Process XML Data for InDesign

This script uses XML files as a sort of database for creating InDesign files from templates.

for (var x = 0; x < xmlFiles.length; x++) {
	xmlFile = xmlFiles[x];
	currentFolder = xmlFile.parent;
	currentFolderPath = currentFolder.absoluteURI + "/";

	xmlFile.open("r"); 
	xmlStr = xmlFile.read();
	xmlFile.close();

	root = new XML(xmlStr);
	default xml namespace = "http://www.forma-studio.com/order";

	linksArr = [];
	copyCount = root.xpath("/order/copy-count");
	componentList = root.xpath("/order/product/components/component");
	componentsLength = componentList.length();
	
	for (var c = 0; c < componentsLength; c++) {
		component = componentList[c];

		linksArr.push({ name : component.images.image.file_name.toString(),
							width : parseInt(component.images.image.size.width),
							height : parseInt(component.images.image.size.height),
							resolution : parseInt(component.images.image.resolution),
						   });
	}

	montageList = root.xpath("/order/product/montages/montage");
	montagesLength = montageList.length();
	for (var i = 0; i < montagesLength; i++) {
		montage = montageList[i];
	
		app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.neverInteract;		
		app.open(new File(montage.layout_filename));
		doc = app.activeDocument;
		docFile = new File(outFolderPath + montage.result_filename + ".indd");
		doc.save(docFile);
		app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll;
		
		targetPagesLength = parseInt(montage.page_count)*copyCount;
		if (!isNaN(targetPagesLength)) {
			if( targetPagesLength != 0) {
				while (doc.pages.length > targetPagesLength) {
					doc.pages.lastItem().remove();
				}
			}
		}
	
		UpdateAllOutdatedLinks(doc);
		
		noErrors = ProcessDoc(doc, linksArr, currentFolderPath);
		if (noErrors) {
			destinationFolder = new Folder(montage.destination);
			VerifyFolder(destinationFolder);
			pdfPath = montage.destination + "/" + montage.result_filename + ".pdf"
			pdfFile = new File(pdfPath);
			backgroundTask = doc.asynchronousExportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, pdfFile, false, "[High Quality Print]");
			var tasksPanel = app.panels.itemByName("Background Tasks");
			if (tasksPanel) tasksPanel.visible = true;
			successfulDocs.push(doc.name);
			if (xmlFile.name == "sforder.xml") xmlFile.rename("NoErrorProcecced_" + xmlFile.name);	
		}
		else {
			failedDocs.push(doc.name);
			if (xmlFile.name == "sforder.xml") xmlFile.rename("ErrorProcecced_" + xmlFile.name);
		}
	} // for montagesLength
} // for xmlFiles

Here is how to set the default namespace:

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