. Thought of page bounds instead of margins.

Hm. In your code I cannot see where you defined the margins right…

Is some code missing in your last post?

Uwe

[markc0]

oh yes it missing for some reason

here it is again

var arrayOfImages = app.activeDocument.allGraphics;

for (i=0; i<arrayOfImages.length; i++){

    var oneImage = arrayOfImages;

    //Make sure, that:

    //1. The graphic is of type "Adobe PDF"

    //2. The graphic's container is not on the pasteboard

    if (oneImage.imageTypeName == "Adobe PDF" && oneImage.parent.getElements()[0].parentPage !== null){

        var currentPage = oneImage.parent.getElements()[0].parentPage;

       var currentPageBounds = currentPage.bounds;

       var marginBounds = [app.activeWindow.activePage.marginPreferences.top,app.activeWindow.activePage.marginPreferences.bottom]

       var upperLeft = [currentPageBounds[1],marginBounds[0]];

        //Could be locked? Then the following will throw an error:

        //Unlock it then? Can it be unlocked? Or move to the next one?

        try{

        oneImage.horizontalScale = 123.1626;

        oneImage.verticalScale = 123.1626;

        oneImage.fit(FitOptions.frameToContent);

        oneImage.parent.move(upperLeft);

        }catch(e){

            //Add error report here.

            };

        };

    };