Page Height in Quark 6.1 problem

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#1

hello,

Can anyone help me with a problem. I want to Get the Page Height from page 1 of a document. I don’t want to change it. This is my code:


tell application "QuarkXPress Passport"
	tell document 1
		set height_of_new_textbox  to (page height of page 1) + 1 as real
	end tell
end tell

If i will do this a error will return with the message:
Can’t make «data FXVM02F4D9B3» into a number

When I get the properties of a document with applescript then I will see the the same in my event window as in my error.

Can someone help me.

greetings bastiaan

#2

Hi,

tell application "QuarkXPress"
	set pagebounds to bounds of page 1 of front document as list
	set pgh to item 3 of pagebounds as real
end tell
#3

Here is a slightly different way of doing the same thing


tell application "QuarkXPress"
	activate
	tell document 1
		set PageHeight to height of bounds of current page as real
	end tell
end tell
#4

Nice tip! I’m writing that down.

Tell app "QuarkXPress" to set PageHeight to height of bounds of current page of document 1 as real

Thanks mcgrailm! There’s so many shortcuts and easier ways to express things…I’ve got so much to learn.

#5

There always seem sot be many ways to accomplish the same thing :slight_smile:

mm