Rectangle vs. Graphic Frame

Hi @Roland Dreger, I couldn't find a single thing that differentiated these two frames, based on doing diff between the two dumps in the ExtendScript debugger. Maybe the exported XML is different?

I don't know your use case, but I wondered if the following code might be safe to use:

var doc = app.activeDocument,
    item1 = doc.rectangles[0],
    item2 = doc.rectangles[1];

resetGraphicRectangle(item1);
resetGraphicRectangle(item2);

function resetGraphicRectangle(item) {

    if (
        ContentType.GRAPHIC_TYPE !== item.contentType
        || 0 === item.graphics.length
    )
        return;

    item.contentType = ContentType.UNASSIGNED;
    item.contentType = ContentType.GRAPHIC_TYPE;

};

Edit: fixed typo.

- Mark

I am not sure what your goal or needs are, but ID frames are... malleable entities that shift with the designer's whim. Drag out a "Rectangle"; drag out a rectangular "Frame"; either can be used as a graphics element or tagged as a graphics or text frame by subsequent actions.

Not a Script Guy, but I'd wager that script-level actions are no more differentiated. That is, I'd bet you can create a (graphics) Rectangle and follow up with assigning and formatting text in it, or placing a graphic, and vicey-versey-alleey-roundy.