color specs in Quark

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#1

I have tried to spec colors in Quark. I am trying to set CMYK color values. I have tried the example in an old AppleScripting document of Quark’s called “AdvancedScripting” but I have only gotten values of color only either around 1% or at 50%. Does anyone know how to set those values?

thanks for any reply,
tim

#2

The general format is:

tell application "QuarkXPress™ 4.11"
    tell document 1
        make new color spec at beginning with properties {name:"Black-Second Unit", color type:CMYK type, separation:false, CMYK color value:{0, 0, 0, }}
    end tell
end tell

To get a color value, I just make the color in Quark, name it “mycolor” and then

get CMYK Color value of color spec "mycolor"

retrieving the color value from the Event Log.

Luck,

–tet