Hi Chris,
I demoed something like this in one of my webinars a few years ago. The XML
file looked like this:
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<dialog title="Set Variable Formats">
<group id="DocumentTitle">
<statictext label="Document Title:"/>
<edittext value="ILLUSTRATED PARTS CATALOG SUPPLEMENT"/>
</group>
<group id="ChapterTitle">
<statictext label="Chapter Title:"/>
<edittext value="Front End Parts"/>
</group>
<group id="ReleaseDate">
<statictext label="Release Date:"/>
<edittext value="Sep 30/14"/>
</group>
<group id="RevisionCode">
<statictext label="Revision Code:"/>
<edittext value="A/C 5538"/>
</group>
<group id="ProductName">
<statictext label="Product Name:"/>
<edittext value="Widget"/>
</group>
</dialog>
Each group represents a variable and variable definition. The variable name is
the group id, and the label is a more human readable form. And the edittext
value is the desired definition. The resulting dialog box expands vertically to
hold all of the groups in the XML file. Whatever values the user enters in the
dialog box become the defaults the next time the script is run. To add, delete,
or edit groups, you edit the XML file. The script runs on the active document
or book.
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: Framers <[email protected]> On
Behalf Of Chris Despopoulos
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2018 5:35 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Framers] ANN: Bottlenecks
I actually got this working, but I never finished it... I was hung up on
hosting it on a web site, when hosting it on the file system would probably be
more useful...
Anyway, an XML file that captures sets of variables and definitions. You can
swap out for a book by choosing the set and importing it. And add to that just
plain old book-level variables... A scrolling list with all the user
variables, their definitions, and a tick-box for change/leave as-is. Go
through the list, set your variables, click DO IT, and your book is
transformed. No need to hunt for a file to import formats, no dealing with the
clunky variable GUI (this can be much larger and easier to use).
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