VerticalScale, horizontalScale and transformReferencePoint in InDesign Server JS

Question

Hi,
If you scale items using verticalScale or horizontalScale, InDesign will anchor the object to whatever is set in the layoutWindow.transformReferencePoint. InDesign Server does not have layoutWindow. So..
1)Does InDesign Server always use middle/center as the reference point for horizontalScale/verticalScale? If not..
2)How can I control the transformReferencePoint in InDesign Server?
Thanks,
-Nissan

Answer 1

On Nov 27, 2008, at 2:08 AM, Olav Kvern wrote:
Hi Ole!
This reminds me. I think your scripting documentation and sample scripts are too difficult. :-)
Likewise, I can't tell whether you're suggesting a workaround here or not. I've just got, you know, something hanging out with the right side at 38.768, and I want it at exactly 37.1, and I don't want to move the left side, and I can't drag the handle where I want it even if I want to, because it only goes to 36.934 or 37.226 argh, and I still don't have a way to simply put it at 37.1(00).
Failing that, maybe one of you wonderful guys will tell me how to correct this:
set
find what
of
find text preferences
to
set
change to
of
change text preferences
to
thin space
thin space
change text
document
1
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It says it was expecting a string or nothing and I hate to disappoint it, but I found that "thin space" in the dictionary and had the audacity to think I could use it. Which I suppose I can, somewhere, only apparently not here.
Thanks,
Roy
Hi Roy, Dave,
Actually, that's the difference between the resize and reframe methods in scripting, which mirror the difference between the scale x/scale y and width/height fields in the Control panel. But I agree that the Proxy version was better.:-)