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CHAPTER 12: XML Scripting XML Elements 166

Scripting XML Elements

This section shows how to set XML preferences and XML import preferences, import XML, create XML

elements, and add XML attributes. The scripts in this section demonstrate techniques for working with the

XML content itself; for scripts that apply formatting to XML elements, see “Adding XML Elements to a

Layout” on page 171.

Setting XML preferences

You can control the appearance of the InDesign structure panel using the XML view-preferences object, as

shown in the following script fragment (from the XMLViewPreferences tutorial script):

var myDocument = app.documents.add();

var myXMLViewPreferences = myDocument.xmlViewPreferences;

myXMLViewPreferences.showAttributes = true;

myXMLViewPreferences.showStructure = true;

myXMLViewPreferences.showTaggedFrames = true;

myXMLViewPreferences.showTagMarkers = true;

myXMLViewPreferences.showTextSnippets = true;

You also can specify XML tagging preset preferences (the default tag names and user-interface colors for

tables and stories) using the XML preferences object., as shown in the following script fragment (from the

XMLPreferences tutorial script):

var myDocument = app.documents.add();

var myXMLPreferences = myDocument.xmlPreferences;

myXMLPreferences.defaultCellTagColor = UIColors.blue;

myXMLPreferences.defaultCellTagName = "cell";

myXMLPreferences.defaultImageTagColor = UIColors.brickRed;

myXMLPreferences.defaultImageTagName = "image";

myXMLPreferences.defaultStoryTagColor = UIColors.charcoal;

myXMLPreferences.defaultStoryTagName = "text";

myXMLPreferences.defaultTableTagColor = UIColors.cuteTeal;

myXMLPreferences.defaultTableTagName = "table";

Setting XML import preferences

Before importing an XML file, you can set XML import preferences that can apply an XSLT transform,

govern the way white space in the XML file is handled, or create repeating text elements. You do this using

the XML import-preferences object, as shown in the following script fragment (from the

XMLImportPreferences tutorial script):

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