PlacedItem

Placed artwork item.

Methods:

duplicate, embed, move, relink, remove, removeAll, trace

Objects:

File, Matrix, String,

Hierarchy:

Superclass: PageItem

Class: PlacedItem

Property Listing

Property

Type

Access

Description

boundingBox

Rect

readonly

Dimensions of placed art object, regardless of transformations.

contentVariable

Varies

read/write

The content variable bound to this placed art object.

file

File

read/write

The file containing the placed artwork.

matrix

Matrix

read/write

The transformation matrix of the placed art object.

parent

 

readonly

The object's container.

typename

String

readonly

The class name of the object.

Method Listing

PlacedItem duplicate (relativeObject:Object, insertionLocation:ElementPlacement)

Duplicate this object.

Parameter

Type

Description

relativeObject

Object

 

insertionLocation

ElementPlacement

 

undefined embed ()

Embed the placed art within the illustration.

PlacedItem move (relativeObject:Object, insertionLocation:ElementPlacement)

Move the object.

Parameter

Type

Description

relativeObject

Object

 

insertionLocation

ElementPlacement

 

undefined relink (fileSpec:File)

Relink the placed art with supplied art from file.

Parameter

Type

Description

fileSpec

File

File spec to relink from.

undefined remove ()

Deletes this object.

undefined removeAll ()

Deletes all elements.

PluginItem trace ()

Trace this raster object using default options. Reorders this placed to the source art.

Return

PlacedItems.add()

PlacedItem.duplicate()

PlacedItems.getByName()

PlacedItem.move()