PageStream - Documents:CreateCompound

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Merges the selected shapes together to create a compound object.

POSITION/d The coordinates of the object. Default=current bounding box.

ROTATE/d The rotation angle. Default=0.

SKEW/d The slant and twist angle. Default=0.

SLANT/d The slant angle. Default=0.

TWIST/d The twist angle. Default=0.

ABOUT/d The rotation point.

ABOUTCENTER Rotates around its center. Default.

constraint/k The aspect ratio constraint toggle. Options: CONSTRAIN|FREE (default).

printable/k The print object toggle. Options: PRINT (default)|NOPRINT.

stack/k The stack position. Options: INFRONT (default) | INBACK.

DOCUMENT/s The document name. Default=current.

WINDOW/s The window name. Default=current.

Results:

The identification number (handle) of the new object is returned to RESULT.

Examples:
ARexx:

createcompound
createcompound position 1.5 2.5 3.25 6.4 constrain

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Dan Kilroy wrote...	2006-05-03 15:05:36
Script command submitted from PageStream internal documentation. Needs to be checked and merged with the command documentation above. Creates a {...} . objectid = CreateCompound ([INFRONT \| INBACK \| BEST] [POSITION left top right bottom] [FRAMELESS \| FRAMED] [CONTENTOFFSET x y] [CONTENTSCALE x y] [CONTENTROTATE rotation \| CONTENTSKEW slant twist] [CONSTRAIN \| FREE] [PRINT \| NOPRINT] [ABOUT x y \| ABOUTCENTER] [DOCUMENT document \| WINDOW document-window \| OBJECTID objectid]) Parameters: Results: Notes: See Also: Examples: Python: ARexx: Applescript:
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