On 3/9/21 2:19 PM, Matt Miller wrote:
> I'm trying to use the API to copy a text frame to a different page of the
> same document, then change the frame's name and position. copyObjects() /
> pasteObjects() works for me to get the frame copied, but I'm not able to
> change the new frame's name. I'm thinking to use getObjectAttributes() /
> setObjectAttributes() to change the new frame's name, but
> getObjectAttributes() always returns an empty list. For example, I execute
> this from the scripter console:
>
> dummy = newDocument((5, 3), (0, 0, 0, 0), PORTRAIT, 1, UNIT_INCHES, PAGE_1,
> 0, 2)
> gotoPage (1)
> orig_name = createText (1, 1, 1, 1)
> copyObjects (orig_name)
> gotoPage (2)
> new_name = pasteObjects ()
> new_attrs = getObjectAttributes (new_name[0])
> print (len (new_attrs))
>
> and that last print statement shows that the attribute list is empty. I
> expected getObjectAttributes() to return a list of dictionary, and that I
> could then update the first (and only) dictionary in that list, changing the
> value of the "Name" element to the new name I want for the copied frame.
>
> What's wrong with how I''m using the API here, and/or, is there another way
> to accomplish this?
Hi Matt,
When you paste the object, new_name should contain a name assigned by Scribus.
To be safe you might need to specify new_name[0].
To set the name to something else you use
setItemName("changetoname", new_name[0])
-- this is in Setting Object Properties in the manual menu.
I've never quite been able to figure out what these "attributes" are that you
get from getObjectAttributes().
Greg
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