TextColumns

A collection of text columns.

Methods:

anyItem, count, everyItem, firstItem, item, itemByName, itemByRange, lastItem, middleItem, nextItem, previousItem, toSource

Property Listing

Property

Type

Access

Description

length

Number

readonly

The number of objects in the collection.

Method Listing

TextColumn anyItem ()

Returns any TextColumn in the collection.

Number count ()

Displays the number of elements in the TextColumn.

TextColumn everyItem ()

Returns every TextColumn in the collection.

TextColumn firstItem ()

Returns the first TextColumn in the collection.

TextColumn item (index:Varies Long String)

Returns the TextColumn with the specified index or name.

Parameter

Type

Description

index

Long

String

The index or name. Can accept: Long or String.

TextColumn itemByName (name:String)

Returns the TextColumn with the specified name.

Parameter

Type

Description

name

String

The name.

TextColumn itemByRange (from:Varies Long TextColumn String, to:Varies Long TextColumn String)

Returns the TextColumns within the specified range.

Parameter

Type

Description

from

Long

TextColumn

String

The TextColumn, index, or name at the beginning of the range. Can accept: TextColumn, Long or String.

to

Long

TextColumn

String

The TextColumn, index, or name at the end of the range. Can accept: TextColumn, Long or String.

TextColumn lastItem ()

Returns the last TextColumn in the collection.

TextColumn middleItem ()

Returns the middle TextColumn in the collection.

TextColumn nextItem (obj:TextColumn)

Returns the TextColumn whose index follows the specified TextColumn in the collection.

Parameter

Type

Description

obj

TextColumn

The TextColumn whose index comes before the desired TextColumn.

TextColumn previousItem (obj:TextColumn)

Returns the TextColumn with the index previous to the specified index.

Parameter

Type

Description

obj

TextColumn

The index of the TextColumn that follows the desired TextColumn.

String toSource ()

Generates a string which, if executed, will return the TextColumn.

Object of

Cell.textColumns

Text.textColumns

Character.textColumns

Word.textColumns

Line.textColumns

TextColumn.textColumns

Paragraph.textColumns

TextStyleRange.textColumns

InsertionPoint.textColumns

TextFrame.textColumns

Story.textColumns

TextPath.textColumns

Note.textColumns

Footnote.textColumns

XMLElement.textColumns