Parent of Link

[Sudha_K]

Hi,

     When doing the image alignment, i have used to the below syntax to get the parent of the link and moving that object. For few images, its throwing an error. Because, parent of the link is returning as "Document".  I don't know the reason.

var PgItem = myPage.place(imgPath,[0,0],undefined,false,true,undefined);   

var parent = PgItem[0].parent;

Parent object is returning "Document" instead of "Rectangle".

[Sunil Yadav]

Can you share more information about your images or document or some screenshot to understand more clearly your challange.

[Laubender]

Hi Sudha,

strange.

Just tried your code with InDesign CC 2019 and the returned object for parent is [object Rectangle].

What's your version of InDesign?

To test your case and before running the script I placed an image so I could easily readout the link's filePath information to place the image again:

var myPage = app.documents[0].pages[0];
var file = File( app.documents[0].links[0].filePath );
var PgItem = myPage.place( file ,[0,0],undefined,false,true,undefined);
PgItem[0].parent // returns [object Rectangle]

Regards,
Uwe

[Sudha_K]

Hi,

     Sorry for the late reply...

     For one image is does not return "rectangle". So I have saved as the image and used to place.  After that its return correctly.  I don't know issue.

     Actual parent of the link is rectangle is it right?? but for few images when i try its returned "Oval".

[Laubender]

Hm. I thought you said that [object Document] was returned?!

In the cases when [object Oval] was returned, did you place the image on the page or did you place it to a graphic frame?

Regards,
Uwe

[Sudha_K]

Hi,

    For one image it was returned [object Document] - For this only i saved as the image again and ran the script.  Then the issue is fixed but i did not know the reason for the issue. So i raised this question.

    

    File was created by some other. When I trying its returned oval.

[Manan Joshi]

Can you share the document here, remove all the stuff from it that is not relevant keeping only the image that returns the parent as document.

-Manan

[Laubender]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Sudha+K  wrote

Hi,

    For one image it was returned [object Document] - For this only i saved as the image again and ran the script.  Then the issue is fixed but i did not know the reason for the issue. So i raised this question.

    

    File was created by some other. When I trying its returned oval.

Hi,

I asked if you tried to place the image to a graphic frame.

For a reason. Even if the graphic frame looks like a rectangle it still could be considered an oval through the DOM.

We discussed that years ago in this forum.

Also see here the case where an oval is still considered a rectangle:

Indiscripts :: InDesign Scripting Forum Roundup #2

[JS CS5.5] How to get the constructor name of an oval?

Regards,
Uwe

[Laubender]

Hm. Can you see a difference if you do:

PgItem[0].parent.getElements()[0]

instead of simply:

PgItem[0].parent

Regards,
Uwe

[Laubender]

Scratch my last reply.

If an oval was converted to a rectangle it could still be considered an oval:

var doc = app.documents.add(), 
    obj = doc.ovals.add({geometricBounds : [0,0,100,100]}), 
    objId = obj.id; 
obj.convertShape(ConvertShapeOptions.CONVERT_TO_RECTANGLE); 
alert([ 
    "App Version:" +
    app.version,
    "Rectangles: " + 
        doc.rectangles.length, 
    "Ovals: " + 
        doc.ovals.length, 
    "Current object: " + 
        doc.pageItems.itemByID(objId).getElements()[0].constructor.name 
    ].join('\r'));

Result:

Regards,
Uwe

[Sudha_K]

Hi,

     Thank you for your reply... Then in that document they may used oval. Don't know about "Document".  If i face that issue in upcoming, i will post that.

     Thank you so much...

[Guest]

I had this same issue. Sometimes rect[0].parent code returns [object Rectange]  and [object Document]

rect[0].parent // return [object Rectange]  and [object Document]

And I could replicate this issue on a demo file (check attached)

I couldn't move the images around with document object. 

Please confirm if this is a bug? any workaround would be appreciated?

[Manan Joshi]

Seems some document corruption. I exported the file as IDML(download link here) and then the second image gives the result as Object Polygon. However i see in your document both the images are shown as embedded but IDML shows only the first image as embedded the one with problem is removed from the link panel. How was this element placed orginally on the dicument?

-Manan

[Laubender]

Shiv5EA7 says:

"I had this same issue. Sometimes rect[0].parent code returns [object Rectange]  and [object Document]

rect[0].parent // return [object Rectange]  and [object Document]"

Hi Shiv5EA7,

well, I see the same with your sample document.

Also think, that there is some corruption in the doc with that "Mother Tongues" EPS graphic.

If I cut the selected graphic to the clipboard and paste it on the page, then the parent of the graphic is [object Rectange].

But this does not help to maintain the original resolution of the graphic in the document when I export to IDML and open and save it with InDesign 2021.

Do you have an idea what the original EPS file does contain?

Pixel data? Vector data?

What we perhaps learn here:

Never embed any linked graphics or images.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[ShivAllva]

Embeded the images just for sharing it in the forum...

@Manan Joshi @Laubender I will try re-save the EPS and will keep you posted.