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Characters
Characters is a collection of TextRange objects with each TextRange representing a single
character.
Table 5.8
Characters — Properties
Property
Application
Count
Parent
Table 5.9
Characters — Methods
Method
Add(Contents As String
[, RelativeObject]
[, InsertionLocation])
AddBefore(Contents As String)
Index(ItemPtr As TextRange)
RemoveAll()
Example 5.1
Dim appRef As New Illustrator.Application
Dim numChars As Integer
Dim textArt As Illustrator.TextFrame
Dim textArtRange As Illustrator.TextRange
If appRef.Documents.Count > 0 Then
numChars = 0
For Each textArt In appRef.ActiveDocument.TextFrames
Set textArtRange = textArt.TextRange
numChars = numChars + textArtRange.length
Next
MsgBox ("There are " & numChars & " characters in the document.")
End If
R/O
Value type
R/O
Application
R/O
Long
R/O
Object
Returns
TextRange
TextRange
Long
Nothing
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Visual Basic Reference
What it is
Application that the collection belongs to
Number of elements in the collection
The object's container
What it does
Create a character
Insert text at the beginning of the range.
Returns an object reference to the object
identified by itemKey; by name or index
Delete every element in the collection
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