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12: XML

Adding XML Elements to a Layout 172

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var myPage = myDocument.pages.item(0);

var myXMLElement = myDocument.xmlElements.item(0);

myXMLElement.placeIntoCopy(myPage, [288, 72], myPage.textFrames.item(0), true);

To associate an existing page item (or a copy of an existing page item) with an XML element and insert the

page item into the XML structure at the location of the element, use the

method,

placeIntoInlineCopy

as shown in the following script fragment (from the PlaceIntoInlineCopy tutorial script):

var myPage = myDocument.pages.item(0);

var myTextFrame = myDocument.textFrames.add({geometricBounds:[72, 72, 96, 144]});

var myXMLElement = myDocument.xmlElements.item(0).xmlElements.item(2);

myXMLElement.placeIntoInlineCopy(myTextFrame, false);

To associate an XML element with a new inline frame, use the

method, as shown

placeIntoInlineFrame

in the following script fragment (from the PlaceIntoInlineFrame tutorial script):

var myXMLElement = myDocument.xmlElements.item(0).xmlElements.item(2);

//Specify width and height as you create the inline frame.

myXMLElement.placeIntoInlineFrame([72, 24]);

Inserting text in and around XML text elements

When you place XML data into an InDesign layout, you often need to add white space (for example, return

and tab characters) and static text (labels like "name" or "address") to the text of your XML elements. The

following sample script shows how to add text in and around XML elements (for the complete script, see

InsertTextAsContent):

var myXMLElement = myDocument.xmlElements.item(0).xmlElements.item(0);

//By inserting the return character after the XML element, the character

//becomes part of the content of the parent XML element, not of the element itself.

myXMLElement.insertTextAsContent("\r", LocationOptions.after);

myXMLElement = myDocument.xmlElements.item(0).xmlElements.item(1);

myXMLElement.insertTextAsContent("Static text: ", LocationOptions.before);

myXMLElement.insertTextAsContent("\r", LocationOptions.after);

//To add text inside the element, set the location option to beginning or end.

myXMLElement = myDocument.xmlElements.item(0).xmlElements.item(2);

myXMLElement.insertTextAsContent("Text at the start of the element: ",

LocationOptions.atBeginning);

myXMLElement.insertTextAsContent(" Text at the end of the element.",

LocationOptions.atEnd);

myXMLElement.insertTextAsContent("\r", LocationOptions.after);

//Add static text outside the element.

myXMLElement = myDocument.xmlElements.item(0).xmlElements.item(3);

myXMLElement.insertTextAsContent("Text before the element: ", LocationOptions.before);

myXMLElement.insertTextAsContent(" Text after the element.", LocationOptions.after);

//To insert text inside the text of an element, work with the text objects contained by

the element.

myXMLElement.words.item(2).insertionPoints.item(0).contents = "(the third word of) ";