XMLImportPreference

Methods:

addEventListener, getElements, removeEventListener, toSource, toSpecifier

Objects:

Boolean, EventListeners, Events, File, Object, XMLImportStyles, XMLTransformFile

Hierarchy:

Class: XMLImportPreference

Property Listing

Property	Type	Access	Description
allowTransform	Boolean	read/write	If true, transforms the XML using an XSLT file.
createLinkToXML	Boolean	read/write	If true, creates a link to the imported XML file. If false, embeds the file.
eventListeners	EventListeners EventListener	readonly	A collection of event listeners.
events	Events Event	readonly	A collection of events.
ignoreUnmatchedIncoming	Boolean	read/write	If true, ignores elements that do not match the existing structure. Note: Valid only when import style is merge.
ignoreWhitespace	Boolean	read/write	If true, leaves existing content in place if the matching XML content contains only whitespace characters such as a carriage return or a tab character. Note: Valid only when import style is merge.
importCALSTables	Boolean	read/write	If true, imports CALS tables as InDesign tables.
importStyle	XMLImportStyles XMLImportStyles.APPEND_IMPORT XMLImportStyles.MERGE_IMPORT	read/write	The style of incorporating imported XML content into the document.
importTextIntoTables	Boolean	read/write	If true, imports text into tables if tags match placeholder tables and their cells. Note: Valid only when import style is merge.
importToSelected	Boolean	read/write	If true, imports into the selected XML element. If false, imports at the root element.
isValid	Boolean	readonly	Returns true if the object specifier resolves to valid objects.
parent	Application Document	readonly	The parent of the XMLImportPreference (a Application or Document).
properties	Object	read/write	A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.
removeUnmatchedExisting	Boolean	read/write	If true, deletes existing elements or placeholders in the document that do not have matches in the XML file. Note: Valid only when import style is merge.
repeatTextElements	Boolean	read/write	If true, repeating text elements inherit the formatting applied to placeholder text. Note: Valid only when import style is merge.
transformFilename	File XMLTransformFile XMLTransformFile.STYLESHEET_IN_XML	read/write	The name of the XSLT file. Note: Valid when allow transform is true. Can return: File or XMLTransformFile enumerator.
transformParameters	Array of Orderedarraycontainingname:String Array of Value:String	read/write	Stylesheet parameters as a list of name/value pairs in the format [[name, value], [name, value], ...]. Can return: Ordered array containing name:String, value:String.

Method Listing

EventListener addEventListener (eventType:String, handler:Varies File JavaScriptFunction, [captures:Boolean=Boolean])

Adds an event listener.

Parameter	Type	Description
eventType	String	The event type.
handler	File JavaScriptFunction	The event handler. Can accept: File or JavaScript Function.
captures	Boolean	This parameter is obsolete. (Optional) (default: false)

Parameter

Type

Description

eventType

String

The event type.

handler

File

JavaScriptFunction

The event handler. Can accept: File or JavaScript Function.

captures

Boolean

This parameter is obsolete. (Optional)

(default: false)

XMLImportPreference getElements ()

Resolves the object specifier, creating an array of object references.

Boolean removeEventListener (eventType:String, handler:Varies File JavaScriptFunction, [captures:Boolean=Boolean])

Removes the event listener.

Parameter	Type	Description
eventType	String	The registered event type.
handler	File JavaScriptFunction	The registered event handler. Can accept: File or JavaScript Function.
captures	Boolean	This parameter is obsolete. (Optional) (default: false)