Element labels in scripting

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October 18, 2023
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I'm afraid my question will betray my ignorance, but can anyone help me use these 'element labels' (I think that's what they're called) in a script?

There are a number of text frames (or stories?) in the document, each with one of various labels. I want to collect elements with the same label and use their contents in a script. Unfortunately, I can't find a way to access those labels. I've tried collecting all textFrames, stories, pageItems... and then using ".label", but I don't get the expected results.

Can anyone help?

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Correct answer Stefan278744972lgo

Here is a sample how to handle pageItems with an elementLabel in WoodWing

for (var p=0; p<curPageItems.length; p++) {
var curPageItem = curPageItems[p];
if ( curPageItem.hasOwnProperty(„elementLabel“) ) {
$.writeln(„PageItem: „ + curPageItem.constructor.name + „ | ElementLabel: „ + curPageItem.elementLabel);
}
}

rob day

Community Expert

Hi @Robrecht5C72 , Is the Woodwing plugin setting the document’s XML structure—View>Show Structure? If it is you could access the XML elements via JS.

R

Robrecht5C72Author

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That could be an interesting approach! I'll check.

S

Stefan278744972lgoCorrect answer

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Here is a sample how to handle pageItems with an elementLabel in WoodWing

for (var p=0; p<curPageItems.length; p++) {
var curPageItem = curPageItems[p];
if ( curPageItem.hasOwnProperty(„elementLabel“) ) {
$.writeln(„PageItem: „ + curPageItem.constructor.name + „ | ElementLabel: „ + curPageItem.elementLabel);
}
}