create a rectangle with a image inside

[RemyGraphiste]

Hi all

Question of great starter... how create a rectangle with a image inside.

My project :

- Create a dialogue box where put the name of the picture.

- create the link between the picture to the active document (picture is in "Links" folder)

- do a rectangle in my document with a picture inside.

All the think is ok except the last stage (on a start, i was mind "that is the most easier"... but no).

Thank a lot, and sorry for my english.

[tpk1982]

Hi,

Adobe giving some free scripts you can use that. Name of script is ImageCatalog.jsx.

Thanks,

Karthi

[Vamitul · Accepted solution]

to add a rectangle:

var rect=doc.rectangles.add();

to place a picture inside it:

rect.place(FIle(image.path));

[RemyGraphiste]

Simple and powerful, thank a lot.

[codevita]

Hi @Vamitul  

adding to same issue i have if we want to changes the bounds of the rectangle after place image

1-add a rectangle

2-place image

3-change the rectangle bounds (which result in cropping of image)

can we do this with script ?

Thanks in Advance!!

[Manan Joshi]

You can set the geometricBounds of the rectangle. It is an array of numbers in the format [y1, x1, y2, x2]. You might want to also look at setting the measurement units before making the change, if you want to set the values in a unit other than points

https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#MeasurementUnits.html#d1e78257

-Manan