2020

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USING QUARKXPRESS SERVER
Modifying picture properties
You can modify the properties (such as origin, scale, angle, skew, and orientation) of
pictures in a QuarkXPress project with XML. To modify picture properties, use the
following parameters in the Modifier schema:
BOX
ID
PICTURE
The following XML shows how some of these parameters work.
<PROJECT>
<LAYOUT>
<ID UID="1"/>
<SPREAD>
<ID UID="1"/>
<BOX BOXTYPE="CT_PICT">
<ID NAME="PEOPLE"/>
<PICTURE SCALEACROSS="50" SCALEDOWN="50"
OFFSETACROSS="20"
OFFSETDOWN="20"/>
</BOX>
<BOX BOXTYPE="CT_PICT">
<ID NAME="MOUNTAINS"/>
<PICTURE FIT="CENTERPICTURE" ANGLE="30" SKEW="30"
FLIPHORIZONTAL="false"/>
</BOX>
<BOX BOXTYPE="CT_PICT">
<ID NAME="OFFICES"/>
<PICTURE FIT="FITPICTURETOBOX" ANGLE="30" SKEW="30"
FLIPHORIZONTAL="false"/>
</BOX>
<BOX BOXTYPE="CT_PICT">
<ID NAME="PRODUCTS"/>
<PICTURE FIT="FITPICTURETOBOX" ANGLE="30" SKEW="30"
FLIPHORIZONTAL="false"/>
</BOX>
<BOX BOXTYPE="CT_PICT">
<ID NAME="SERVICES"/>
<PICTURE FIT="FITPICTURETOBOXPRO"/>
</BOX>
</SPREAD>
</LAYOUT>
</PROJECT>
Response
A preview of the QuarkXPress project with image modifier tags applied to
the picture boxes.
Alerts
File not found.
HTTP Error #404 QuarkXPress Server Error #–43
This alert displays if you specify an invalid XML
file or request a document that is not available to
QuarkXPress Server.
Bad filename/
pathname.
HTTP Error #404 QuarkXPress Server Error #–37
This alert displays if you specify an invalid file
name or path.
The XML document
is not valid or well
formed.
HTTP Error #500 This alert displays if the XML you
supply is not well-formed or does not adhere to the
Modifier schema.
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