Adobe InDesign javascript that shows a simple dialog with the geometric bounds of the selected object.

ShowGeoBounds.jsx

//DESCRIPTION:Show geometricBounds (y1, x1, y2, x2)

/* 
	ShowGeoBounds.jsx
	Adobe InDesign javascript
	by Enrique Pardo - www.enriquepardo.com
	Get it at: http://gist.github.com/48689
	
	Shows a dialog box with the geometric bounds
	of the selected object

	y1	x1	y2	x2
	[0]	[1]	[2]	[3]
	y	x	x+w	y+h

*/

var gb = app.activeDocument.selection[0].geometricBounds;

var xcoord = gb[1]
var ycoord = gb[0]
var width  = gb[3] - gb[1]
var height = gb[2] - gb[0]

alert (	'x=' + xcoord + 
		' y=' + ycoord +
		'\rw=' + width +
		' h=' + height +
		'\r(' + gb + ')'
		, 1)