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Example
See this How-to for an example of how the current record index, and/or the total number of
records in the record set, can be displayed in a document: How to get the record index and
count.
region
The region object defines a sub-section of the input data. Its properties vary according to the
type of data.
This object is available when triggering document boundaries On script; see "Setting
boundaries using JavaScript" on page257.
Methods
The following table describes the methods of the region object. This object is available in
Boundaries scripts, with all file types.
Method Description Return Type
found
Field that contains a boolean value
indicating if the last call to
boundaries.find() was successful.
Since the find() method always
returns a region, regardless of search
results, it is necessary to examine the
value of found to determine the actual
result of the operation.
Boolean
range Read-only object containing the
physical coordinates of the region.
Physical location of the region:
x1 (left), y1 (top), x2 (right), y2
(bottom), expressed in
characters for a text file or in
millimeters for a PDF file.
For a CSV file, it is the name of
the column that defines the
region.
createRegion Creates a region by setting the A region that has the specified
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