Creating a TOC

Hi,
I searching for a solution to create a toc programatically.
I have found the description in createtocsnippet.cpp but still I can't put the TOC to a frame automatically.
It still ends up in displaying the mouse cursor to place the toc.
The command kCreateTOCCmdBoss seems to create the toc and it looks like it places the toc, but Indesign it self says no toc created.
If I use additional kFormatTOCCmdBoss to get the formating of the toc, I can't place it in a frame automatically.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Torsten

Hi,
It looks like you have inserted the script in the "XML Source" tab. Would not advise that! The XML Source tab is fine for minor amendments / tinkering, but is not the best place to insert script.
When you have LC open in Design view, there is a window at the top called "Script Editor" (available under the Windows menu).
If this is a single line, it is worth dragging the bottom bar down so that you see a few lines of script at a time.
Create a button on the page and then in Script Editor select the click event. You can then insert your text, as below:
The script would be as before, but without the tags (LC inserts these automatically).
var choice = app.popUpMenu("Page 1", "Topic 1", "Topic 2", "Topic 3");
     if (choice == "Page 1")
          xfa.host.currentPage = 0;
     if (choice == "Topic 1")
          xfa.host.currentPage = xfa.host.numPages -7;
     if (choice == "Topic 2")
          xfa.host.currentPage = xfa.host.numPages -6;
     if (choice == "Topic 3")
          xfa.host.currentPage = xfa.host.numPages -5;
In the example above I am counting backwards from the total number of pages. If you document is static (number of pages does not increase) you can just script using "xfa.host.currentPage". Just remember that the page numbers are based on a zero numbering system.
Hopefully you should end up with somethin like this:
Good luck,
Niall

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