A collection of text variable instances.
text variable instance Properties
| Property | Type | Access | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| associated text variable | text variable | r/w | The template for the text variable instance. |
| class | type class | read | The class descriptor type. |
| id | integer | read | The unique ID of the text variable instance. |
| index | integer | read | The index of the text variable instance within its containing object. |
| label | string | r/w | A property that can be set to any string. |
| name | string | read | The name of the text variable instance. |
| object reference | text variable instance | read | An object reference for the text variable instance. |
| parent | reference | read | The parent of the text variable instance (a xml story, text frame, story, note, cell, footnote, table, text column, text style range, text, paragraph, line, word, character or insertion point). Can return: xml story, text frame, story, note, cell, foot… |
| properties | record | r/w | A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time. |
| result text | string | read | The text that replaces the variable marker. Note: This property cannot be set; it can be used only to update variables. . |
| story offset | insertion point | read | The location of the text variable instance in the parent story. |