Adobe 0046100128056 - InDesign - Mac - Getting Started with XML Rules

CHAPTER 13: XML Rules XML Rules Examples 186
//XMLRuleExampleSetup.jsx
//
main();
function main(){
var myDocument = app.documents.add();
myDocument.xmlImportPreferences.allowTransform = false;
myDocument.xmlImportPreferences.ignoreWhitespace = true;
var myScriptPath = myGetScriptPath();
var myFilePath = myScriptPath.path + "/XMLRulesExampleData.xml"
myDocument.importXML(File(myFilePath));
var myBounds = myGetBounds(myDocument, myDocument.pages.item(0));
myDocument.xmlElements.item(0).placeIntoFrame(myDocument.pages.item(0), myBounds);
function myGetBounds(myDocument, myPage){
var myWidth = myDocument.documentPreferences.pageWidth;
var myHeight = myDocument.documentPreferences.pageHeight;
var myX1 = myPage.marginPreferences.left;
var myY1 = myPage.marginPreferences.top;
var myX2 = myWidth - myPage.marginPreferences.right;
var myY2 = myHeight - myPage.marginPreferences.bottom;
return [myY1, myX1, myY2, myX2];
}
function myGetScriptPath() {
try {
return app.activeScript;
}
catch(myError){
return File(myError.fileName);
}
}
}
Getting started with XML rules
Here is a very simple XML rule—it does nothing more than add a return character after every XML element
in the document. The XML-rule set contains one rule. For the complete script, see AddReturns.