JS/CS3 or 4:Geometry for texts

[Guest]

Dear All,

I had a requirement to get the geometric bounds for some key terms in texts (Eg. Key words, URL, etc). Is there any possibility to get the geometric bounds for inline texts? If so, kindly let me know.

regards

Masthan

[milligramme · Accepted solution]

search the "keyword", set textRange,

and creatOutlines(false) method against the textRange.

("false" propety remain original texts objects)

you can get geometricBounds of "keywords" as Polygons

then remove Outlined texts(polygons)

//ex)
var outTxt = app.selection[0].createOutlines (false);
var textBon = outP[0].geometricBounds;
outTxt [0]. remove (); 

[Guest]

Hi Milligramme,

It works perfect.

Many thanks for your timely help.

regards

Masthan

[Marc Autret]

Hi, Masthan

In addition to the createOutlines approach illustrated above by milligramme, you can access to various measurement properties provided by Text objects, especially the horizontalOffset property -- which works on InsertionPoint too. It depends on your needs. createOutlines allows you to get the coordinates of a full bounding box (for each line), but it may have significant performance cost.

@+

Marc

[Guest]

Hi Marc,

Many Thanks for you.

regards

Masthan