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Events Understanding the event scripting model 71 User-Interface event Event name Any menu action beforeDisplay beforeDisplay beforeInvoke Close afterInvoke onInvoke beforeClose Export afterClose beforeExport Import afterExport beforeImport New afterImport beforeNew Open afterNew beforeOpen Print afterOpen beforePrint afterPrint Description Object type Appears before the menu or submenu is displayed. Event Appears before the script menu action is displayed or changed. Event Appears after the menu action is Event chosen but before the content of the menu action is executed. Appears after the menu action is executed. Event Executes the menu action or script menu action. Event Appears after a close document request is made but before the document is closed. DocumentEvent Appears after a document is closed. DocumentEvent Appears after an export request is made but before the document or page item is exported. ImportExportEvent Appears after a document or page item is exported. ImportExportEvent Appears before a file is imported but ImportExportEvent before the incoming file is imported into a document (before place). Appears after a file is imported but ImportExportEvent before the file is placed on a page. Appears after a new document request but before the document is created. DocumentEvent Appears after a new document is created. DocumentEvent Appears after an open document request but before the document is opened. DocumentEvent Appears after a document is opened. DocumentEvent Appears after a print document request is made but before the document is printed. DocumentEvent Appears after a document is printed. DocumentEvent

Section	Page
Introduction	6
How to use the scripts in this document	6
About the structure of the scripts	6
For more information	6
Getting Started	7
Installing scripts	7
Running scripts	8
Using the scripts panel	8
JavaScript language details	8
Using the scripts in this document	9
Your first InCopy script	9
Walking through the script	10
Scripting terminology and the InCopy object model	10
Scripting terminology	10
Comments	10
Values	10
Variables	11
Operators	12
Conditional statements	12
Control structures	13
Functions	13
Understanding the InDesign and InCopy object model	13
Looking at the InCopy object model	15
Measurements and positioning	16
Coordinates	16
Measurement units	16
Adding features to “Hello World”	17
Scripting Features	19
Script preferences	19
Getting the current script	20
Script versioning	21
Targeting	21
Compilation	21
Interpretation	21
Using the doScript method	21
Sending parameters to doScript	22
Returning values from doScript	22
Running scripts at start-up	23
Session and main script execution	23
Text and Type	25
Entering and importing text	25
Stories and text frames	25
Adding text to a story	25
Replacing text	26
Inserting special characters	26
Placing text and setting text-import preferences	27
Exporting text and setting text-export preferences	30
Text objects	34
Selections	35
Moving and copying text	36
Text objects and iteration	37
Formatting text	38
Setting text defaults	38
Fonts	41
Applying a font	42
Changing text properties	42
Changing text color	43
Creating and applying styles	43
Deleting a style	45
Importing paragraph and character styles	45
Finding and changing text	45
Find/change preferences	46
Finding text	46
Finding and changing formatting	47
Using grep	48
Using glyph search	50
Tables	50
Autocorrect	54
Footnotes	54
User Interfaces	55
Dialog-box overview	55
Your first InCopy dialog box	56
Adding a user interface to “Hello World”	57
Creating a more complex user interface	57
Working with ScriptUI	59
Creating a progress bar with ScriptUI	60
Creating a button-bar panel with ScriptUI	60
Menus	63
Understanding the menu model	63
Localization and menu names	65
Running a menu action from a script	66
Adding menus and menu items	66
Menus and events	67
Working with script menu actions	68
Events	70
Understanding the event scripting model	70
About event properties and event propagation	72
Working with eventListeners	73
A sample “afterNew” eventListener	75
XML	77
Overview	77
The best approach to scripting XML in InCopy	77
Scripting XML Elements	77
Setting XML preferences	78
Setting XML import preferences	78
Importing XML	79
Creating an XML tag	79
Loading XML tags	79
Saving XML tags	79
Creating an XML element	80
Moving an XML element	80
Deleting an XML element	80
Duplicating an XML element	80
Removing items from the XML structure	81
Creating an XML comment	81
Creating an XML processing instruction	81
Working with XML attributes	81
Working with XML stories	82
Exporting XML	83
Adding XML elements to a story	83
Associating XML elements with text	83
Inserting text in and around XML text elements	83
Mapping tags to styles	84
Mapping styles to tags	84
Applying styles to XML elements	85

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Events

Understanding the event scripting model

User-Interface

event

Event name

Description

Object type

Any menu

action

beforeDisplay

Appears before the menu or

submenu is displayed.

Event

beforeDisplay

Appears before the script menu

action is displayed or changed.

Event

beforeInvoke

Appears after the menu action is

chosen but before the content of the

menu action is executed.

Event

afterInvoke

Appears after the menu action is

executed.

Event

onInvoke

Executes the menu action or script

menu action.

Event

beforeClose

Appears after a close document

request is made but before the

document is closed.

DocumentEvent

afterClose

Appears after a document is closed.

DocumentEvent

Export

beforeExport

Appears after an export request is

made but before the document or

page item is exported.

ImportExportEvent

afterExport

Appears after a document or page

item is exported.

ImportExportEvent

Import

beforeImport

Appears before a file is imported but

before the incoming file is imported

into a document (before place).

ImportExportEvent

afterImport

Appears after a file is imported but

before the file is placed on a page.

ImportExportEvent

New

beforeNew

Appears after a new document

request but before the document is

created.

DocumentEvent

afterNew

Appears after a new document is

created.

DocumentEvent

Open

beforeOpen

Appears after an open document

request but before the document is

opened.

DocumentEvent

afterOpen

Appears after a document is opened.

DocumentEvent

beforePrint

Appears after a print document

request is made but before the

document is printed.

DocumentEvent

afterPrint

Appears after a document is printed.

DocumentEvent