Getting text object content and position via script /

Hello everybody, 

 we have several Freehand files on OS X (maps) where I need to get the text 
content and the coordinates of objects in a given layer. I could not find a 
possibility how to achieve this via Freehand's Applescript support. Am I 
missing something or is this impossible with the standard scripting support?

 I have found a website about an older Xtra (CARTO-INDEX) that seems to 
something along those lines but it was written in the Classic days of the Mac 
OS. Is there a possibility or maybe even some sample code showing how this can 
be done with an Xtra? Is it possible to call an Xtra function via AppleScript?

 Illustrator seems to be no alternative here because although it seems to 
provide better scripting support, I get conversion errors with my Freehand 
documents and the object parameters do not match. 

 Thanks in advance for your advice. 

>  we have several Freehand files on OS X (maps) where I need to get the
text
> content and the coordinates of objects in a given layer. I could not find
a
> possibility how to achieve this via Freehand's Applescript support. Am I
> missing something or is this impossible with the standard scripting
support?


MaPublisher 5 for FreeHand might do what you wish to do.

http://www.avenza.com/products.mapub50.html

Boris Jerenec and Michael Slomski have written useful Xtras for FreeHand.
You can find contact info for them here, under "Other
Plug-ins/Xtras".

http://www.freehandsource.com/_frames/_misc/plugins.html

If you decide to work in Illustrator, a script called "Make Point
Type"
converts FH text to AI point type. There's also a script to "Make Area
Type".

http://kelsocartography.com/scripts/

Judy Arndt