/*
    author: @fabiantheblind
    2 transformations
    by duplicating the polygon and giving him a new location relative to its original
    by applying transformationMatricies we created in a loop
    !Hint: there is also a option that is called transformAgain
    */

main();

function main(){

var pw = 200; // for easier handling
var ph = 200; // for easier handling

/*
These functions build a basic setup
this is for better reuse
*/
var result_of_doc_setup = basic_doc_setup(pw, ph, false, "A");
alert("This is the result of the doc setup function:"+ result_of_doc_setup); // have a look at the rsult of the setup function
/*
 separate the result of the setup function into
 single variables. for better handling
*/
var doc = result_of_doc_setup[0]; // This is a doc
var page = result_of_doc_setup[1]; // This is a page
var tf = result_of_doc_setup[2]; // this is our textframe
tf.createOutlines(true); // make a polygon from the text createOutlines returns an array

/*
In the loop we do 2 transformations
once by duplicating the polygon and giving him a new location
relative to its original
than we apply a transform with the matricies we created in the loop
there is also a option that is called transformAgain
*/
for(var i = 10; i < ph - 20; i = i + 10){

  var dupe_poly = page.polygons.lastItem().duplicate(undefined,[0, i]);// this is a relative duplicate

  // create some transfomr matrices
  // var vertical_shift = app.transformationMatrices.add({horizontalTranslation: 10});// transform horizontal
  // var horizontal_shift = app.transformationMatrices.add({verticalTranslation: 35});// transform vertical
  var rotate = app.transformationMatrices.add({counterclockwiseRotationAngle:(5 + i)});// rotate 
      dupe_poly.transform(CoordinateSpaces.pasteboardCoordinates, AnchorPoint.centerAnchor, rotate); // 

  }; // end of loop

};

/*
This function creates a document with some preset vales
It also creates a textframe on page one

**************ARGUMENTS**************
page_width  Number
page_height Number
facing_pages Boolean
text_frame_content String

**************RETURN VALUES**************
it returns an array of objects
[Object Document, Object Page, Object TextFrame]

*/

function basic_doc_setup(page_width, page_height, facing_pages, text_frame_content){
	
  // create a doc with a size of 200 w and h
  var doc = app.documents.add({
          documentPreferences:{
                  pageWidth : page_width,
                  pageHeight: page_height,
                  facingPages : facing_pages
              }
          });
  /*    
  get the page
  create a textframe with a the content
  */
var page = doc.pages.item(0);
var top = page.marginPreferences.top;
var left = page.marginPreferences.left;
var right = page.marginPreferences.right;
var bottom = page.marginPreferences.bottom;

// now make a textframe with the content of the argument text_frame_content
var tf = doc.pages.item(0).textFrames.add({
          geometricBounds:[top,left,page_height - bottom, page_width - right],
          contents: text_frame_content,

          });

tf.textFramePreferences.verticalJustification =  VerticalJustification.CENTER_ALIGN;

var firstPar = tf.paragraphs.item(0); // get the first paragraph
// set some properties
firstPar.properties = {
                pointSize: 42,
                justification : Justification.CENTER_ALIGN,
                hyphenation : false
                };

tf.fit(FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT);

return[doc, page, tf];

}; // end of basic_doc_setup function