🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi all,

I'd appreciate some help please in dealing with an xml file that I've imported into ID CS2.

I'd like to be able to search for a specific tag, check to see what its parent tag is (if any) and style the text accordingly.

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
	activate
	if (count documents) = 0 then
		display dialog "You must have an InDesign document open to use this application!" buttons " OK " default button 1 with icon caution
		return
	else
		set find preferences to nothing
		set change preferences to nothing
		tell document 1
			set myTag to XML tag "para"
			set myStyle to paragraph style "body text"
			search with find attributes {XML tag:myTag} with change attributes {applied paragraph style:myStyle}
		end tell

	end if
end tell

I had hoped that this first attempt would find the <para> tag and apply my paragraph style to the text. I have tried telling the text of the document instead of the document itself, but still no joy.

I based this script on a previously successful one that I wrote for searching for bold and italic etc and applying character styles to the text. I must admit that I find the applescript dictionary and documentation pretty heavy going and quite short on examples.

Thanks heaps,

Mal