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Adobe Illustrator CS Scripting Guide
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Fixed rectangle
To work with rectangular coordinates where there are a pair of x and y values, Illustrator uses
the special class called a fixed rectangle. This class consists of a list with four items in
AppleScript, and a variant array with four elements in Visual Basic. The coordinates of a fixed
rectangle in order are: left, top, right, bottom.
In AppleScript, a fixed rectangle with a left-top corner of (5.0, 200.0) and a right-bottom corner
of (100.0, 20.0) is represented by a list that looks like this:
{5.0, 200.0, 100.0, 20.0}
In Visual Basic, a fixed rectangle with a left-top corner of (5.0, 200.0) and a right-bottom corner
of (100.0, 20.0) is represented by a variant array that looks like this:
Array (5.0, 200.0, 100.0, 20.0)
Alternatively, you can define your array and assign values to its elements like this:
Dim boundsRect(3) As Single
boundsRect(0) = 5.0
boundsRect(1) = 20.0
boundsRect(2) = 100.0
boundsRect(3) = 200.0
Page item positioning and dimensions
Every object, or page item, in a document has a position described by a fixed point and a width
and height. The maximum value allowed for the width or height of a page item is 16348 points.
12 Aug 03
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