Export paragraph format tag to attribute

Hi All,
Using structured FM 11 on Windows 7.
I need a way to round-trip paragraph format tags. I know it is easy to assign them on import with the EDD, but I'm not sure how to save them on export.
I was hoping the read/write rules could contain something along the lines of:
attribute "paraFormat" is fm property paragraph format tag;
I figure it can probably be done with ExtendScript or a custom API, but I would rather avoid these if possible.
Thanks!
Trevor

Trevor,
I think you are out of luck with r/w rules. The assumption is that formatting logic is owned by the EDD and would therefore have no relevance in the XML. Like you surmise, an import/export API client could do it. An ExtendScript could also do it before the import, by populating the attributes ahead of time. That would be a very simple script, maybe 20 lines or so.
My FrameSLT plugin could also populate the attributes ahead of time with a Node Wizard Script, but that isn't free like ES. www.weststreetconsulting.com.
Russ

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