Javascript: possible bug in how PDF-Xchange returns gestures SOLVED

[Mathew]

While trying to make a script to mirror comments, I ran into a possible bug: If you get gestures from an Ink annotation, the array of coordinates it returns duplicates the x coordinates in the the y coordinate position. The easiest way to demonstrate it is to use one of the example scripts that adobe wrote, and then get the gestures property of the drawn annotation:

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// A fancy ink annotation in the shape of a three-leaf rose.
var inch = 72, x0 = 2*inch, y0 = 4*inch;
var scaledInch = .5*inch;
var nNodes = 60;
var theta = 2*Math.PI/nNodes;
var points = new Array();
for (var i = 0; i <= nNodes; i++) {
Theta = i*theta;
points[i] = [x0 + 2*Math.cos(3*Theta)*Math.cos(Theta)*scaledInch,
y0 + 2*Math.cos(3*Theta)*Math.sin(Theta)*scaledInch];
}
var annot = this.addAnnot({
type: "Ink",
page: 0,
name: "myRose",
author: "A. C. Robat",
contents: "Three leaf rose",
gestures: [points],
strokeColor: color.red,
width: 1
});
console.println("The x coordinates are duplicated in the gestures output:");
console.println(annot.gestures);

[TrackerSupp-Daniel]

Hello, Mathew

I have brought this to the attention of the Dev team and am just waiting on a reply from them, hopefully they have some feedback about another way to perform this for you, or they may offer a promise of resolution in a future release.

Kind regards,

[Ivan - Tracker Software]

fixed in next build