//Transform.jsx
//An InDesign CS3 JavaScript
//
//Transforming objects changed considerably in InDesign CS3.
//This script attempts to show how to use the new scripting model.
main();
function main(){
mySetup();
mySnippet();
}
function mySnippet(){
var myTextFrame = app.documents.item(0).pages.item(0).textFrames.item(0);
myTextFrame.recompose();
alert("The page contains an example text frame.\r\rWatch as we apply a series of transformations.\r\rYou might have to drag the alert out\rof the way to see the effect of the transformation.");
myRotate(myTextFrame, AnchorPoint.centerAnchor, 45, false);
alert("Rotated 45 degrees around center anchor.");
//Undo the transformation.
app.documents.item(0).undo();
myScale(myTextFrame, AnchorPoint.centerAnchor, .5, .5, false);
alert("Scaled by 50 percent around center anchor.");
//Undo the transformation.
app.documents.item(0).undo();
myTranslate(myTextFrame, AnchorPoint.centerAnchor, 72, 72);
alert("Moved by 72 points in both directions.");
//Undo the transformation.
app.documents.item(0).undo();
myShear(myTextFrame, AnchorPoint.centerAnchor, 15, false);
alert("Sheared by 15 degrees around center anchor.");
//Undo the transformation.
app.documents.item(0).undo();
myRotate(myTextFrame, [[92, 92], AnchorPoint.topLeftAnchor], 45, true);
alert("Rotated 45 degrees around ruler coordinate [92, 92].");
//Undo the transformation.
app.documents.item(0).undo();
myScale(myTextFrame, [[92, 92], AnchorPoint.topLeftAnchor], 2, 2,true);
alert("Scaled by 200 percent around ruler coordinate [92, 92].");
//Undo the transformation.
app.documents.item(0).undo();
}
function mySetup(){
var myDocument = app.documents.add();
app.transformPreferences.whenScaling = WhenScalingOptions.adjustScalingPercentage;
myDocument.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.points;
myDocument.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.points;
var myPage = myDocument.pages.item(0);
var myTextFrame = myPage.textFrames.add({geometricBounds:[72, 72, 288, 288], contents:TextFrameContents.placeholderText})
}
function myRotate(myObject, myAnchor, myAngle, myUseRulerCoordinates){
var myTransformationMatrix = app.transformationMatrices.add({counterclockwiseRotationAngle:myAngle});
myObject.transform(CoordinateSpaces.pasteboardCoordinates, myAnchor, myTransformationMatrix, undefined, myUseRulerCoordinates);
}
function myScale(myObject, myAnchor, myXScale, myYScale, myUseRulerCoordinates){
var myTransformationMatrix = app.transformationMatrices.add({horizontalScaleFactor:myXScale, verticalScaleFactor:myYScale});
myObject.transform(CoordinateSpaces.pasteboardCoordinates, myAnchor, myTransformationMatrix, undefined, myUseRulerCoordinates);
}
function myShear(myObject, myAnchor, myShearAngle, myUseRulerCoordinates){
var myTransformationMatrix = app.transformationMatrices.add({clockwiseShearAngle:myShearAngle});
myObject.transform(CoordinateSpaces.pasteboardCoordinates, myAnchor, myTransformationMatrix, undefined, myUseRulerCoordinates);
}
function myTranslate(myObject, myAnchor, myXTranslate, myYTranslate){
var myTransformationMatrix = app.transformationMatrices.add({horizontalTranslation:myXTranslate, verticalTranslation:myYTranslate});
myObject.transform(CoordinateSpaces.pasteboardCoordinates, myAnchor, myTransformationMatrix);
}
