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Luminance Property [Publisher 2003 VBA Language Reference]

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Returns or sets a Long indicating a calculated luminance value for the specified plate; used for spot-color trapping. Valid values are from 0 to 100. Read/write.

expression.Luminance

expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Remarks

This property is valid only for publications with a ColorMode property value of pbColorModeSpot or for spot plates in a publication with a ColorMode property value of pbColorModeSpotAndProcess.

Example

The following example loops through all the spot-color plates in a publication and reports their luminance values.

Dim plaTemp As Plates
Dim plaLoop As Plate

Set plaTemp = ActiveDocument.Plates

If ActiveDocument.ColorMode <> pbColorModeSpot And _
        ActiveDocument.ColorMode <> pbColorModeSpotAndProcess Then
    Debug.Print "No spot colors in this publication."
Else
    For Each plaLoop In plaTemp
        With plaLoop
            Debug.Print "Plate " & .Name _
                & " has a luminance of " & .Luminance
        End With
    Next plaLoop
End If

Applies to | Plate Object