You can add elements, attributes, comments, and processing instructions by way of the Structure pane. The Tags panel lists tags for elements. You can import, export, add, delete, and rename tags. You use the Tags panel to apply element tags to content that you plan to export to XML, and to apply tags to frames before importing XML content into them.
You use the Tags panel to apply element tags to content that you plan to export to XML. To share XML data with others, you need to agree on a standard set of tag names and element attributes so that everyone in your group uses and applies tags the same way. A DTD file provides a set of elements and attributes for members of the group to use. It also defines the rules about where elements can appear in the structural hierarchy. For example, the DTD file may require the Title element to be a child of the Story element because the title is supposed to appear inside the story; if you tag a title without tagging the story it appears in, the DTD file marks the Title element as invalid.
This process is called validating. This imports the element names from the DTD into the Tags panel. Others who have loaded the same DTD file have the same element names, which ensures that everyone in the group uses the same elements.
You can view the DTD file in InCopy and validate stories against it to ensure that tags have been applied correctly. Note: You may find that a DTD file created by a group or industry similar to yours includes tags and structures that meet your needs. For a current list of registered DTDs, visit www.
XML rule sets are sets of instructions written in a scripting language such as JavaScript or AppleScript that evaluate XML data and take certain actions if that data meets certain conditions. Each rule consists of at least one condition and at least one action. A rule evaluates the XML data against the conditions, and if a condition is met, then it takes the appropriate action.
For example, an XML rule can specify that whenever the Paragraph element appears under the Subhead element a condition , a specific style an action is applied; or that whenever the Product element a condition appears, a new frame is created and a product image is imported actions. Merge can replace the existing structure, whereas append adds to any existing structure. In both cases, it is important that the root element is not associated with a text frame.
Either use the default element named "Root" or rename this element based on your current workflow or requirement as needed, again being sure that it is not associated with a text frame. The Form DOM acts as a medium for combining the specific values from the XML data with the presentation rules defined by the form design.
If you are creating an interactive form, after the form DOM is created, the form is complete and ready for deployment to users. Interactive form designs may have associated data that they are merged with, but most interactive forms are designed to support user-entered data.
The process up to and including the creation of the form DOM is identical for all forms. However, non-interactive forms have a set of data to merge with their form design. In the case of forms that have a fixed layout, data merging does not determine the presentation rules for the form; that is, data is merged into the appropriate fields without changing the field properties.
In contrast, when data is merged with forms that have a flowable layout, the fields grow or shrink to accommodate the amount of data merged into them. The Form DOM for forms with both fixed and flowable layouts looks very similar; it is one long form with no pagination. When the data and presentation rules are applied to these types of forms, they must be formatted according to the layout information. A Layout DOM is created from the Form DOM that structures the form into pages and applies any other page-based rules, such as page numbering, headers, and trailers.
The following diagram illustrates this process. After the layout rules are applied to forms that have a fixed or flowable layout, both types of forms are complete.
The connectionSet model controls a data schema as well as a data source used by a particular form. The Data model is the in-memory representation of user data. When a form design and data are merged using the data-binding process, the data model supplies the content for fields on the final form. The Event model controls the changes in a form that occur before, during, and after actions take place. These actions include dynamic form events, such as the point when the data and form design are merged but before any pagination is applied, as well as interactive form events such as when a user updates the value of a field.
The Form model is the in-memory representation of the merged Template model and Data model. Using this model, you can affect the look of the form, adjust field values, or perform other changes prior to either displaying the completed form to a user or processing the form through the Layout model.
Scripts run against the Form model by default; therefore, you do not need to specify the Form model in your reference syntax.
The Host model provides a set of properties and methods for working at the application level. These properties and methods are available for scripting regardless of the hosting application. Excel tables and Word documents can be automatically styled by censhare and then placed directly into and edited within InDesign layouts. Now we are able to construct and decode layouts using standard XML tools.
Since censhare is based on XML, this allows for a very elegant integration. Find out how developers are working with the XML rules-processing engine to automatically build page layouts in InDesign. View or download PDF, 2. Real World InDesign: Creating placeholders.
Discover how a major newspaper chain has streamlined cross-media publishing and enhanced its brand using InDesign and InCopy. View or download PDF, k. With InDesign scripting support, you can automate tedious production tasks such as placing and replacing images, correcting errors in text, and preparing files for printing. Here are some resources for both beginners and more experienced scripters.
View or download the tutorial PDF, k. Check out this document for information about the JavaScript features, tools, and objects that are common to all Adobe Creative Suite applications that support JavaScript. View or download PDF, 4. InDesign scripting user forum.
Share design and type-related questions and answers and exchange scripts, scripting ideas, and XML information with like-minded professionals. Adobe Exchange. Download free scripts or upload those you've created, plus share templates, plug-ins, actions, and other helper files that add new features to your layouts, in the Adobe Resource Center.
View or download the tutorial PDF, 1. Check out this document for information about the JavaScript features, tools, and objects that are common to all Adobe Creative Suite 4 applications that support JavaScript. InDesign Exchange. Check out this informative primer on why, how, and when to use scripting in the Creative Suite 3 applications.
Using scripting to move, scale, rotate, and shear an object has changed significantly in InDesign CS3. This short tutorial and associated scripts show you how to work with the new transformation architecture to achieve the results you need. ZIP, k.
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