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 How to create text box in run time in opened quarkxpress file using applescript? Is there any possible?

 Regards

Prabu

 Certainly. Try this

 

tell application "QuarkXPress"
     tell document 1
          make new text box at beginning with properties {bounds:{"12 mm", "20 mm", "50 mm", "90 mm"}}
     end tell
end tell

 

You can find out more about the properties of objects by inserting a line such as 'properties of text box 1' and examining the result. I strongly recommend buying Shirley Hopkins' book 'AppleScripting QuarkXPress' if you want to learn how to script Quark.

 Thanks for your reply and also advice.

 Is there any possible to give name for that text box? Could we delete the newly created text box?

 

Regards

Prabu

Hi Emma While i try the above script, QuarkXPress got an error : Can't make class text box. Have you any idea...! Regards Prabu

prabu:

Hi Emma While i try the above script, QuarkXPress got an error : Can't make class text box. Have you any idea...! Regards Prabu

 

 Have you got a Quark document open? The script assumes you have. This should work in any version of Quark. Can you describe very carefully exactly what you are doing when you get the error? (Try quitting Script Editor and Quark and re-loading both, too).

Then this script will name the box:

 

tell application "QuarkXPress"
     tell document 1
          make new text box at beginning with properties {bounds:{"12 mm", "20 mm", "50 mm", "90 mm"}}
          set name of text box 1 to "myTextBox"
          properties of text box 1
     end tell
end tell

 

It is easily deleted with 'delete text box 1' (deletes the frontmost text box in the document) or 'delete text box "myTextBox" ' deletes the named box.
 

As you have a properties list open why not just include the name as part of the list? tell application "QuarkXPress" tell document 1 make new text box at beginning with properties {name:"myTextBox", bounds:{"12 mm", "20 mm", "50 mm", "90 mm"}} properties of text box 1 end tell end tell (sorry could not be bothered goingh to FireFox for something so small)

Hi Emma & larsen

Now it's working fine.

Thank you very much and Hope you will help me again.

Regards

Prabu