[CS3][JS] Apply XML tag for selected text

Question

Hi
  I need to apply XML tag to selected text in a tagged content.The XML tag is already applied for paragraph.I need to apply XML Tag for selected text in a paragraph.
I have used following code, it applies tag for entire paragraph,not a selected text in a paragraph.
app.selection[0].associatedXMLElements[0].markupTag=myDoc.xmlTags.item("italic");
Please suggest me.
Regards
kumar

Answer 1

The example script, markup.jsx
//Markup.jsx
//An InDesign CS4 JavaScript
//Shows how to use the markup method.
main();
function main(){
    mySetup();
    mySnippet();
    myTeardown();
function mySetup(){
    var myDocument = app.documents.add();
    var myPage = app.activeWindow.activePage;
    var myRootXMLElement = myDocument.xmlElements.item(0);
    var myXMLTag = myDocument.xmlTags.add("xml_element");
    var myXMLElementA = myRootXMLElement.xmlElements.add(myXMLTag);
    myXMLElementA.contents = "This is a paragraph in an XML story.";
    var myTextFrame = myPage.textFrames.add({geometricBounds:myGetBounds(myDocument, myPage)});
    myTextFrame.contents = "This is the first paragraph in a text frame.\rThis is the second paragraph in a text frame.\rThis is the third paragraph in a text frame.\rThis is the fourth paragraph in a text frame.\r";
function mySnippet(){
    //<fragment>
    var myDocument = app.documents.item(0);
    var myPage = myDocument.pages.item(0);
    myDocument.xmlElements.item(0).xmlElements.item(0).markup(myPage.textFrames.item(0));
    //</fragment>
function myTeardown(){
function myGetBounds(myDocument, myPage){
    var myPageWidth = myDocument.documentPreferences.pageWidth;
    var myPageHeight = myDocument.documentPreferences.pageHeight
    if(myPage.side == PageSideOptions.leftHand){
        var myX2 = myPage.marginPreferences.left;
        var myX1 = myPage.marginPreferences.right;
    else{
        var myX1 = myPage.marginPreferences.left;
        var myX2 = myPage.marginPreferences.right;
    var myY1 = myPage.marginPreferences.top;
    var myX2 = myPageWidth - myX2;
    var myY2 = myPageHeight - myPage.marginPreferences.bottom;
    return [myY1, myX1, myY2, myX2];
I think you can use the markup function on the selected item (Text Object have a markup method)
Thomas B. Nielsen
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