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+#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import xmind
+from xmind.core import workbook,saver
+from xmind.core.topic import TopicElement
+
+w = xmind.load("test.xmind") # load an existing file or create a new workbook if nothing is found
+
+s1=w.getPrimarySheet() # get the first sheet
+s1.setTitle("first sheet") # set its title
+r1=s1.getRootTopic() # get the root topic of this sheet
+r1.setTitle("we don't care of this sheet") # set its title
+
+s2=w.createSheet() # create a new sheet
+s2.setTitle("second sheet")
+r2=s2.getRootTopic()
+r2.setTitle("root node")
+
+
+t1=TopicElement() # create a new element
+t1.setTopicHyperlink(s1.getID()) # set a link from this topic to the first sheet given by s1.getID()
+t1.setTitle("redirection to the first sheet") # set its title
+
+t2=TopicElement()
+t2.setTitle("second node")
+t2.setURLHyperlink("https://xmind.net") # set an hyperlink
+
+t3=TopicElement()
+t3.setTitle("third node")
+t3.setPlainNotes("notes for this topic") # set notes (F4 in XMind)
+t3.setTitle("topic with \n notes")
+
+t4=TopicElement()
+t4.setFileHyperlink("logo.jpeg") # set a file hyperlink
+t4.setTitle("topic with a file")
+
+
+# then the topics must be added to the root element
+
+r2.addSubTopic(t1)
+r2.addSubTopic(t2)
+r2.addSubTopic(t3)
+r2.addSubTopic(t4)
+
+topics=r2.getSubTopics() # to loop on the subTopics
+for topic in topics:
+    topic.addMarker("yes")
+
+w.addSheet(s2) # the second sheet is now added to the workbook
+
+xmind.save(w,"test.xmind") # and we save
+
+
+
+
+
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