InDesign Scripting: Is "Remap Break, Whitespace and Special Characters" scriptable?

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I’m trying to determine whether the “Remap Break, Whitespace and Special Characters” option in InDesign’s Export XML dialog can be controlled via scripting.

The scripting DOM exposes:

app.xmlExportPreferences.characterReferences = true;

and the property is readable/writable. However, after extensive testing in InDesign 2024/2026, setting it to true or false:

  • does not change the state of the Export XML checkbox,
  • does not change the exported XML, and
  • app.xmlExportPreferences.remapBreakWhitespace is undefined.

Has anyone successfully scripted this particular Export XML option, or is it simply not exposed through the InDesign scripting API?