1 XML node to many Text Frames

In indesign is it possible to map the content of a single XML node element to multiple text frames within an Indesign document?
I have data elements in my XML that I don't want to repeat but they have to appear in multiple places within my document.
Is this possible? What's the trick?
Thanks,
Gordon

I don't have it to test with, but might the Linked Stories feature in CS5.5 allow you to do this? Maybe that's worth a look. I don't know of a way to do it in CS5 or before.
Jeff

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Hi all, I could use some help (using version CS5.5).
I want to import (via Javascript) an XML file similar to this:
<movieRoot>
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I've included a bunch of variables for (hopefully) easier viewing.
var myXMLRoot = myDocument.xmlElements.item(0); //movieRoot
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 for (j = 0; j < myXMLElement.xmlElements.length; j++)
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 if (currElement.contents != "" && currElement.contents != "NOTHING")
 alert (currElement.markupTag.name + ": " + currElement.contents);
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As posted into the other thread:
Yes, each record will be in its own frame.
You can use one of a couple solutions to stitch (link) each frame to the other, delete all but the first page and the first merged record, then resize that first merge frame and reflow the entire document.
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1341730?start=0&tstart=0
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Unwanted side head formatting in text frames

In my document, I use many text frames within anchored frames. Without my knowledge of having done anything, all of my text frames now have side heads within them. So all of the text that I entered has disappeared. See example below.
I can see it if I stretch the text frame large enough. See below:
Now, when I create new text frames with text within them, they look fine. They maintain their proper formatting. But all of the ones created before a few days ago look like above.
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This has happened,
heck still happens to me.
(more than once)
even today, to ONE chapter of a 14+chapter document..
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Object Properties
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I had to un-check, and Apply.
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1- create new document
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4- import tags from xml
5- import xml
then it simply don't auto populate the text fields wiith the xml content.
I've already spent about 10 hours trying to figure out what can be the problem...
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businesscards
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employeePosition
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businesscards
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<employeeAddressln2>Portland, Oregon 97210</employeeAddressln2>
<employeePhone>503-515-5404 direct</employeePhone>
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Import the xml file -- the placeholders are replaced with data from the 1st xml element
Step 3
Drag & drop the element containing all "Books" elements into the main flow -- all elements are placed and formatted the same way as in step 1.
Finally, add a new page, click the overset text icon and autoflow text to add pages so that to fit all the text.
Hope this helps.
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Hello,
when doing structured work in FM you can do this either by using xml files or fm files (with structure in them).
As soon as you use .fm-files rather than xml files, you can do the following:
1. insert an element that inserts an image (=which is declared in the EDD)
2. after having inserted the image, delete it but leave the empty frame.
3. into this frame, put a text frame and into this text frame, import whatever you like.
Warning:
This is only possible with .fm files. With .xml-files it is not possible. So if you plan to move your .fm-files to .xml files you will get errors.
Also, as far as I can see, there is no validation inside such frames. This can be good (because you can insert unstructured text) or bad (as there is no validation).
Generally speaking, I know of no standard xml-dialect which hase something as a "frame"-Element. It is true that you can have FM interpret elements as Frames, but this is an FM specific thing.
So, if you want to do this, this also means that you have to build your own dialect or extend an existing one, which means that you bind yourself to non-standard.
You might try to think about why you want to do this in the first place. If you´d like to do it, because you want to include XML or MIF with pictures and their descriptions ("1: screw; 2: switch"...), you could do an AI or EPS that contains the graphics and the text, or you could import the graphics normally and put the descriptions underneath in a normal table.
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Manas.

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I think I figured out how to create a new text frame in page and set the content in the frame, but I am having difficulty finding an associated text frame for an XML element.
If anyone has a sample code finding a text frame for an XML element, I appriciate it. Or if anyone can tell me what document I need to look, it will be great too.
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Here's a code snipet with null checks removed:
UID MyClassName::GetFrameForXMLElement(IIDXMLElement* inXMLElement)
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How to place a Xml in selected text frame?

When i set default text frame below code working fine, if i not mention the default text frame is not placing
do {
// +precondition
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Hi Norio,
Itry using
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I have a Flash program I'm doing in Actionscript 3, using CS6.
I'm using the XMLSocket Class to read-in XML Data. I will write some sample XML Data that is being sent to the Flash
program below...
I know with this line here (below) I can access the 4th "element or node" of that XML Data.
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Hey vamsibatu, thanks again for the quick reply!
Ohhh, ok I gotcha. That makes more sense.
So I just tried this loop below and I guess I could use this and just keep assigning an int variable to the output so
when it finishes I will be left with a variable containing the total number of elements:
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x == 0
x == 1
x == 2
x == 3
x == 4
So I guess I could do something like this and when the loop completes I will be left with the total number of elements/nodes...
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I think that should be good enough for what I needed. Thanks...
Thanks Again,
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XML: Using static & placeholder text inside element with children?

Hi there
I’m working with simple XML data with the following structure:
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 Row
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 Physical_address
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 Website
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etc.
The row element will be repeated many times. In setting up my InDesign document I’d like to use static text within each Row element. What’s confusing me is where I should use the Row tag. I’d like my imported XML data to run as continuous text, thus:
Company: placeholder text
Address: placeholder text
placeholder text
placeholder text
placeholder text
Company: placeholder text
Address: placeholder text
placeholder text
placeholder text
placeholder text
I tried setting it up like this, with the parent text frame given the Root tag:
<Row>Company: <Company_name>placeholder text</Company_name>
Address: <Physical_address>placeholder text</Physical_address>
<Phone>placeholder text</Phone>
<Website>placeholder text</Website>
<Email_address>placeholder text</Email_address></Row>
…but when I import my XML file I lose all my static text and each child element is indented more than its parent element. I would guess that by placing my static text within the Row tag it gets replaced when each Row element is imported, but where else would I place it? Do I have to create anchored text frames (tagged with Row) within the Root frame to hold each Row element?
I’d appreciate any insights.
Message was edited by: Graham vdR

OK, I’ve figured out the first problem. I just needed to play around with the options in the dialogue that comes up when importing XML. Specifically, the “Do not import contents of whitespace-only elements” needs to be checked. I still don’t see why that should affect whether or not my static text stays in place.
Now, my new question is this: It looks like all the child elements of a container element have to appear in the document in the same order in which they appear in the XML file. Is this right? If I swap my Email_address and Website tags around in my placeholder text, either the email address disappears or it appears at the end (depending on the options I select in the dialogue upon import). So if I want to change the order in which they appear I have to do so in the XML file as well?

Asign paragraph styles to xml nodes

Hello all,
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This is how my xsl looks like:
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Sorry, my last example was the xsl instead of the xml. Here is the xml I got. I want to pull the Root/Artikel/Text Tag to a frame and all Child tags within should be formated with the corresponding pstyles.
But it looks like as if Indesign just does not tranform the aid5 style upon xml/xlst import. The <aid:br> tags you see are just a try of myself to get the tags within the Text tag separated as paragraph.
But Indesign just interprets them as normal tags and also shows them in the structure pane.
Thank you very much for your help. I also tried to format the text with the paragraph styles by hand and export the whole thing as xml from Indesign. But Indesign just the xml the same way I imported it. The same happens when I manually create a xml structure in Indesign, assign the styles to the text within the frame. Indesign just exports the raw xml structure. But no style declarations. So I can't see how to format the tags the right way.
This is how my xml looks like when I import it with the upper xsl.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Root>
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 <Artikelnummer>C12-34567</Artikelnummer>
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 <Text xmlns:aid="http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/4.0/" xmlns:aid5="http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/5.0/">
 <EK aid5:pstyle="EK">1234,-<aid:br></aid:br></EK>
 <Details aid5:pstyle="Details">AAA AAA AAA AAA<aid:br></aid:br></Details>
 <Abmessungen aid5:pstyle="Abmessungen"><aid:br></aid:br></Abmessungen>
 <Artikelnummer aid5:pstyle="Artikelnummer">C12-34567<aid:br></aid:br></Artikelnummer>
 </Text>
 </Artikel>
 <Artikel>
 <Artikelnummer>C23-45678</Artikelnummer>
 <Bild href="file:///Users/Diamondgroup/Desktop/KatalogBeispiel/cmyk/C23-45678.PSD"></Bild>
 <Text xmlns:aid="http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/4.0/" xmlns:aid5="http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/5.0/">
 <EK aid5:pstyle="EK">2345,-<aid:br></aid:br></EK>
 <Details aid5:pstyle="Details">BBB BBB BBB BBB<aid:br></aid:br></Details>
 <Abmessungen aid5:pstyle="Abmessungen"><aid:br></aid:br></Abmessungen>
 <Artikelnummer aid5:pstyle="Artikelnummer">C23-45678<aid:br></aid:br></Artikelnummer>
 </Text>
 </Artikel>
</Root>
All the xsl: transformations work but the aid: and aid5: transformations just show in the xml as they where in the xsl.

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