Copy static text from one MIF documents to other MIF document

Question

Hi All,
I'm trying to copy the text frames and their contents from one document to other document.
I"m following the bellow steps..!
1. Open Template1.mif by F_ApiSimpleOpen()
2. Create new document called "Template2.mif" using "F_ApiCustomDoc"
3. Import the required formats by
F_ApiSimpleImportFormats(Template2,Template1,FF_UFF_COLOR |FF_UFF_COMBINED_FONTS |FF_UFF_COND |FF_UFF_DOCUMENT_PROPS |FF_UFF_FONT |FF_UFF_MATH |FF_UFF_PAGE |FF_UFF_PGF |FF_UFF_TABLE |FF_UFF_VAR))
4. Read the text frames from "Template1" and create new text frame in Template2
     pgfId = F_ApiGetId(FV_SessionId, Template1, FP_FirstFlowInDoc);
     while (pgfid) {
     //     create a new text frame in Template2
          tFrameId = F_ApiNewGraphicObject(Template2, FO_TextFrame, pFrameId);
          objGraphicId = F_ApiGetId(Template1, pgfId, FP_FirstTextFrameInFlow);
     //assigning the properties of text frames
          propspdf = F_ApiGetProps(docIdfrom, objGraphicId);
          F_ApiSetProps(docIdto, tFrameId,&propspdf);
Till this step, it is working as expected.
Next I need to read the paragraphs of each text frame and put only static text available in the TEXT FRAMES OF Template1 in newly crated TEXT FRAMES of Template2. But ignore the variables in the text frames.
I tried to work with the following piece of code
     doc2PgfId = F_ApiGetId(docIdfrom, objGraphicId, FP_FirstPgf);
     doc1PgfId = F_ApiGetId(docIdto, tFrameId, FP_FirstPgf);
     while (doc2PgfId && doc1PgfId)
               F_ApiDeallocatePropVals(&propspdf);
               tispdf = F_ApiGetText(docIdfrom, doc2PgfId, FTI_String|FTI_PgfBegin|FTI_PgfEnd);
               tisspdf = F_ApiGetText(docIdto, doc1PgfId, FTI_String);
               n=tispdf.len;
               n1=tisspdf.len;
               for(i=0; i<tispdf.len;i++){
                     ti = &tispdf.val[i];
                     tiT = &tisspdf.val[i];
                     //compare the text type and handle each text item appropriately
                     switch(ti->dataType){
                     //handle normal free flowing text
                      case(FTI_String):
                       //F_ApiAlert("In String", FF_ALERT_CONTINUE_NOTE);
                       tr.beg.objId = pgfId;
                       tr.beg.offset = ti->offset;
                       trT.beg.objId = tr.beg.objId;
                       trT.beg.offset = tr.beg.offset;
                    F_ApiDeallocatePropVals(&props);
                    props = F_ApiGetTextProps(docIdfrom, &tr.beg);
                    F_ApiSetTextProps(docIdto, &trT.beg,&props);
                    name1=(StringT)ti->u.sdata;
                    textLoc=F_ApiAddText(docIdto, &trT.beg,name1);
        //textLoc.objId = pgfId1;
        //textLoc.offset = textLoc.offset;
        //if the text string is a part of a variable then
        //it would have been taken care of so ignore it
        break;
       case(FTI_PgfBegin):
                  pgfId = ti->u.idata;
                  pgfId1 = tiT->u.idata;
                  propspdf = F_ApiGetProps(docIdfrom, pgfId);
                  F_ApiSetProps(docIdto, pgfId1,&propspdf);
                   break;
       case(FTI_PgfEnd):
             pgfId = 0;
             pgfId1= 0;
             textLoc.offset=0;
             bPgfalive = False;
             break;
     //Get ID of next pgf in frame
where am I going wrong? Is there any simple way of doing it?
How do I go ahead with this? Please help..!
Thanks,
Basav

Answer 1

Hi Michael,
Thanks for quick reply..!
There was a piece of code which validates whether the text frame I needed exists or not. I intentionally removed so as to not to confuse the reader.
Let me give you a clear picture that what I want to do..!
I've a MIF file and XML file that has the details of text frames and its contents in the MIF. XML looks like
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MyProjectXML>
<TextFrame frame="fr18111dd"><P>Basava</P></TextFrame>
<TextFrame frame="fr224362cc"><P>Prabhu</P></TextFrame>
<TextFrame frame="fr2547"><P>5 Year Performance (US Dollar)</P></TextFrame>
</MyProjectXML>
My MIF file has more than 50  named text frames. Some of them are in XML file, like - fr18111dd, fr224362cc,fr2547. These text frames have the static text,variables and tables. [ Tables I've kept it aside to work later for now]
What I need -
Need a MIF file that has frames available in XML file and replace the variables with the values given in <P> tag and keep the static text as it is.
I'm trying the other way now, Open the MIF file and delete all the text frames except the frames mentioned in the XML file and save as new file.
Let me know if I'm doing anything wrong here..! That will save my time and effort.
Am I clear on my query? and what I wanted to achive ? Let me know otherwise..!
Thanks,
Basav