Adobe 0046100128056 - InDesign - Mac - Applying formatting with XML rules

CHAPTER 13: XML Rules XML Rules Examples 199
Applying formatting with XML rules
The previous XML-rule examples have shown basic techniques for finding XML elements, rearranging the
order of XML elements, and adding text to XML elements. Because XML rules are part of scripts, they can
perform almost any action—from applying text formatting to creating entirely new page items, pages,
and documents. The following XML-rule examples show how to apply formatting to XML elements using
XML rules and how to create new page items based on XML-rule matching.
The following script adds static text and applies formatting to the example XML data (for the complete
script, see XMLRulesApplyFormatting):
main();
function main(){
if (app.documents.length != 0){
var myDocument = app.documents.item(0);
//Document set-up.
myDocument.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits =
MeasurementUnits.points;
myDocument.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits =
MeasurementUnits.points;
myDocument.colors.add({model:ColorModel.process,
colorValue:[0, 100, 100, 0], name:"Red"});
myDocument.paragraphStyles.add({name:"DeviceName", pointSize:24,
leading:24, spaceBefore:24, fillColor:"Red", paragraphRuleAbove:true});
myDocument.paragraphStyles.add({name:"DeviceType", pointSize:12,
fontStyle:"Bold", leading:12});
myDocument.paragraphStyles.add({name:"PartNumber", pointSize:12,
fontStyle:"Bold", leading:12});
myDocument.paragraphStyles.add({name:"Voltage", pointSize:10, leading:12});
myDocument.paragraphStyles.add({name:"DevicePackage", pointSize:10,
leading:12});
myDocument.paragraphStyles.add({name:"Price", pointSize:10, leading:12,
fontStyle:"Bold"});
var myRuleSet = new Array (new ProcessDevice,
new ProcessName,
new ProcessType,
new ProcessPartNumber,
new ProcessSupplyVoltage,
new ProcessPackageType,
new ProcessPackageOne,
new ProcessPackages,
new ProcessPrice);
with(myDocument){
var elements = xmlElements;
__processRuleSet(elements.item(0), myRuleSet);
}
}
else{
alert("No open document");
}
function ProcessDevice(){
this.name = "ProcessDevice";
this.xpath = "/devices/device";
this.apply = function(myElement, myRuleProcessor){
with(myElement){
insertTextAsContent("\r", XMLElementPosition.afterElement);
}
return true;
}