Common shape attributes

The table lists the common shape attributes with their use, (default) value(s), and description.

Attribute

Use

Values (default in bold)

Description

Width

Implied

The width of the graphic frame in the specified units.

Height

Required

The height of the graphic frame in the specified units.

X

Required

The horizontal position of the center point of the graphic frame with reference to the left corner point of the page in the specified units.

Y

Required

The vertical position center point of the graphic frame with reference to the left corner point of the page in the specified units.

Stroke

Implied

The stroke color in swatch or #rrggbb or cmyk c=0;m=100;y=100;k=0”. Value of None mean no stroke. If a swatch is used and the swatch does not exist in the master document, it will be created using default color values.

StrokeThickness

Implied

[0,282.222]

The stroke weight in mm.

StrokeType

Implied

Solid

ThickThick

ThickThin

ThickThinThick

ThinThick

ThinThickThin

ThinThin

Triple_Stroke

Canned Dashed 3x2

Canned Dashed 4x4

Left Slant Hash

Right Slant Hash

Straight Hash

Canned Dotted

Wavy

White Diamond

Japanese Dots| Dashed

The stroke type.

Z-Index

Required

Stacking order of the graphic frame, value is a positive number.

The value type is a positive integer.

Background

Implied

Background color in swatch or #rrggbb or cmyk c=0; m=100;y=100;k=0;. Value of None mean no stroke. If a swatch is used and the swatch does not exist in the master document, it will be created using default color values.

LayerName

Required

The name of the layer where the graphic frame is put on. If the layer does not exist, it is created using defaults.

Rotation

Implied

The rotation angle around the center, number, in degrees.

Opacity

Implied

[0,100]

The opacity in percentage of the frame. If the value is 0 the content and the stroke fill color of the frame become invisible.

Transparency

Implied

Normal

Multiply

Screen

Overlay

Soft Light

Hard Light

Color Dodge

Color Burn

Darken

Lighten

Difference

Exclusion

Hue

Saturation

Color

Luminosity

Non Zero Overprint

Num Blending Modes

The transparency of the graphic frame. Sets the basic blending mode. If no value is set, the standard InDesign value is used.

Name

Implied

Only used internally by the InDesign Connector.

CornerRadius

Implied

[0, 282.222]

Pipeline separated list of corner radius values in the specified units, in the following order:

Top left | top right | bottom left | bottom right

CornerType

Implied

None

Rounded

Inverse Rounded

Inset

Bevel

Fancy

Pipeline separated list of corner type values in the following order:

Top left | top right | bottom left | bottom right

SitecoreID

Implied

The SitecoreID attribute is used to identify each page object (TextFrame, ImageFrame, etc) with a corresponding Sitecore item. The SitecoreID attribute contains the ID value of that specific item. Each page object item created with the InDesign Connector is related to a Sitecore item.

Note

When using a script to create a page object (TextFrame, ImageFrame, etc), you should add the SitecoreID attribute and use a default value (e.g. “null”) so the InDesign Connector can identify this item.

SitecoreFieldname

Implied

Only used internally.

GroupID

Implied

Only used internally.

Used for grouping page objects.

ObjectStyle

Implied

An InDesign object style can be used for formatting (effects). When the name of the Object Style used in the master is used as value of this attribute it will be applied. If the object style does not exist, it is NOT created automatically.

RunScript

Implied

The full file(s) path. 3 Parameters are sent to the script.

par1:documentname

par2: XML iD

par3: InDesign GUID

FillTint

Implied

[-1,100]

Percentage value for the fill color.

StrokeTint

Implied

[-1,100]

Percentage value for the stroke color.

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