XMLPath (Function)

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Constants for managing XML documents

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XMLFindNamespaceByName

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XMLPath (Function)

In french: XMLPosition

Returns the current position in the document in XPATH format.

Versions 15 and later

This function is now available for Android applications.

New in version 15

This function is now available for Android applications.

Versions 17 and later

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

This function is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

New in version 18

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

This function is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

This function is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

Versions 21 and later

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Versions 25 and later

This function is now available in browser code.

New in version 25

This function is now available in browser code.

Example

Res is string
Res = XMLPath("MyDocument")
// Res has the following format: /ORDERS/ORDERLINE[2]/@NUMBER on an attribute
// Res has the following format: /ORDERS/ORDERLINE[1] on a child tag
// Res has the following format: /ORDERS on a tag
// Caution, the XMLPosition function can also return a string
// in the following format (syntactically valid): /*/*[8]/*[1]

Syntax

<Result> = XMLPath(<XML document>)

<Result>: Character string

Position of current element, in XPATH format.

<XML document>: Character string (with quotes)

Name of XML document used. This document contains the XML code to study and it was created by XMLDocument.

Remarks

XML functions and threads

If your application uses threads, the XML document is shared between all these threads. See Managing threads for more details.

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Component : wd260xml.dll