Jakob, 1) To make the box around the <insert> element change size to match the content, make it a table.
2) You can automatically position the content at the bottom of the page with a table whose single row has a minimum row height equal to the height of the containing text frame and setting the vertical alignment to Bottom. Unfortunately, this approach precludes using table ruling to draw a box around the content. 3) Consider using XSLT to move the <isnert> from the end of the document to the beginning on the way into FrameMaker and back to the end on the way out. --Lynne At 03:50 PM 4/23/2008, Jakob Fix wrote: >I have a lot of XML files with the same structure which contain among >other things an element <insert>variable amount of text here</insert> >which comes as the last element of the document. Each document >represents two or four pages of the final document. The <insert> >element should appear inside a box on the bottom left corner of the >first page in the FrameMaker document. Currently, we have to manually >move the element in between two paragraphs of the preceding text in >order to achieve the desired effect. > >I am wondering if there wasn't a way to automatically do this when >importing the XML file? Such as somehow moving it to a Flow B which >would be constituted by a rectangle in the bottom left corner of the >first page. Or a text inset? A drawback is that the text inside the ><insert> element is of variable length, so the box would need to be >able to grow or to shrink. > >...I would be really grateful for any pointers on how we could (even >partially) automate this in some way or the other. We're using 7.0 at >the moment, but considering a move to 8.x, probably even earlier if >the new version were to solve this problem :) Lynne A. Price Text Structure Consulting, Inc. Specializing in structured FrameMaker consulting, application development, and training [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.txstruct.com voice/fax: (510) 583-1505 cell phone: (510) 421-2284 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.