Need help to parse xml string to populate drop down list

[jNalez]

Here is my problem:

I have a hidden text field that contains text from an xml

<facilities>
<building>
  <name>Building A</name>
  <name>Building B</name>
  <name>Building C</name>
  <name>Building D</name>
  <name>Building E</name>
  <name>Building F</name>
  <name>Building G</name>
  <name>Building H</name>
</building>
</facilities>

My goal is to read this xml string with JavaScript to populate a drop down with the element(name) values. Does anyone know how to script that?

Attached is a sample .xdp

Cheers,

Jesse

[Former Community Member]

It looks like the BBS is messing up zip files ....can you re-post it but save it as a PDF file ..or rename the extension to xxx

Paul

[jNalez]

Ooops. Try this one.

[jNalez]

Still didn't work.

Here is a PDF.

Jesse

[Former Community Member · Accepted solution]

Here is a modified sample. I put the code on the button click so you can see it in operation .....you can put that code on the event that makes sense for you. I also added another field for showing the DOM (this is for debug purposes and you can remove this field if you want).

Paul

[jNalez]

Thank you so much! I've spent hours trying to figure this out. Much appreciated!!!

[jNalez]

Ok, here is another issue. I'm getting the xml back from a web service and

the xml format is different from the example I provided (not as clean).

It appears that it is only taking the value of one node. Is there a way to make this work via script?

PDF is attached.

Thanks,

Jesse

[Former Community Member]

Here is a modified sample .....I changed the for loop as well as the debug step to show the structure of the xml that is being loaded. Then you can see how the nodes.item is achieved.

Paul

[jNalez]

Ahhh, I see now. Thank you so much, again!

Jesse

[jNalez]

The text field in my example is data from a web service. Is there a way to "clear out" the data dom to allow new/different data from the web service?

I noticed that when try to add new xml data to the dom, it combines it with the old xml. I'm looking for a way to clear the dom and add new data.

Does this make sense?

Thanks,

Jesse

[Former Community Member]

You may want to try the command xfa.host.resetData();

This will reset the entire form back to its original state. If you only want to reset specific fields, you can name them sperated by comas in between the round braces.

Paul

[Srini_Dhulipall]

Jesse,

      Were you able to fix the issue of clearing the DOM and add new data with the XML from webservice?? I am getting the similar issue and looking for a solution..

Does anyone has any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks

Srini

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The text field in my example is data from a web service. Is there a way to "clear out" the data dom to allow new/different data from the web service?

I noticed that when try to add new xml data to the dom, it combines it with the old xml. I'm looking for a way to clear the dom and add new data.

Does this make sense?

Thanks,

Jesse

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[jNalez]

Srini,

Did you try the example from the above thread?

"You may want to try the command xfa.host.resetData();

Thiswill reset the entire form back to its original state. If you only wantto reset specific fields, you can name them sperated by comas inbetween the round braces."

I did try the first command to reset the entire form and it worked.

Jesse