Sidecar.xml not working with smoothScrolling

Question

Hi everybody!
I am struggling with a big problem with the sidecar.xml file because it does not load the <smoothScrolling>always</smooothScolling> instruction.
I have created a very simple "test" folio with only two articles each made of two pages either in horizontal and vertical, so I have the followinf structure:
<FOLIO> (main folder)
sidecar.xml
<001> (first stack)
001_v.indd (an indesign file with 1 page 768x1024)
001_h.indd (an indesign file with 1 page 1024x768)
<002> (second stack)
002_v.indd (an indesign file with 2 pages 768x1024)
002_h.indd (an indesign file with 2 pages 1024x768)
I have created the sidecar using the utility of Johannes Henseler so I am sure it is correct and here it is (I have just removed the link section which was very long):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="true" ?>
<sidecar>
          <!--
sidecar.xml generator by Johannes Henseler
http://projects.nordsueddesign.de/sidecarxml
-->
          <!-- article #0 -->
          <entry>
                    <folderName>001</folderName>
                    <articleTitle>Test</articleTitle>
                    <author>Puzzle</author>
                    <kicker>Pilly</kicker>
                    <description>Cover</description>
                    <tags></tags>
                    <isAd>false</isAd>
                    <smoothScrolling>never</smoothScrolling>
                    <isFlattenedStack>false</isFlattenedStack>
          </entry>
          <!-- article #1 -->
          <entry>
                    <folderName>002</folderName>
                    <articleTitle>Test</articleTitle>
                    <author>Puzzle</author>
                    <kicker>Pilly</kicker>
                    <description>First Article</description>
                    <tags></tags>
                    <isAd>false</isAd>
                    <smoothScrolling>always</smoothScrolling>
                    <isFlattenedStack>false</isFlattenedStack>
          </entry>
</sidecar>
Well.. what it happens now is that I create a new folio with the Folio Builder Panel and then I import using the multiple article option. Everything seems ok (the two articles are imported and the description, article title, author, kicker are correct) but the "smoothScrolling" results to be deactivated! (in my Italian version I have the following text "Scorrimento uniforme: disattivato (allinea a pagina)" (that I translate as "never") instead I was expecting to have "Scorrimento uniforme: entrambe le direzioni" (that I translate as "always").
And what is worse is that if I try to modify the property in Indesign using the Folio Builder Panel I get this error message:
Errore di generazione contenuto.
[Errore: Gli articoli con scorrimento uniforme devono contenere almeno una pagina singola. Aprite la finestra di dialogo Proprietà per modificare le opzioni di scorrimento uniforme.]
I try to translate:
Generating content error.
Error: the articles with smoothScrolling must contains at least a single page. Open the dialogue window Property to modify the options for the smoothScrolling.
Actually the Indesign source files 002_v.indd and 002_h.indd have already two pages so I do not understand what the error means. It just says to modify the property, but this means I can not have the smoothScrolling on "always" and I do not understand why!
I just would like to have a "smoothScrolling" effect between two pages of various articles using the sidecar.xml file!
Please someone can help me?

Answer 1

Smooth scrolling and flattenig does not work in combination. I think there
is no way to enable that.
—Johannes
(mobil gesendet)
Am 01.03.2012 17:19 schrieb "Bob Levine" <[email protected]>:
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