Markup dimensions in InDesign file

Hi Mick,

before you try anything with my one line of code, make sure that layer "Dimensions" exists AND make sure that there are still groups on the layer. If there are no groups, my script will run into an error.

If there are groups and you already removed a text frame from one or more of the groups, InDesign could even crash. So: be careful!

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

In progress now. Uses same interface with a few changes. I will post here and in Illustrator section when done.

I asked the question and discovered the answer!

The script below is the correct one.

Copy and paste the following lines in notepad and save as"labelImageSize.jsx" (must include the .jsx extension, obviosuly). Also, make sure you have "Arial" font installed on your machine, otherwise replace "Arial" with a font you have installed.

Finally, by default the dimensions won't print. If you want them to; check the "Print Layer" option within "ImageLabel" layer.

SCRIPT STARTS AFTER THIS LINE:

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//DESCRIPTION:Label image with its size
// Jongware, 13-Jan-2012
// No Guarantees, Etc.

if (app.documents.length && app.selection.length == 1 && app.selection[0].hasOwnProperty("paths"))
{
if (app.version < 6)
labelItem(app.selection[0]);
else
app.doScript(labelItem, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, app.selection[0], UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Label Image Size");
} else
{
alert ("No valid selection.\nPlease select one single object with the black arrow before running this script.");
}

function labelItem (item)
{
// Save current selected layer because adding one will make it active!
activeLayer = app.activeDocument.layoutWindows[0].activeLayer;
// Make sure the layer "ImageSize" exists
try {
app.activeDocument.layers.add({name:"ImageLabel", ignoreWrap:true, layerColor: [90,192,90], printable: false});
} catch (_) { }
reportLayer = app.activeDocument.layers.item("ImageLabel");

// Make sure the swatch "ImageGreen" exists
try {
app.activeDocument.colors.add({name:"ImageLabel", space:ColorSpace.RGB, colorValue:[90,192,90], colorModel:ColorModel.PROCESS});
} catch (_) { }
reportGreen = app.activeDocument.swatches.item("ImageLabel");

// Make sure the paragraph style "ImageSize" exists
try {
app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.add({name:"ImageLabel", appliedFont:"Arial", pointSize:12, fillColor:reportGreen, justification: Justification.CENTER_ALIGN});
} catch (_) { }
reportStyle = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.item("ImageLabel");

// Make sure measurement units are in inches
hmmu = app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits;
vmmu = app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits;
app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.INCHES_DECIMAL;
app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.INCHES_DECIMAL;
// .. and Smart Quotes is Off
sqt = app.activeDocument.textPreferences.typographersQuotes;
app.activeDocument.textPreferences.typographersQuotes = false;
// Save all of the previous settings to be able to restore them later 🙂

// fetch width and height for the numbers, left and bottom for the lines
gb = item.geometricBounds;
// gb now holds [ top, left, bottom, right ] values -- get shorthand values
top = gb[0];
left = gb[1];
bottom = gb[2];
right = gb[3];

width = Math.round(Math.abs(right - left)*1000)/1000;
height= Math.round(Math.abs(bottom - top)*1000)/1000;

// Retrieve the current page.
// Actually, in CS5 and newer, page items have a property for this (parentPage),
// but I don't have that one near, and it's also nicer to make it work in CS4
// (and possibly even in older versions).
pg = item.parent;
while (1)
{
if (pg instanceof InsertionPoint)
pg = pg.parentTextframes[0];
if (pg instanceof Document || pg instanceof Spread || pg instanceof Page)
break;
pg = pg.parent;
}
// Draw text frame #1: Height
// Put it at the left of the selection, 0.5" wide and 0.2" off the left side
frh = pg.textFrames.add(reportLayer, {geometricBounds:[ top, left - 0.7, top + height, left - 0.2 ],
textFramePreferences: {verticalJustification: VerticalJustification.CENTER_ALIGN,
ignoreWrap: true } });
// ... and put text into it.
frh.insertionPoints[0].appliedParagraphStyle = reportStyle;
frh.contents = String(height)+'"';

// Draw text frame #2: Width
// Put it at 0.2" off the bottom of the selection, 0.25" high, full width for convenience
frw = pg.textFrames.add(reportLayer, {geometricBounds:[ bottom + 0.2, left, bottom + 0.2 + 0.25, left + width ],
textFramePreferences: {verticalJustification: VerticalJustification.CENTER_ALIGN,
ignoreWrap: true } });
// ... and put text into it.
frw.insertionPoints[0].appliedParagraphStyle = reportStyle;
frw.contents = String(width)+'"';

// Add vertical (height) line
lnh = pg.graphicLines.add (reportLayer, {strokeColor:reportGreen, strokeWeight:0.5});
// It appears in a default position so move it to the right one
lnh.paths[0].entirePath = [ [left - 0.15, top ], [left - 0.15, bottom ] ];
// add top stroke; it's 0.05" wide so offset left and right with 0.025"
lnh.paths.add ({ entirePath:[ [left-0.15 - 0.025, top ], [left-0.15 + 0.025, top] ] });
// add bottom stroke
lnh.paths.add ({ entirePath:[ [left-0.15 - 0.025, bottom ], [left-0.15 + 0.025, bottom] ] });

// Add horizontal (width) line
lnw = pg.graphicLines.add (reportLayer, {strokeColor:reportGreen, strokeWeight:0.5});
// Again we move it to the right position
lnw.paths[0].entirePath = [ [left, bottom + 0.15 ], [right, bottom + 0.15 ] ];
// Add end caps as above
lnw.paths.add ({ entirePath:[ [left, bottom+0.15 - 0.025 ], [left, bottom+0.15 + 0.025] ] });
lnw.paths.add ({ entirePath:[ [right, bottom+0.15 - 0.025 ], [right, bottom+0.15 + 0.025] ] });

// At this point we added four items: 2 text frames and 2 graphic lines.
// Group them together for convenience
app.activeDocument.groups.add ( [ frh, frw, lnh, lnw ] );

// Restore old layer selection
app.activeDocument.layoutWindows[0].activeLayer = activeLayer;

// Restore previous global settings
app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = hmmu;
app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = vmmu;
app.activeDocument.textPreferences.typographersQuotes = sqt;

}