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Nicolas, 

I'm glad to see that it helped. I am learning VB and have a rudimentary
understanding of it, but at the time of writing I did not have access to my
Windows machine. The objects and methods are however almost identical for
scripting applications such as InDesign, it�s only the syntax that is
different.

The key to understanding how to work with XML in InDesign is to understand
how to connect page objects and the XML content you just imported.

To make it really simple, you can just view the structure pane for your
document (before and after xml import) and drag the xml content to any empty
space on the document. As you do, a text frame will be created with your xml
contents and your content is now connected to a text frame.

Once the xml content is connected to a page object any changes to the
content in the text frame will be reflected in the xml content as well (to
try, change the text frame contents, export an xml file and notice that it
reflects these changes)

Likewise, once they are connected, importing (and replacing) the xml content
will be reflected in the text frame. (to try, change the text frame contents
to whatever you like, and then reimport the xml file, notice how the content
is restored)

Adobe has put some tutorials and sample files on the web and I think it is a
good idea to walk through them so you have a genuine understanding of how it
works in the UI, that will help you better understand what your script
should accomplish. The files are located at:

http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/crossmedia.html

If the xml sample you included is representative of what you will be
dealing, you are very fortunate, as it is a very easy structure, which will
make your scripts much easier to create.

Good luck!

/ Richard

PS.
Please keep us posted through the forum on what is happening, your progress
and sample code will help others (and me too, in improving my VB skills)