[softwarelist] Re: Embedded objects in DDL files

In message <001801c72b6e$f6ce4a60$9601a8c0@PC01>, John Grogan <johngrogan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes 
This works fine but I would like to enhance the DDL file to contain embedded
lines.  I was hoping that the following would work:
 RULE_001={line
 {thickness 2000}
 {fcurve {path {move 0 0}{draw 100000 0}{end}}}
 }
  
 STORY_001={story
 "TITLE"
 {newpara}
 {embed RULE_001}
 {newpara}
 {endoftext}
 }
It won't work - you've discovered that. It can't work though. DDL works by having a current context, a point in the document at which activity takes place.
When you drop the above DDL into a text frame the point is set to the text frame. So creating text there with the story command makes sense.
However what you do is create a line, the context then shifts to be that line.
If you save a document with lines embedded in text stories the lines are created, then the text frame, then the story.
I've long felt that DDL should be extended so that there are commands that let you move to a point in a document, or apply new values to an existing object. 



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