How to get the Exact Measurement Values.

Question

Hi Scripters,
I want to get the exact values shown in the Control Panel. Please see the screenshots below.
I have written the JS code is here. But I want need the exact panel values in shown the above snapshots.
var myImages = app.activeDocument.links;
for(i = myImages.length-1; i >= 0 ; i--){
    var myImage = myImages[i];
    myImage.show();
    alert(String(myImage.parent.itemLink.parent.geometricBounds[3]-myImage.parent.itemLink.parent.geometricBounds[1]) + " × " + String(myImage.parent.itemLink.parent.geometricBounds[2]-myImage.parent.itemLink.parent.geometricBounds[0]));
thx,
csm_phil

Answer 1

There are 12 points in a pica.
You need to divide the points by 12 and tack the modulus of 12 onto that:
function getPicas(points){
    return "" + Math.floor(points/12) + "p" + points%12;
alert(getPicas(504));
alert(getPicas(104.16));