Thanks in the end I wrote up something similiar to
your algorithmn.
What I did is I created a shape, then I do
insertTextContent, and then I do getSize and finally
removeTextContent. Then I at least have the size of
the object so I can calculate if there is room enough.
Then instead of a shape
Had the same problem and solved it with running a counter for eevry page
and keep track off the cursor position on the page where we are
inserting a frame.
Then you have to place the new frame anywhere on the page, fil the frame
with the text and with the frame cursor you can measur the hight
Is there any way I can ask a frame if any part of it
is in the non - printable area?
If any one has any ideas I would be very appreciative
and I will be happy to submit a snippet for it. I am
planning on submitting a couple of frame snippets
already.
Sorry for the deluge of questions. But this