[CS2][JS] Map tags to styles

Hi
I would like to map styles to tags and map tags to styles using a predefined file....
I've tried using ...
var thepath="/Volumes/test/Mapping.indd";
var myImportfile=new File(thepath);
app.activeDocument.xmlImportMaps.add(myImportfile);
app.activeDocument.xmlExportMaps.add(myImportfile);
... but it raises an error... missing parameter...
Does anyone have an idea?
Thanx
Tim

Hi Eric,
I just checked the link, and it's working fine. Try again?
Also, I'd missed this thread earlier--what Tim is asking about (loading a tag to style mapping from a file) can't be done directly in the user interface (as far as I can tell), so it can't be done directly from scripting. Instead, you'd have to open the file containing the tag to style mapping, then transfer the mapping one import/export map at a time to the target file.
Thanks,
Ole

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