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I'm working with Quark XPress 6.1 (language: Dutch, measurements: cm)
Does anyone noticed the same as I do?

If I locate a textbox like

set BodyCopyBox to make text box at end with properties {bounds:{"9 cm", "2.123 cm", "14 cm", "8"}}

The resukt is a textbox 9 cm, 2.123 cm, 5.877 cm, 5 cm

if I run the "Document construction" example within the Apple Events Scripting folder of QuarkXPress I notice the same.

Even what measurement is given, it is never exact.
Do I something wrong?

Hi Hans,

That is perfectly normal... That is to say, you got exactly what you've asked for.

When you create a box using Applescript, Quark asks you to supply it with bounds in the form of

{Top, Left, Bottom, Right}

However the values shown in the measurements palette are in the form

{X(origin), Y(origin), W(idth), H(eight)}

Now if you translate your bounds ({"9 cm", "2.123 cm", "14 cm", "8"}) to what should be returned by your measurements palette you get:

X: 2.123 cm
Y: 9 cm
W: 5.877 cm (Right - Left or 8 - 2.213)
H: 5 cm (Bottom - Top or 14 - 9)

Hope this helps!

@scripting_Ace

Now you explain it, it is very logic.
I had to realise that the page coordinates are used and not the textbox measurement.

Thanks.