Believe me or not, the InDesign DOM can't return directly the width and the height of a page item frame! Scripting beginners may be confused about this gap. There are many pitfalls to be aware of when we deal with dimensions and units. Let's talk about bounds and coordinate spaces...
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Scripters corner: howtos, tips and tricks for automating complex InDesign tasks.How to Quickly Test a Sample Code
June 10, 2009 | Tips | en | fr
Sometimes you just need to test a short snippet without having to create and install a complete script. Suppose you want to check some object properties, or to evaluate a simple JavaScript expression. It is easy to write and interprete your instructions from the ExtendScript Toolkit, but it would be even faster to do the whole job from the InDesign user interface.
Type your Code
JavaScript is often considered as a weakly typed language. It means —among other things— that we don't need to tell explicitly what kind of variables we handle, or what kind of arguments we provide to a given function. String? Integer? Boolean? In most cases, everything will work without ever declaring the type.
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