Setting up a sample document. Adobe InDesign CS6

C HAPTER 13: XML Rules XML Rules Examples 215

<device>

<name></name>

<type></type>

<part_number></part_number>

<supply_voltage>

<minimum></minimum>

<maximum></maximum>

</supply_voltage>

<package>

<type></type>

<pins></pins>

</package>

<price></price>

<description></description>

</device>

The scripts are presented in order of complexity, starting with a very simple script and building toward more complex operations.

Setting up a sample document

Before you run each script in this chapter, import the XMLRulesExampleData.xml

data file into a document. When you import the XML, turn on the Do Not Import Contents of Whitespace-Only Elements option in the XML Import Options dialog box. Save the file, then choose File > Revert before running each sample script in this section. Alternately, run the following script before you run each sample XML-rule script (see the XMLRulesExampleSetup.jsx

script file):

//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);

}

}

}