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[ORGA-SOFT B.]

Hello @ all,

i'm trying to get all elements in the domnode that matches a string in the name tag.
So in xml i can do this with like this:

XPath  = //*[contains(@name, 'page_tab_')]
It selects all nodes that have the string page_tab_ inside the name

But when i try this at the function selectbypath of a domnode this doesn't work.

Here is my Code

   DEFINE   vlname      STRING,
            domtree     om.domnode,
            dmfieldlist om.nodelist,
            uiwin       ui.Window

   LET uiWin  = ui.WINDOW.getCurrent()
   LET domtree = uiWin.getNode()
   
   LET dmfieldlist = domtree.selectByPath("//*[contains(\"@name\", \"page_tab\")]")
   
   RETURN dmfieldlist

Hope someone can help me thanks a lot

Martin Stigmond

[Reuben B.]

Hi Martin,

The om.DomNode.selectByPath has a limited syntax so as to support its intended use for finding nodes in the DOM tree.  So as per the documentation ...   http://4js.com/online_documentation/fjs-fgl-manual-html/#c_fgl_ClassDomNode_selectByPath.html ...and the example ... http://4js.com/online_documentation/fjs-fgl-manual-html/#c_fgl_ClassNodeList_example_2.html you just need to modify your clause to match what is given there.   

Something like (hopefully the slashes and quotes make it through to what you read)

Code

domtree.selectByPath("//*[@name=\"page_tab\"]")

Historically I've wrapped it in a library function so I don't have to deal with the slashes and quotes each time when I call it!

Reuben