Hello
I have ES2.5 installed
My methodology is this: I've got an XML Data File (File>Form Properties>Preview) that is like this:
<transaction xmlns...>
<chapter>
<verse>text 1...</verse>
<verse>text 2...</verse>
<verse>text 3...</verse>
....
....
</chapter>
<chapter>
<verse>text 1...</verse>
<verse>text 2...</verse>
<verse>text 3...</verse>
....
....
</chapter>
<chapter>
<verse>text 1...</verse>
<verse>text 2...</verse>
<verse>text 3...</verse>
....
....
</chapter>
....
...and so on.
Now, I have a text field that I would like to populate with a user-requested chapter and verse; e.g., chapter 2 verse 3.
So, in the click event of a button I have this script:
TextField1.rawValue = $record.chapter[1].verse[2].value (this is before using variables in the square brackets):
Now this doesn't work, yet I'm sure that in the past I have entered index values into square brackets via the Object pallett: Object>Binding>Data Binding. The one difference was that I would have used a schema on that form, and Instances (I don't have access to that form anymore).
In any event, am I close to my objective or will I need to find a longer way?
Thanks.
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Update: I've been reading that this should be the answer:
TextField1.rawValue = xfa.dataWindow.record(0).chapter.verse.value
...which indeed returns the first value, but should I change that integer parameter or use moveCurrentRecord or use gotoRecord; I get an "undefined" error message.
Thanks for reading my issue.
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Further update: If I go into the XML Source in LiveCycle, and scroll down to the config opening tag: <config xmlns..., and then scroll down about another 1/3 of the page and then amend accordingly:
<common>
<data>
<record>chapter</record>
<xsl>
<uri/>
</xsl>
<outputXSL>
Now I can use the methods mentioned in my previous post. So now I can go to any verse of chapter 1; now I need to build on my script so that I to go to a particular chapter and verse.
Thanks for reading my issue.
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...and the final chapter:
var c = 2, v = 3;
TextField1.rawValue = xfa.dataWindow.record(c).nodes.item(v).value;
Praise the Lord!
One thing: I read that dataGroup is deprecated, will this affect dataWindow in versions to come?
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UPDATE: One draw back to the above solution is that if you have only LC ES2 & Reader 9, then it will only work in Preview within LiveCycle. Saving the form as a PDF or exporting to a Repository will give the same error messages* that I had before I had learned to place <record>chapter</record> in the XML.
My reasoning is that either LiveCycle or Reader ignores/removes: <record>chapter</record>
* Either out of range or outside the DataWindow.
Any comments on this is greatly appreciated.
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