evaluate XPath expression in indesign

Question

I tried this code:

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS6"
   set ParaIdOrSecId to "ti0005"
   set xpa to "//*[@*='" & ParaIdOrSecId & "']" as string
   tell active document
      tell XML element 1    
         set Requriedxpa to evaluate XPath expression using xpa 
      end tell
   end tell
end tell

After executing, InDesign Shows a dialog box:

Content contains characters which cannot be encoded.

Why am I not able to execute it, even though its a valid xpath?

InDesign speaks about the _content_. Have you looked at it? Can you provide minimal example content to reproduce the issue (read about [building an sscce](http://www.sscce.org))? — Jens Erat, Jul 10 '13 at 08:18
hi jens erat Indesign Content contains Indent to her tab thats y it shows "Content contains characters which cannot be encoded". — robin, Jul 12 '13 at 04:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 10 '13 at 17:06

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This problem is not limited to XPath, I know it from other XML features such as export. One typical character to cause the dialog is the right aligned tab (entered as shift-tab). With export it helps to just disable the dialog, because the dialog is wired straight into internal XML streaming and does not produce an error / exception:

set user interaction level of script preferences to never interact

answered Jul 10 '13 at 17:06

Dirk

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thanks Dirk,it works,Indesign Contents contains Indent to her tab thats y i can't execute this code – robin Jul 12 '13 at 04:27

evaluate XPath expression in indesign

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