II. DATAformTags
Developer handbook DATAformXTension © 1992-2004 www.gassenhuber.de
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{5} *T Object type
[0;1;3…5;12…14]
DATAformXTension contains
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box objects *T0 up to *T13 i.e. boxes and lines in QuarkXPress and
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functional objects from *T101 on which control the mode of import etc. By *103, for
example, a box can be deleted; *108 creates a new document. Functional objects are
described in chapter III, from page: 93.
A box object describes the type of QuarkXPress box.
The illustration shows the available box types; any other values for *T can not be used in this
context.
If the command “Update boxes” is applied to a text with DATAformTags, the type of box
specified in *T must match the type of box that is being updated. In other words, the type of
box can not be changed when updating.
With picture boxes *T12-*T14 the Tag *$ will be read as the picture path; with text boxes
*T3–*T5 as the boxes text; with lines *T0–*T1 it will be skipped.
The type of special boxes *T4 and *T13 is specified in detail with the Tag {48} *Q for the box
shape, page: 65.
Polygon picture boxes are exported and imported as *T12 with the polygon description in {70}
*t[...].
Polygon text boxes are exported and imported as *T3 with the polygon description in {70}
*t[...].
With polygons the box shape is always described by *t[...]; the values *T3 and *T12 only
describe the box contents: text or picture.
The box envelope is specified by the pairs of values in *t[...].
Boxes with content “None”
In QuarkXPress apart from the box contents text and picture there is the content type “None”.
In these types of boxes neither text nor pictures can be placed in QuarkXPress. DATAform-
XTension exports these types of boxes as empty picture boxes. When importing or updating
the content these boxes will be placed as empty picture boxes.
*T3, *T4, *T5
Text box, *T3 square, *T4 box shape, *T5 oval
*T12
Orthogonal picture box
*T13
Various picture boxes
*T14
Oval picture boxes
*T3, *T12
Polygon as text or picture box with *t [...]
*T1
Orthogonal line
*T0
Free line
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