Text can't be edited after xml import

I export a subtitle timeline using xml version 4 (FCP 6.05), then import on a machine running FCP 7 (don't know which version right now). After import impossible to edit the text, it changes in the Viewer but not on the timeline.
I've read about issues around 7.02 mentioned by Andreas Kiel from Spherico but not sure if this is the same problem. I've also done subtitles on a machine running FCP 7, exported a xml file (not version 5), and then imported into machines running FCP 6.05, with the same problem of not being able to edit the text.
Is this a bug? Or can I fix the xml doc and if so what needs to be fixed?
Thanks

You mean what source code is UTF-8 ? Flash code, html code?
Please let me know your email, I can send the source file to you.
Thanks!

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quote:
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edit.
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quote:
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quote:
Hopefully this helps... Rick
Adobe has released a half-finished product which hopefully
upon the fourth iteration of the product will feature "advanced
features" such as import, export and text editing.

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<frame5>
<Table xmlns:aid="http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/4.0/"
xmlns:aid5="http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/5.0/" aid:table="table" aid:trows="5" aid:tcols="6">
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1"></Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">2007</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">2006</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">2005</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">2004</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">2003</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">Stores at beginning of period</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">123</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">846</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">805</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">753</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">678</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">Stores opened during the period</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">456</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">36</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">50</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">59</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">79</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">Stores closed during the period</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">789</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">13</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">9</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">7</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">4</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">Total stores at end of period</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">1368</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">869</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">846</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">805</Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1">753</Cell>
</Table>
</frame5>

What I mean is, right now there is a "workaround" which requires a user to manually add an extra column before re-importing the XML (with an extra column), otherwise the results get skewed. If by providing a script we can simply ask the user to "run" it, it would be a more "acceptable" solution.
Right. So, one solution would be to use Convert Text to Tables. If you find that works for you, then you can script it.
That's why I asked you...
Of course if nothing is required from the user other than simply re-importing, then that would be the best solution.
Well, one could imagine a script that was attached to the re-import command, or to the link update notification, but probably the first step is to get something that works reasonably well without automating it completely. Especially because triggers to run scripts silently can introduce hard-to-debug problems.
Sure we can switch to use "CALS table and see if this works. The question is, why should we need to? In the 2nd XML there is clearly a different "aid:tcols" value, and yet InDesign seems to ignore it and assume the same # of columns? This sounds like an Indesign bug, can someone confirm? Is there any plans to fix this?
Not to be snarky, but do you want it to work or not? There are the tools you have and the tools you wish you had, and you can't really do much with the ones you wish you had. I'm kind of assuming you are looking for a solution today, not a solution in 2013.
Yes, I believe two of us have confirmed this appears to be a bug.
Plans to fix? Well, we can't really tell you. You could try asking Adobe, but that's not easy information to get out. But you can certainly open a support case at http://adobe.com/go/supportportal and ask. It's not like we have special information here...
But you're probably better off filing a bug first, in that same fashion.
But let's assume no one had filed the bug. CS6 is expected in the March/April 2012 timeframe. That means that they're probably just putting the finishing touches on it right now, and it's going to be very difficult to fix things in it now. So then the earliest you'd likely get it fixed in CS6.5/CS7/whatever which presumably comes out by 2Q2013, and that's assuming Adobe decides to fix it...
I also can't find much documentation on how to update my table to a "CALS table", any examples?
Try this thread:
Re: Importing a CALS table into InDesign CS3

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