Hi there
I am having problems with "see the forrest" with this code. I am trying to sort a my xml elements by listing them , sorting them and moving them.
My problem is :
How do i make a list of all my elements in the "story" like a collection of indesign elements ?
How do i select the element and move it after "myXMLOld" ?
And if this is a "BAD" way to to this i will be interested to learn a better way ?
Regards
T'
var myDocument = app.documents.item(0);
var myXML = myDocument.xmlElements.itemByName("Root").xmlElements.itemByName("Story")
var myXmlList = new Array;
var bb = myXML.xmlElements.length;
for(var myCounter = 0; myCounter < bb; myCounter++){
var myXmlElement= myXML.xmlElements.item(myCounter)
var myXM_id = myXML.xmlElements.item(myCounter).id;
var myXML_con = myXML.xmlElements.item(myCounter).contents;
myXmlList[myCounter] = [[myXML_con , myXM_id]];
}
var ok = myXmlList;
myXmlList.sort ()
var myXMLOld=myXmlList[0][0][1];
var myXMLElementA = myXML.xmlElements.itemByID(myXmlList[0][0][1]);
myXMLElementA.move(LocationOptions.atBeginning);
for(var myCounter = 1; myCounter < bb; myCounter++){
var test = myXmlList[myCounter][0][1];
var myXMLElementA = myXML.xmlElements.itemByID(test);
myXMLElementA.move(LocationOptions.after, myXML.xmlElements.xmlElements.itemByID(myXMLOld));
var myXMLOld=myXmlList[myCounter][0][1];
}
XML file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Root>
<Story>
<Vidlex>Alger: En stor gruppe </Vidlex>
<Vidlex>Basalt: Sort finkornet /Vidlex>
<Vidlex>Cyanobakterier: Bakterier, </Vidlex>
<Vidlex>Dna: (Deoxyribonukleinsyre). Organisk molekyle, </Vidlex>
<Vidlex>Etolog: Person, der </Vidlex>
</Story>
</Root>