Inserting image at position of xmlelement

Question

To insert an image at the location of an xml tag's content, I tried using code similar to how one does it using a text frame's insertion point:
var myGraphic = myXMLElement.insertionPoints.item(0).place ( myFile );
This does not work. Tom77 posted a related question on October 10th that remains unanswered, here:
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bbf275d.59b6b5ad
Does anyone know how to either
- access the insertion point of an xml element, or what might be limitations
- or, use an alternate, simple method to find the correct insertion point after placing xml content using an xml rule
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi eLearning Developer,
re: "...but the insertion points will not exist until the content is placed in the document on something other than an xml layer."
It's true that you can't place a graphic into an insertion point in an unplaced XML text element, but the insertion points *do* exist--take a look at the XMLStory.jsx example script.
In any case, you can place graphics in uplaced content by adding an href attribute, as shown in the following:
//PlaceXMLGraphic.jsx
//An InDesign CS4 JavaScript
//Shows how to place a graphic in unplaced XML content.
main();
function main(){
    mySetup();
    mySnippet();
function mySetup(){
function mySnippet(){
var myDocument = app.documents.add();
var myRootXMLElement = myDocument.xmlElements.item(0);
var myXMLTag = myDocument.xmlTags.add("xml_element");
var myXMLGraphicTag = myDocument.xmlTags.add("xml_graphic");
var myXMLElementA = myRootXMLElement.xmlElements.add(myXMLTag);
myXMLElementA.contents = "This is a paragraph in an XML story.";
var myXMLGraphicElement = myRootXMLElement.xmlElements.add(myDocument.xmlTags.item("xml_graphic"));
var myGraphicAttribute = myXMLGraphicElement.xmlAttributes.add("href", "file:///C:/test.jpg");
var myTextFrame = myDocument.pages.item(0).textFrames.add({geometricBounds:myGetBounds(myDocument, myDocument.pages.item(0))});
//Place the XML element in the layout to see the result.
myDocument.xmlElements.item(0).placeXML(myDocument.pages.item(0).textFrames.item(0));
function myGetBounds(myDocument, myPage){
var myPageWidth = myDocument.documentPreferences.pageWidth;
var myPageHeight = myDocument.documentPreferences.pageHeight
if(myPage.side == PageSideOptions.leftHand){
  var myX2 = myPage.marginPreferences.left;
  var myX1 = myPage.marginPreferences.right;
else{
  var myX1 = myPage.marginPreferences.left;
  var myX2 = myPage.marginPreferences.right;
var myY1 = myPage.marginPreferences.top;
var myX2 = myPageWidth - myX2;
var myY2 = myPageHeight - myPage.marginPreferences.bottom;
return [myY1, myX1, myY2, myX2];
Thanks,
Ole