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tpk1982
tpk1982
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September 9, 2016
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Place a 'dot' inside of xml tags

  • September 9, 2016
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Hi,

I need to insert a dot if a column is as empty. But when i use find and replace method it removes tag in between the tabs. Is it possible to place a dot without affecting the xml tags? 

app.findGrepPreferences = null;     app.changeGrepPreferences = null;  
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat="\\t\\t";
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo= "\\t.\\t";
app.changeGrep();

Thanks,

K

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Correct answer Loic.Aigon

Need to add dot only in the empty tagged content in the selected area? But may i know why the previous words get deleted?


var main = function() {  
  
  var doc = app.properties.activeDocument,   
  found, n, xe;  
  
  if ( !doc || app.selection.length!=1 || !app.selection[0].properties.parentStory ) return;  
  
  sel = app.selection[0];
  (sel instanceof TextFrame) && sel = sel.parentStory;
  var xes = sel.associatedXMLElements;
  n = xes.length;
  
  while ( n-- ) {  
  xe = xes;
  xe.contents=="" && xe.contents=".";
  }  
}  
  
  
main();

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Loic.Aigon
Loic.Aigon
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September 9, 2016

Is it possible to place a dot without affecting the xml tags?

Not through F/R. You may need to reach the xmlElement and set contents. I would preferably target the xmlElement specifically through EvaluateXPathExpression but here is an approach.

var main = function() {
  var doc = app.properties.activeDocument, 
  found, n, xe;
  if ( !doc ) return;
  app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = null;
  app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = "^t<FEFF><FEFF>^t"
  found = doc.findText();
  n = found.length;
  while ( n-- ) {
  xe = found.associatedXMLElements[1];
  xe.contents = ".";
  }
}
main();

HTH

Loic

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    tpk1982
    tpk1982Author
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    September 9, 2016

    Thanks Loic, but when i run the provide code, it shows "Undefined is not an Object" in line 15

    Loic.Aigon
    Loic.Aigon
    Legend
    September 9, 2016

    I see. As <FEFF> is a kind of generic metacharacter, it may imply some other found result is not related to a XMLElement.

    Let's make this safer:

    var main = function() {
      var doc = app.properties.activeDocument, 
      found, n, xe;
      if ( !doc ) return;
      app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = null;
      app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = "^t<FEFF><FEFF>^t"
      found = doc.findText();
      n = found.length;
      while ( n-- ) {
      xe = found.associatedXMLElements;
      if ( xe.length ) {
      xe = xe [ xe.length-1 ];
      xe.contents = ".";
      }
      }
    }
    main();
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