Re: FrameScript Bug

["Rick Quatro" <frameexpert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Frank,

I am sorry for accusing you of a bug. The Scriptwriter's Reference page 209
says that the X and Y locations of a Sub Column is relative to the text
frame. This is what I would expect, since a sub column is always contained
by a text frame.

Rick

> This is not actually a FrameScript bug. This is the way Adobe treats Sub
> Columns. Although a sub column belongs to a text frame, Frame treats its
> starting X and Y locations as if it were a separate object.
>
> Frank Elmore
> Project leader for FrameScript
>
> Rick Quatro wrote:
>
> > Hi Framers,
> >
> > I wanted to let you know of a FrameScript bug that is not fatal, but can
be
> > annoying if you don't know about it. The Sub Column property SubCol.LocY
is
> > supposed to be the offset from the top of the TEXT FRAME that contains
the
> > subcolumn. Instead SubCol.LocY will give you the offset from the top of
the
> > PAGE that contains the subcolumn. The property SubCol.LocX is also
> > incorrect; it is relative to the page instead of the text frame.
> >
> > If you need the actual offset from the top of the text frame, use this
> > instead:
> >
> > Set vSubColTrueLocY = vSubCol.LocY - vSubCol.ParentTextFrame.LocY;
> >
> > where vSubCol is a Sub Column object.
> >
> > If you need the actual offset from the left of the text frame, use this
> > instead:
> >
> > Set vSubColTrueLocX = vSubCol.LocX - vSubCol.ParentTextFrame.LocX;
> >
> > where vSubCol is a Sub Column object.
> >
> > Rick Quatro
> > Carmen Publishing
> > frameexpert@mindspring.com
> > FrameScript Information at http://www.mindspring.com/~frameexpert
> >
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