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Sunil Yadav
Sunil Yadav
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May 22, 2019
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how to add attribute aid:pstyle="test" in xml without importing into indesign using javascript only?

  • May 22, 2019
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Hi everyone,

                    I am stuck here, need you guy's help. I have read xml and using xpath found the xml node as well, I have added namespace as well in root node of the xml. The only thing I am not able to do is add an attribute named aid:pstyle with some value in it. I need to add this attribute using javascript (not XSLT).

Need your help.

Thanks in advance

Sunil

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    Correct answer Sunil Yadav

    A bit convoluted, but I got it going:

        var rootXE = <xml xmlns:aid="whatever"><p>Para</p><p>Para</p></xml>;
        var testXE = rootXE..p;
        default xml namespace = rootXE.namespace("aid");
        testXE[0].@pstyle = "myStyle";
        testXE[0].@pstyle.setName("aid:pstyle");
        testXE[1].@pstyle = "yourStyle";
        testXE[1].@pstyle.setName("aid:pstyle");
        $.writeln(rootXE.toXMLString());

    Hi https://forums.adobe.com/people/Dirk%20Becker ,

    I took reference of your code.

    And found solution to my problem.

    Here it is:

    var newStyleName = new QName('http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/4.0/','pstyle');
    myNode.@pstyle="test Style";
    myNode.@pstyle.setName(newStyleName);

    I had to set its Qualified name because it contains namespace.

    Best

    Sunil

    3 replies

    priyak7746321
    priyak7746321
    Inspiring
    June 28, 2019

    Its time consuming process. XSL is the best for conversion.

      D
      Dirk Becker
      Legend
      June 28, 2019

      Regarding performance I agree with Priyak, XSLT will be far faster. On the other hand given the sorry state of InDesign XSL I would not invest too much into it, for my own work I prefer libxslt and exslt via plugins.

      Besides we don't know the complexity of the additional logic in Sunil's script, also I hope someone else may benefit of a way to set namespaced attributes.

      Sunil Yadav
      Sunil YadavAuthor
      Legend
      June 29, 2019

      Thank you guys for your time and attention.

      I really appreciate it.

      Thanks

      Sunil

      priyak7746321
      priyak7746321
      Inspiring
      June 26, 2019

      In my knowledge Its not possible

      priyak7746321
      priyak7746321
      Inspiring
      June 26, 2019

      try with perl  or java.

      Sunil Yadav
      Sunil YadavAuthor
      Legend
      June 26, 2019

      Hi priyak7746321,

      I know how to do it with xslt as well.

      But only need to know using InDesign JavaScript(JSX).

      Thanks

      Sunil

      D
      Dirk Becker
      Legend
      June 26, 2019

      At the jsx side, you can address attributes like properties, but with an "@"  prefix.

      myXMLElement = <xml/>;

      myXMLElement.@attributename = "test";

      $.writeln(myXMLElement.toXMLString());

      When the attribute name includes characters not permitted in identifiers, use this syntax:

      myXMLElement = <xml xmlns:aid="whatever"/>;

      myXMLElement["@aid:pstyle"] = "value";

      $.writeln(myXMLElement.toXMLString());

      Note that namespaced attributes will only stick with a matching xmlns: attribute.

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