CS2 AS: Scripted "Import XML" is not working (like manual import does)

Question

I have problem where importing a XML (merge import + delete unmatched) by script simply doesnt work, where the manual import works 100% fine!!??
(I'm exporting the XML, refill it with new text data (localisation process actually), and bring the xml back to commit the change in the Indesign document).
With the script, the XML get imported as a child in the XML
I have xml structure like:
root
node
and get something like
root
node
root
node
My code looks like this (sorry for the formatting):
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
tell XML import preferences
set create link to XML to false
set ignore unmatched incoming to true
set ignore whitespace to false
set import style to merge import
set import text into tables to false
set import to selected to false
set repeat text elements to false
set remove unmatched existing to true
end tell
try
import XML (document 1) from pFilePath
on error pmsg
display dialog pmsg
end try
end tell
Is there something obvious that i'm misssing??
ps: I have checked the XML structure correspondance already.. but i dont think that's the cause of problem as the manual import is working.
Thanks for any help!
Eric

Answer 1

Hi Eric,
If you can see the behavior in the user interface, you can see it in scripting. I think it makes perfect sense to have the XML import preferences set at the document level, because some documents need one set of preferences; other documents need another. I think (hope) that the user documentation covers the differences between application and document preferences (if not, I do, in my book).
If you see a preferences object on both the application and the document, assume you want to use the document preferences. Unless you're trying to set preferences for new documents.
Thanks,
Ole