Drawing a Line in InDesign CS5.5 using ExtendScript - extendscript

Question

I would like to know how to draw a line on InDesign using Extended Script something like
pseudo code
for(x = 0; x < 5; x++){
drawLine(The X Value to startLine, The Y-Value to startLine, Length, Color);
}
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you

Answer 1

Try this script. https://github.com/fabiantheblind/extendscript/wiki/Graphic-Lines.
var data = {
"pw":100,
"ph":100,
"anchors":[
[ 0,50],
[ 10,60],
[ 20,40],
[ 30,60],
[ 40,40],
[ 50,60],
[ 60,40],
[ 70,60],
[ 80,40],
[ 90,60],
[100,50]
]
};
// We need a doc.
// Use pw and ph from data.
var doc = app.documents.add({
documentPreferences:{
pageHeight:data.ph,
pageWidth:data.pw
}
});
// The page is already there.
var page = doc.pages.item(0);
// Create a graphicLine.
var gl = page.graphicLines.add();
// Loop through the data.anchors.
for(var i in data.anchors){
var point = gl.paths[0].pathPoints[i];
/**
* a graphicLine always has 2 path points
* so we need to add points only from the third
* anchor from the data object
*/
if(i < 2){
point.anchor = data.anchors[i];
}else{
point = gl.paths[0].pathPoints.add();
point.anchor = data.anchors[i];
}
if((i != data.anchors.length - 1)&& i!=0)
point.rightDirection = data.anchors[i-1];
point.leftDirection = data.anchors[i];
}