Page and Flow
The Page and Flow elements contain the same attributes.
This table lists the use, (default) values, and description of the attributes of the page and flow elements.
| Attribute | Use | Values (default value in bold) | Description |
| Name | Implied | Only used for internal purposes by InDesign Connector. | |
| SitecoreID | Implied | The SitecoreID attribute is used to identify each page object (TextFrame, ImageFrame, etc) with a corresponding Sitecore item. The SitecoreID attribute contains the ID value of that specific item. Each page object item created with the InDesign Connector is related to a Sitecore item. When you use a script to create a page object (TextFrame, ImageFrame, etc), you should add the SitecoreID attribute and use a default value (e.g. null) to make the InDesign Connector identify this item. | |
| Number | For Page: Required For Flow: Implied | The number used to identify the page. If a page exists, the page objects are added to that specific page. If a page does not exist, a new page is created and the page objects are added to that new page. | |
| ContNr | Implied | True False | Continue from previous. Specifies whether page numbers continue from the previous section. If the attribute is not specified, the value is taken from the master document. |
| MasterPrefix | Required | The prefix of the master spread applied to the page. For example: A, B, C and so on. | |
| MasterBase | Required | The name of the master spread applied to that page for example Master. | |
| FlowMasterPrefix | Implied | The Prefix of the InDesign master document that is applied to flow pages. Used for Flow element. If value is not set, MasterBase/MasterPrefix value is used as fallback value. | |
| FlowMasterBase | Implied | The name of the InDesign master document that is applied to flow pages. Used for Flow element. If value is not set, MasterBase/MasterPrefix value is used as fallback value. | |
| Transition | Implied | Blinds Box Comb Cover Dissolve Fade PageTurn Push Split Uncover Wipe ZoomIn ZoomOut | Sets the page transition. If the attribute value is empty no transition is applied. |
| Direction | Implied | Down Left LeftDown LeftUp Right RightDown RightUp Up In Out Horizontal Vertical HorizontalIn HorizontalOut VerticalIn VerticalOut | Sets the transition direction. Direction values depend of the type of transition that is selected: Blinds, Comb - Horizontal, Vertical Box - In, Out Cover, Push, Uncover, Wipe, ZoomIn, ZoomOut - Down, Left, LeftDown, LeftUp, Right, RightDown, RightUp, Up Dissolve, Fade, PageTurn - no direction(empty) Split - HorizontalIn, HorizontalOut If the attribute value is empty no direction is applied. |
| Speed | Implied | Slow Medium Fast | Sets the transition speed. |
| HorizontalGuides | Implied | Shows the horizontal guides on the page in case the document is published through IDC. The value contains real numbers in mm split by |. | |
| VerticalGuides | Implied | Show the vertical guides on the page in case the document is published through IDC. The value contains real numbers in mm split by |. | |
| Margin | Implied | [0, 11559.469] | Pipeline separated list of page margin sizes in mm, in the following order: Inside | Outside | Top | Bottom. |
| Width | Implied | Sets the width of the page. The default value is fetched from the page preferences of the master document | |
| Height | Implied | Sets the height of the page. The default value is fetched from the page preferences of the master document |
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