Plate Members (Publisher)

Represents a single printer's plate. The <objName>Plate</objName> object is a member of the <objName><link filename="pbobjPlates_HV10311487.xml" id="HV10311487" lcid=" " refid="NA" type="SameCHM" chm="vbapb10.chm">Plates</link> </objName> collection.

Methods

Name

Description

ConvertToProcess

Converts the specified plate from spot color to process.

Delete

Deletes the specified plate.

Properties

Name

Description

Application

Used without an object qualifier, this property returns an Application object that represents the current instance of Publisher. Used with an object qualifier, this property returns an Application object that represents the creator of the specified object. When used with an OLE Automation object, it returns the object's application.

Color

Returns a ColorFormat object representing the color information for the specified object.

Index

Returns a Long that represents the position of a particular item in a specified collection. .

InkName

Returns a PbInkName constant that represents the name of the ink to be printed using this plate. Read-only.

InUse

Returns True if the specified ink (represented by the plate) is used in the publication. Read-only Boolean.

Luminance

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.

Name

Returns a String value indicating the name of the specified object. Read-only.

Parent

Returns an object that represents the parent object of the specified object. For example, for a TextFrame object, returns a Shape object representing the parent shape of the text frame. Read-only.