Here you go…
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cz4szbq3ge60sjr/xml2InDesign_WorkingFiles.zip?dl=0

You’re right. I’m not aware of XSLT but trying to have my hands on it.

Thanks, I’ll check this out.

Thanks David for your suggestions, but I’m looking for an actual workflow. I tried to some extent but the data is all coming in a single paragraph:

10932203	England, Cumbria, Windermere	Negotiable	Recruitment Genius Ltd 	0006441610932139	Carlisle	£Very attractive salary	TheSmartList	TSLJM97510931829	Burnley	£7.20 - £8.49 per hour	No Risk Recruitment	5891RR10917145	England, Cumbria, Kendal	£20000 - £25000 per annum	Recruitment Genius Ltd 	0006441210917106	England, Cumbria, Kendal	£15000 per annum	Recruitment Genius Ltd 	0006440910917102	Preston	Dependent On Experience	TheSmartList	TSLCB078910917062	Lancashire	Competitive Rates of Pay	Hawthorn Estates (NW) Limited	Reference10917000	Blackpool, Lancashire	Competitive Rate Of Pay	Allitt Estate Agency	Reference10916975	England, Lancashire, Preston	£14000 - £14500 per annum	Recruitment Genius Ltd 	00064397

…and when I tried it in a Table, every row is coming as a separate Table.

Any more suggestions, please

Hi Loic,

Thanks for your suggestions. However, I think I’m not violating any EULAs as I have license versions of Adobe products on my system, properly installed and I’ll be the only person doing this. The reason, I’m looking for such a script is to avoid doing the things manually.

Can anyone suggest something on this…

Hi Ari,

Based on your script I extracted some of the codes and created a new one to suit my new requirement.


//Ari S. - designerjoe@outlook.com
app.scriptPreferences.enableRedraw = false;
// 'Undo' will undo the entire script
app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Image Manipulation Script");
function main(){
// Capture the current selections in array
var mySelections = app.selection;
for (var i = 0; i < mySelections.length; i++) {
try{
var myObject = mySelections[i];
try {
myObject.pageItems.item(0).clippingPath.appliedPathName = myObject.pageItems.item(0).clippingPath.photoshopPathNames[0];
myObject.pageItems.item(0).clippingPath.clippingType = ClippingPathType.PHOTOSHOP_PATH;
}
catch (myError) {
// If it can't apply the Photoshop path then it obviously does not have one
alert("Selected image does not have a Photoshop path applied")
}
}
catch (myError){
// If it can't duplicate the object or apply multiply then it's obviously not a graphic frame
alert("Make sure you selected a graphic frame");
}
}
}


In the above code, I do not want the Duplicate Catch error as the script is not duplicating anything:


catch (myError){
// If it can't duplicate the object or apply multiply then it's obviously not a graphic frame
alert("Make sure you selected a graphic frame");
}


Can you get rid of it.

Secondly, I would like to add Fitting option for all the selected images(s) to “Fit Content to Frame”. Can you please help me do so.

However, you’ll laugh at my code when I tried:
myObject.pageItems.item(0).frameFit = FittingOptions.CONTENT_TO_FRAME;

Thanks in advance!

Hi Kai,

Hope you’re well and had a great weekend.

Being a non-programmer, I’m trying to learn “JavaScript for InDesign” from a very long time. I have searched the web but didn’t get anything that can teach me the same. I have also gone through the course “InDesign-Scripting-Made-Easy” by Keith on Lynda, but fails to understand it. I then took a course in JavaScript, HTML and CSS from a reputed Institute. There I learned about the Web and the basics of JS. The instructors over there were unaware about the InDesign DOM and hence I’m left with no knowledge about the course I’m looking for.

The Keith’s course gives the basic idea about the DOM but not in depth. For example, how to read DOM, how to capture the commands and options from DOM and utilize them in the JS. There is a huge .chm version of the DOM by Jongware, I have downloaded it but unable to read/understand it.

Can you please guide me and recommend something in this regard. Meanwhile, I’m trying to get in touch with some Programmers, who are working on InDesign JavaScript.

Thanks in advance,

Masood