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What are functions?
Certain properties of elements within the document can be defined as a function or formula. This function can refer to other elements properties and variable values.
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If a function is not valid and cannot be calculated properly, the last calculated value is kept.
What is supported within a function?
Arithmic operators
+ | adding |
- | substracting |
* | multiplying |
/ | deviding |
() | parentheses |
Referencing
In the functions, you can use absolute numbers, or you can reference other elements.
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- Variable:
By typing the name of the variable, nothing more.
Properties (to reference of)
These properties can be used from the page, frame, inline frame or tagged paragraph which is referenced by the tag of the frame.
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- page.width
- frametag.height
- frametag.paragraphtag.centerX
Variables
It is possible to use variables in the calculation, but only variables of type number or coordinate. For now, only the value of the variable can be referenced. No other meta information.
"variable.value" or "variable" will both resolve to the actual value of the variable.
In case a variable has the same name as a frame tag, this property being used will indicate if the user intends to use the variable value or the frame property. (there is no "value" property on frames and no width, height, etc on a variable)
If page.property is used in a calculated value, it will always refer to the page in the document, never to a frame with tag "page".
Functions within the calculation
Following additional functions are available for application in the calculations
MinMax(min, max, input) | Clamps a given value between a minimum and maximum value. E.g. MinMax(300,700, addwidth) When the width of the add is lower than 300, the function will return 300. |
ClampMin(min, input) | If the input value is less than the minimum, return the minimum value otherwise return the input value |
ClampMax(max, input) | If the input value is greater than the maximum, return the maximum value otherwise return the input value |
Use of units within a function
Units (millimeters, inches, points, pixels) can be used within a function.
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