Insert Text Variable

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7 total messages Started by jacintha_mary Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:09

#456

Author: jacintha_mary
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:09

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How to Insert text variable in Indesign document using Visual Basic.
I have tried the below code.

xmlelement.InsertionPoints.LastItem.TextVariableInstances.Add (TextVariable)

What should i pass for 'Add' keyword to insert text variable?

Thanks
Jacintha

Re: Insert Text Variable

#401

Author: Harbs
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:27

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A text variable... (or am I missing the question)

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Harbs
http://www.in-tools.com

Re: Insert Text Variable

#420

Author: jacintha_mary
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:21

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Hi,

xmlelement.InsertionPoints.LastItem.TextVariableInstances.Add (TextVariable)

'Textvariable' which is given inside the 'ADD' is the Text Variable created in the Indesign documents. eg.'Chapter Number' is created as a Text variable. And now i want to insert this 'Chapter Number' Text variable in my document.

-Jacintha

Re: Insert Text Variable

#351

Author: Harbs
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:17

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variable = doc.textVariables.item("Chapter Number");

xmlelement.insertionPoints.lastItem.textVariableInstances.add (variable);

-- 
Harbs
http://www.in-tools.com

Re: Insert Text Variable

#363

Author: jacintha_mary
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:37

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Hi Harbs,

Thanks for you help. But still i'm getting error as

"Invalid value for parameter 'To' of event 'ADD'. Excepted idLocationOptions enumerator, but received "Chapter Number".

Thanks,
Jacintha

Re: Insert Text Variable

#383

Author: Harbs
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:47

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Sorry about that.

This should work...

chapNumVariable = doc.textVariables.item("Chapter Number");

textVariable = 
xmlelement.insertionPoints.lastItem.textVariableInstances.add ();
textVariable.associatedTextVariable = chapNumVariable;

You can also create the associated text variable as a property when you 
create it...

-- 
Harbs
http://www.in-tools.com

Re: Insert Text Variable

#327

Author: jacintha_mary
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:52

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Thanks much. Its working now.

set chapNumVariable = doc.textVariables.item("Chapter Number")

set textVariable =
xmlelement.insertionPoints.lastItem().textVariableInstances.add ()

textVariable.associatedTextVariable = chapNumVariable

Thanks,
Jacintha.

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