The Inline frames

This chapter describes the elements involved with creating Inline frames.

Attribute

Default

Value (default value in bold)

Description

YRelativeTo

Implied

Baseline LineCapHeight LineTopLeading ColumnEdge TextFrame PageMargin PageEdge

The inline frame can be positioned relative to the Y value.

BottomTopBoundries

Implied

Yes

No

Yes: means inline frames are placed within the flow boundaries.

No: means inline frames are placed within and without the flow boundaries.

Opacity

Implied

0-100

Integer

The opacity in percentage of the graphic frame.

Transparency

Implied

The transparency of the graphic frame (as in InDesign).

CornerRadius

Implied

The corner effects setting in the specified units of the graphic frame.

.CornerType

Implied

The corner effect setting of the graphic frame (as in InDesign).

Name

Implied

Frame label (not used for now).

Stroke

Implied

The stroke color in swatch or #rrggbb or cmyk. c=0;m=100;y=100;k=0;

StrokeThickness

Implied

The thickness of the stroke in points.

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

The type of stroke values.

Rotation

Implied

The rotation of the graphic frame rotated round the centre middle. In degrees.

Background

Implied

Background color in swatch or #rrggbb or cmyk c=0;m=100;y=100;k=0;

margin-left

Implied

Left margin in the specified units.

margin-top

Implied

Top margin in the specified units.

margin-right

Implied

Right margin in the specified units.

margin-bottom

Implied

Bottom margin in the specified units.

VerticalAlignment

Implied

Top Middle Bottom Justify

The vertical alignment of the content in the frame when "Type" text is used.

Id

Implied

The automatic generated identifier for this object.

Identifier

Implied

Can be used to specify an identifier for this object.

SitecoreID

Implied

Only used in combination with Sitecore. Identifies Sitecore items created from InDesign objects.

SitecoreFieldname

Implied

Only used in combination with Sitecore. Identifies Sitecore item fields used for creating InDesign objects.

Scaling

Implied

Fit Content to Frame Fit Frame to Content Center Content

Fit Content Proportionally Fill Frame Proportionally

Fit Content Proportionally and Center

Images can be scaled automatically.

HorizontalScale

Implied

Value - / +

VerticalScale

Implied

Value - / +

Skew

Implied

Value in degrees.

Center

Implied

True

False

False do nothing

True the image is placed as InDesign value "Center Content", attribute is used with scaling attributes (values).

FitFrame

Implied

True

False

False do nothing

True the frame is placed as InDesign value "Fit frame to Content", attribute is used with scaling attributes (values).

When textual content, fit frame to content will only work when the number of columns is 1.

ObjectStyle

Implied

An InDesign Object Style can be used for formatting (effects). If the name of the Object Style used in the master is used as value of this attribute it will be applied.

FillTint

Implied

The percentage of the tint for the background color.

StrokeTint

Implied

The percentage of the tint for the stroke color.

WMode

Implied

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Wrap mode

no text wrap

jump object

jump to next column

wrap around bounding box

Invalid, unimplemented

Invalid, unimplemented

wrap around object shape

Invalid, unimplemented

Invalid, unimplemented

WOffset

Implied

top;left;bottom;right;single

Distance of wrap offset Ex: 1;2;1;2;0;

Whether the item only supports one value for all sides (that is topMargin is the only valid margin) values 1/0.

WInvert

Implied

0

1

Invert text wrap.

WSide

Implied

0

1

2

3

4

5

Wrap side

both left & right sides

Left side

Right side

Side Towards Spine

Side Away from Spine

Largest Area)

WIgnore

Implied

1

0

Ignore textwrap (only for text frames)

1 Ignore textwrap

LCap

Implied

0

1

2

Line cap

But cap

Round cap

Projecting cap

JType

Implied

0

1

2

Join type

Miter join

Round join

Bevel join

MLim

Implied

Miter limit

SAlign

Implied

0

1

2

Stroke alignment

Align stroke to center

Align stroke to inside

Align stroke to outside

LEnd

Implied

Simple Bar

SquareSolid Square

CircleSolid Circle Curved

Barbed TriangleWide

Triangle SimpleWide

(Line end) and LStart (line start)

BalCols

Implied

True/False

Balance columns