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3 total messages Started by cinematomico Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:52

#783

Author: cinematomico
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:52

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Hi
I have an ID document (CS3 - MAC - JavaScript) with a complex XML structure (about 700 nodes...).
I need to get the attributes of a specific node without making FOR statements because it takes a long time.
Basically every node in the XML structure has 5 attributes.
One of those is the ID.
Is it possible to get the node knowing the ID value?
Thanks anticipately.

Re: That specific XML node...

#787

Author: xbytor
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:14

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> Is it possible to get the node knowing the ID value?

Take a look at the XML.xpath() method. That's it's purpose. The version in 
Adobe's interpreters will choke on more complicated expressions, but looking for 
nodes with a particular attributes should be something it can handle.

Re: That specific XML node...

#788

Author: Peter Kahrel
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:22

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Here's an example:

 <http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b7651b/10>

Peter

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