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Attributes on XSD Schema Bound Form

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I have a form that is bound to a schema that has a definition like this:

<xsd:complexType name="File">

        <xsd:simpleContent>

            <xsd:extension base="xsd:base64Binary">

                <xsd:attribute name="fileName" type="xsd:string" use="optional"/>

                <xsd:attribute name="mimeType" type="xsd:string" use="optional"/>

            </xsd:extension>

        </xsd:simpleContent>

    </xsd:complexType>

The problem is that when the data is exported using Acrobat XI's Export Data (as XML) option, the attributes (which are not bound), are included in the output, i.e.

<FileValue fileName="" mimeType=""/>

Which causes issue when validating the schema, using XMLSpy. The output I expect (and need is this):

<FileValue />

Is there a way to accomplish this?

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Hi,

I asked the same question of John Brinkman in his FormFeed blog under his article of Null Data Handling .  It's a great shame the comments are no longer visible on the blog as there was a great deal of useful information but he was not aware of a way of excluding null content in an attribute, so I would assume there is not one.

I would suggest investigating an XSLT assigned in the Transform Outgoing Data option of your Data Connection.  I ended up handling the attributes on the server before XSD validation as I thought at the time that would allow me to perform any other hacks that might be needed, but the XSLT would be easier and more self contained.

Regards

Bruce

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Level 7

Bruce,

I found the old thread here:

Null Data Handling « FormFeed

I'll have to look at a way of relaxing the schema to accommodate this.

J