Illustrator Scripting :: How To Place Textframe Central To Artboard

Apr 15, 2012

This is my very first attempt at a script: 
 
* this script will prompt  the user for a file name and location and then save the current file as a .pdf with secure save options*/
var curDoc = app.activeDocument;
var destName = prompt ("Enter a Filename Daniel", "", "Save With  Security");
var destFolder = Folder.selectDialog('Select which folder to save to :');
saveFileToPDF(destFolder+ '/' + destName); // not sure if i need this here ?

[Code] .......
 
i can do the math of (artboard width)-(text width) / 2 is start point of text but how do i find out the text width and the artboard width?

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[Code]....

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Line: 83
-> holderDoc.artboards[0].artboardRect = [0,0,128,128];"
 
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// edit: workaround
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