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KuddRoww
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February 1, 2016
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XML declaration

  • February 1, 2016
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When writing an XML object to file is it possible to include the XML declaration?


I've tried the toXMLString() function and that doesn't seem to work, I get the XML file contents just fine but no declaration.


I've tried adding it as a string literal like so (the book object is simple an XML object containing all of the book contents):

var xmlFile = File(chapterFolder+app.activeDocument.name.replace(".indd","")+".xml");


xmlFile.open('w');


xmlFile.encoding = 'UTF-8';


xmlFile.write("""<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>"""+"\r"+book.toXMLString());


xmlFile.close();

Is there a property I'm missing that would allow me to have the declaration included automatically?

Cheers,

Kurtis

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Correct answer frameexpert

Hi Kurtis,

Is it an ExtendScript XML object? I am able to do this in one of my scripts and get the declaration:

var settingsXML = <settings><test-element>Element text</test-element></settings>;


saveSettingsFile (settingsXML);




function saveSettingsFile (settingsXML) {




    var settingsFile = File ($.fileName.replace (/\.jsx(?:bin)?$/i , ".xml"));


    settingsFile.open ("w");


    settingsFile.write ("<?xml version='1.0'?>\r" + settingsXML);


    settingsFile.close ();




}

This script give me this result:

<?xml version='1.0'?>


<settings>


  <test-element>Element text</test-element>


</settings>

-Rick

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frameexpert
Community Expert
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Community Expert
February 1, 2016

Hi Kurtis,

Is it an ExtendScript XML object? I am able to do this in one of my scripts and get the declaration:

var settingsXML = <settings><test-element>Element text</test-element></settings>;


saveSettingsFile (settingsXML);




function saveSettingsFile (settingsXML) {




    var settingsFile = File ($.fileName.replace (/\.jsx(?:bin)?$/i , ".xml"));


    settingsFile.open ("w");


    settingsFile.write ("<?xml version='1.0'?>\r" + settingsXML);


    settingsFile.close ();




}

This script give me this result:

<?xml version='1.0'?>


<settings>


  <test-element>Element text</test-element>


</settings>

-Rick

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KuddRowwAuthor
Inspiring
February 1, 2016

Thanks for testing! That works. I didn't realize that I'm outputting two XML files, one with a file name including date and one without. I was testing the code against the one and checking the other. Thanks for taking the time to test and respond to this.

frameexpert
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Community Expert
February 1, 2016

My pleasure. Thanks for marking it Correct!

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