textframe width : get it - check minimum - apply new

[cmoke73]

Hi!

I´ve written a simple script wich becomes part of a bigger one. Unfortunately it doesn´t work. And I cannot see the fault.

Okay, I´m a rookie, but this should not be too sophisticated.

var Auswahl = app.selection[0];   
     var rA=Auswahl.rotationAngle;
     Auswahl.rotationAngle=0;
    //var pName = Auswahl.parentPage.name;
    var Koordinaten = Auswahl.geometricBounds;
    var y0 = Koordinaten[0];
    var x0 = Koordinaten[1];
    var y1 = Koordinaten[2];
    var x1 = Koordinaten[3];
    //var tContent = Auswahl.texts.item(0);
    //do calculations
    var TxBreite = x1 - x0;
    var TxHoehe = y1 - y0;
    if (TxBreite < '50') {
        Koordinaten[3] = Koordinaten[1]+'50';
     }
    //alert(Koordinaten[0]+" - "+Koordinaten[1]+" - "+Koordinaten[2]+" - "+Koordinaten[3]);
   alert("Die Breite beträgt: "+TxBreite +"mm. \nDie Höhe beträgt: "+TxHoehe+"mm.");

The task is simple: select a textframe, get its width and height, if the width is less 50mm make it 50mm wide!

where is the bug?

[Jump_Over · Accepted solution]

Hi,

1. Use Numbers instead of String (especially when a +'b' is in use)

2. Assign value to entire property - not to part of it (Auswahl.geometricBounds = [y0,x0,y1,x0+50]

Jarek

[cmoke73]

Okay, that was it. Does it mean, that you cannot change only one coordinate of that bounds, but just all together?

Thanks, by the way!