Quark get pic box properties

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

Hi

I have a script that works in OS 10.4 but errors in 10.5?

It fails when I try to make a picture box in Quark X Press 7.31 with a colour other than “white”

Tyring this quick script in 10.5 with a picture box drawn in Quark and with a fill on none, it still returns ‘color:color spec “White”’

tell application "QuarkXPress"
	activate
	tell document 1
		get properties of picture box 1
	end tell
end tell

Is this a know issue or has applescript changed significantly in 10.5??

I should still be able to:-

tell application “QuarkXPress”
activate
tell document 1
make picture box at beginning with properties ¬
{name:“newbox”, bounds:{“10mm”, “30mm”, “50mm”, “80mm”}, color:“None”}

Any views?

Thanks

#2

Hi,

Just to update:

I am able to set the color to white and the opacity to 0%, resulting in the desired efect.

Not sure how this affects the PDFs that will be created from these files!!?

#3

Hi

Not that its much consolation your script works as you expect in Quark 8.
I believe there’s an upgrade to 7.5 which is free for your version of Quark.
You never Know it might fix your issue.

Cheers

#4

Thanks for this pidge1.

I am trying to persuade our organisation to upgrade all macs (50+), but this will entail testing other ‘stable’ beahvoiurs and scripts!!

I think I’ll keep a copy of the version that is currently working in OS 10.4 and Quark 7.31 just in case we ever upgrade to Quark 8.

Thanks tho!