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[C4]

Hi,

We are using XMetal Author Essential 11.

I'm trying to write a macro to find an element using:

// XMetaL Script Language JSCRIPT:
var rng=ActiveDocument.Range;
rng.MoveToElement(“P”,false);
// make the range visible
rng.Select();

Is there any way to move to the end of the element rather than the beginning of the element?

Thanks.

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[tonys]

To move the cursor before the end tag:

rng.MoveToElement(“P”);
rng.SelectContainerContents();
rng.Collapse(0);

To move after the end tag:

rng.MoveToElement(“P”);
rng.SelectAfterContainer();

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[C4]

Thanks

I tried both of those and it took me to the beginning of the element.

I've changed my code to this and it seems to work.

var rng=ActiveDocument.Range;
rng.MoveToElement(“P”,true);
rng.Select();
Selection.SelectAfterNode(Selection.ContainerNode);

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[tonys]

Maybe because you didn't call rng.Select()?

For efficiency, you should do everything with the Range object, then call the Select() method at the end.

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