Retrieve tag value and assigning to a variable (APP)
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Retrieve tag value and assigning to a variable (APP)
Hi Everybody!
There is any way to I retrieve the tag's value and assigning it to a variable? Actually, I've a xpath tag and I need to get its value.
The tag is this:
<_gte:XPathString expr='_acl:eval(\"$ENV['Test']\")'></_gte:XPathString>
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What you need to consider is "where" the variable information is to be stored. This may also be referred to as the variable scope.
1. Global - across entire application.
2. Document - specific to current document.
3. Format - specific to current formatting pass.
4. Page - specific to current page.
5. Element - specific to current tag.
Your #1 is Global-scope, your #2 is Element-scope and your #3 is also Global-scope and indeed scoped at the o/s process level too. APP provides "counters" which are Format-scope and they tend to be used for what I think you are attempting.
You will also find the Global-scope Javascript variables also act as Format-scope when they are used inside formatting tags. However this behaviour is only for scalar variables, not for objects or arrays.
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This looks like Source Edit of an APP Stylersheet. Is that correct? If so, you don't "save" a tag's output anywhere. It is written to the page.
As I mentioned in the other thread, this doesn't look like the normal way to do things. If you can explain what you are trying to achieve there is probably a better way to do it.
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Thank you Gareth!
I thought it was not possible either.
In fact, I need to pass a value from one element to other, using APP, because it value needs to be retrieve in OnExit function. To pass this value, I've found and tested 3 ways:
1 - I created a external js file, and use get/set functions to do a global variable.
2 - I used the formatting.evaluateXPath( 'x3b2:set-userdata( "_temp_hasbefore_", "1" )' );
3 - I used the acl ENV like this: formatting.evaluateXPath( '_acl:eval( "$ENV(\"some_text\")=\"some value\"" )' );
All of these can keep a information and be retrieved in another element. But in my case, I have to do this in the following struct:
<figure>
<table>
</table>
</figure>
I've set the value in the table and gotten it in OnExit of figure.
When I use the third option to keep the informations, it only works well if I retrieve by tags.
It works:
<_gte:XPathString expr='_acl:eval(\"$ENV['Test']\")'></_gte:XPathString>
It doesn't:
formatting.evaluateXPath( '_acl:eval( "$ENV(\"some_text\")" )' );
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What you need to consider is "where" the variable information is to be stored. This may also be referred to as the variable scope.
1. Global - across entire application.
2. Document - specific to current document.
3. Format - specific to current formatting pass.
4. Page - specific to current page.
5. Element - specific to current tag.
Your #1 is Global-scope, your #2 is Element-scope and your #3 is also Global-scope and indeed scoped at the o/s process level too. APP provides "counters" which are Format-scope and they tend to be used for what I think you are attempting.
You will also find the Global-scope Javascript variables also act as Format-scope when they are used inside formatting tags. However this behaviour is only for scalar variables, not for objects or arrays.