[CS3] How to get the geometry data relative to the page?

Question

Hello!
I have the inner geometry data (IGeometry) of a page item.
There is a routine ::TransformInnerPointToPasteboard() which calculates the points relative to the origin of the pasteboard.
But I want the geometry data relative to the page's origin, which is to top-left of the page
Can anybody help me?
Thanks,
Alois Blaimer

Answer 1

Hi Alois,<br /><br />I would make it like that..<br /><br />//just get page from an item (Splineitem, IGraphicframe...)<br />InterfacePtr<IGeometry> itemGeo ( mItemRef, UseDefaultIID() );<br />InterfacePtr<IHierarchy> itemHier ( mItemRef, UseDefaultIID() );<br />mPageRef = UIDRef( mDB, ::GetOwnerPageUID(itemHier) );<br /><br />//get position of item and page in pasteboard coordinates..     <br />PMRect fItemRect = inGetStrokeBounds ( mItemRef  );<br />PMRect fPageRect = inGetStrokeBounds ( mPageRef  );<br />          <br />//just calculate what you want<br />PMRect fRelItemRect;<br />fRelItemRect.Top()   = fItemRect.Top()  - fPageRect.Top();<br />fRelItemRect.Left()  = fItemRect.Left() - fPageRect.Left();<br /><br />PMRect inGetStrokeBound ( UIDRef& ref ) {<br />PMRect itemRect = Utils<Facade::IGeometryFacade>()->GetItemBounds( ref,Transform::PasteboardCoordinates(), Geometry::PathBounds());<br />return itemRect;<br />}<br /><br />Greetings<br /><br />Michael Bauder