Automatic (or semi-automatic) alternative to cut and paste WANTED, please

[TorbenAnderson]

I create documents by importing XML-data.

The XML is imported into a Master Page - but I need some of the information on another Master Page, and hence the copy/paste operation.

The structure of the XML looks someting like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<LABEL>
<LABELTEXT language="en-US" programId="123456789" studyId="x_PackType_x" labelPoolId="x_PackType_x" comparator="x">
<XML-TAG01>Label text 01.</XML-TAG01>
<XML-TAG02>Label text 02.</XML-TAG02>
<XML-TAG03>Label text 03.</XML-TAG03>
<XML-TAG04>Label text 04.</XML-TAG04>
<XML-TAG05>Label text 05.</XML-TAG05>
</LABELTEXT>
</LABEL>

The data that needs moving = 123456789 from programId="123456789"

I can change it to a xml-tag if required.

I have a placeholder for the data on the receiving page.

What are my options - scripting or otherwise - in automating this operation?

[Eugene Tyson]

Hey - sounds like an interesting issue. 

I'm not 100% sure on this or what you are looking to do - can you elaborate on your workflow?

[Kasyan Servetsky]

It's not clear to me what exactly you're trying to achieve, but this can be done by the script.

The general approach could be like so:

I assume you have a number of LABELTEXT xml-elements in your document.

You can get all of them who have the programId attribute into the array and loop through each element doing something with attribute values:

main();

function main() {
	var xmlElement, xmlAttribute, value,
	doc = app.activeDocument,
	rootXml = doc.xmlElements[0],
	programIdArr = rootXml.evaluateXPathExpression("//LABELTEXT[@programId]");

	for (var i = 0; i < programIdArr.length; i++) {
		xmlElement = programIdArr[i];
		xmlAttribute = xmlElement.xmlAttributes.item("programId");
		value = xmlAttribute.value;
		$.writeln("Do something with programId " + value);
	}
}