4D v13.4
DOM SET XML ELEMENT VALUE
- 4D Language Reference
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- XML DOM
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- Overview of XML DOM Commands
- DOM Append XML child node
- DOM Append XML element
- DOM CLOSE XML
- DOM Count XML attributes
- DOM Count XML elements
- DOM Create XML element
- DOM Create XML element arrays
- DOM Create XML Ref
- DOM EXPORT TO FILE
- DOM EXPORT TO VAR
- DOM Find XML element
- DOM Find XML element by ID
- DOM Get first child XML element
- DOM Get last child XML element
- DOM Get next sibling XML element
- DOM Get parent XML element
- DOM Get previous sibling XML element
- DOM Get Root XML element
- DOM GET XML ATTRIBUTE BY INDEX
- DOM GET XML ATTRIBUTE BY NAME
- DOM GET XML CHILD NODES
- DOM Get XML document ref
- DOM Get XML element
- DOM GET XML ELEMENT NAME
- DOM GET XML ELEMENT VALUE
- DOM Get XML information
- DOM Insert XML element
- DOM Parse XML source
- DOM Parse XML variable
- DOM REMOVE XML ATTRIBUTE
- DOM REMOVE XML ELEMENT
- DOM SET XML ATTRIBUTE
- DOM SET XML DECLARATION
- DOM SET XML ELEMENT NAME
- DOM SET XML ELEMENT VALUE
DOM SET XML ELEMENT VALUE
| DOM SET XML ELEMENT VALUE ( elementRef {; xPath}; elementValue {; *} ) | ||||||||
| Parameter | Type | Description | ||||||
| elementRef | String |
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XML element reference | |||||
| xPath | Text |
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XPath path of the XML element | |||||
| elementValue | String, Variable |
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New value of element | |||||
| * | Operator |
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If passed: set the value in CDATA | |||||
The DOM SET XML ELEMENT VALUE command modifies the value of the element set by elementRef.
If you pass the optional xPath parameter, you choose to use XPath notation to indicate the element to be modified (for more information about this notation, refer to the section Use of XPath notation (DOM)). In this case, you must pass the reference of a root XML element in elementRef and the XPath path of the element to be modified in xPath .
In elementValue, pass a string or a variable (or a field) containing the new value of the specified element:
- If you pass a string, the value is used “as is” in the XML structure.
- If you pass a variable or a field, 4D processes the value, depending on the type of elementValue. All data types can be used, except arrays, pictures and pointers.
When the optional asterisk (*) parameter is passed, this indicates that the value of the element must be set in the form of CDATA. The special CDATA form can be used to write raw text as is (see example 2).
Note: If the element designated by elementRef is a BLOB processed by this command, it is automatically encoded in base64. In this case, the DOM GET XML ELEMENT VALUE command does automatically the reverse operation.
In the following XML source:
<Book> <Title>The Best Seller</Title> </Book>
If the following code is executed, with vElemRef containing the reference to the “Title” element:
DOM SET XML ELEMENT VALUE(vElemRef;"The Loser")We get:
<Book> <Title>The Loser</Title> </Book>
In the following XML source:
<Maths> <Postulate>1+2=3</Postulate> </Maths>
We want to write the text “12<18” in the <Postulate> element. This string cannot be written as is in XML because the “<” character is not accepted. This character must therefore be changed into “<” or the CDATA form must be used. If vElemRef indicates the XML <Postulate> node:
` Normal form
DOM SET XML ELEMENT VALUE(vElemRef;"12<18")We get:
<Maths> <Postulate>12 < 18</Postulate> </Maths>
` CDATA form
DOM SET XML ELEMENT VALUE(vElemRef;"12<18";*)We get:
<Maths> <Postulate><![CDATA[12 < 18]]></Postulate> </Maths>
If the command has been executed correctly, the system variable OK is set to 1. Otherwise, it is set to 0 and an error is generated (for example, if the element reference is invalid).
Product: 4D
Theme: XML DOM
Number:
868
Modified: 4D 2004.4
Modified: 4D v11 SQL
DOM GET XML ELEMENT VALUE
XML SET OPTIONS
