Map Tags to Styles not working

[pateimus]

Hello, I am having a problem when importing a xml file. When I do so the Map Tags to Styles box is blank as shown below.

Does anybody know what might be happening?

I use simple tags as below:

<xml>

<chapnum>1</chapnum>

<normal>blah blah blah blah blah</normal>

<normal>another paragraph text</normal>

<normal>more paragraph text</normal>

<chapnum>2</chapnum>

<normal>blah blah blah blah blah</normal>

<normal>another paragraph text</normal>

<normal>more paragraph text</normal>

</xml>

[Srishti Bali]

Hi pateimus,

This will be best answered on our InDesign Scripting forum. Hence moving the thread to scripting space.

Also, you may refer to this tutorial: Tag content for XML in InDesign

Regards

Srishti

[MW Design]

Srishti, this is the proper forum for this question. Please leave it here.

pateimus,

Which ID version are you using? I am using CS6 in the image below, but I haven't read of any issues in the current versions (and there wasn't the last time I used CC).

[pateimus]

Thank you for the response...I am using 12.0.0.81 x64 build

I am not sure if it would make a difference but I take a previous book that I have created and erase the text in it then import the xml.

[MW Design]

It might/would make a difference if the XML got deformed. But without seeing it I wouldn't know.

It is also possible that ID's preferences got munged-up in some way. It would take deleting the preferences and you would loose any customization of ID.

Mike

[pateimus · Accepted solution]

I think I figured out a work around. I replaced the <xml> and </xml> tags in the file and replaced it with <book> and </book> (I think anything could be used) and it imported fine. I am not sure why it through a fit using <xml> at times but it looks like this will work.

<book>

<chapnum>1</chapnum>

<normal>blah blah blah blah blah</normal>

<normal>another paragraph text</normal>

<normal>more paragraph text</normal>

<chapnum>2</chapnum>

<normal>blah blah blah blah blah</normal>

<normal>another paragraph text</normal>

<normal>more paragraph text</normal>

</book>

Thanks for everyone's help.