JSX Parse XML String & Place Into Textbox

[adamlach]

I'm using the XML class to parse an XML string. I want to insert the parsed XML into a textbox. What is the proper way to accomplish this? My hope is that InDesign automatically wraps the text using the Tags panel when using this method. Here's my code:

var myXML = new XML( '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><root><myText>Hello World</myText></root>' ); app.selection[0].placeXML( myXML ); // app.selection[0].placeXML( myXML.elements()[0] );

This generates Error 30477: Invalid value for parameter 'using' of method 'placeXML'. Expected XMLElement, but received nothing.

[Loic.Aigon]

message says it all...

you can’t expect it to work if you don’t call it the right way.

go and look at dom, everything will be clearer then.

[adamlach]

Hi I used the docs to get this far, but I can't see what I'm doing wrong. Looking at the XML docs​, I used the XML constructor​ to parse an xml string. Then I used the elements method​​ to get a list of elements and I grabbed the first one from the list. Then I passed the element to the TextBox placeXML method​​​. Thanks for your help.

[Loic.Aigon]

Xml constructor stands for xml loaded as javascript object. PlaceXml belongs to indesign dom.

pretty certain scripting guide introduces this but if wrong i think sdk sample scripts cover it deeply.

[adamlach · Accepted solution]

As far as I can tell, it is not possible to parse an XML string and import it. You must write the string to a temporary file and import that.