Logic to insert a CrossReference in an Active Doc

Hi Lohithkumar,

Mike's summary is pretty good. Here is some almost-complete sample code that inserts an unstructured xref to a different file. The xref is inserted at the current insertion point in the source doc, and targets the paragraph with the insertion point in the target doc. This may not be exactly how you want to locate the new items but it is the simplest way to demonstrate how its done.

Russ

function insertXRef()
{
    var sourceDoc = 
        /* some code to get the doc in which to insert the xref */
    var targetDoc = 
        /* some code to get the doc that the xref will target */
    
    //Insert a new marker object at the current insertion point
    var marker = targetDoc.NewAnchoredMarker(targetDoc.TextSelection.beg);
    
    //Make it a Cross-Ref marker, required for xrefs to target
    marker.MarkerTypeId = targetDoc.GetNamedMarkerType ("Cross-Ref");
    
    //Add some marker text. This needs to be unique among all
    //Cross-Ref markers in the doc
    marker.MarkerText = "xref_target_id";
    
    //Insert a new xref object at the current insertion point in the source doc.
    //Note that "Para_Text" is the xref format... you would need to use a format
    //from your template.
    var xref = sourceDoc.NewAnchoredFormattedXRef("Para_Text", sourceDoc.TextSelection.beg);
    
    //Set the properties required to make it an unstructured xref to the 
    //new marker in the other doc.
    xref.XRefSrcIsElem = false;
    xref.XRefFile = targetDoc.Name;
    xref.XRefSrcText = marker.MarkerText;

    //Update the new xref.
    sourceDoc.UpdateXRef(targetDoc, xref);
}