Elementname: ForAll

Description

Executes the given commands for all elements in the data XML file that match the contents of the attribute select.

Allowed attributes: limit, select

Child elements: Action, Attribute, B, Barcode, Bookmark, Br, Column, Columns, Copy-of, DefineColor, DefineFontfamily, Element, EmptyLine, Fontface, ForAll, Group, HSpace, Hyphenation, Image, Include, InsertPages, Li, LoadDataset, LoadFontfile, Loop, Message, NewPage, NextFrame, NextRow, Output, Paragraph, PlaceObject, ProcessNode, SaveDataset, SavePages, SetVariable, SortSequence, Sub, Sup, Switch, Tablehead, Tablerule, Td, Tr, Until, Value, While

Parent elements: AtPageCreation, AtPageShipout, B, Case, Color, Contents, Element, Fontface, ForAll, I, Loop, Otherwise, Paragraph, Record, SaveDataset, SavePages, SetVariable, Table, Td, Text, Textblock, Tr, U, Until, While

Attributes

limit (number, optional)

Limits the number of children to the given number.

select (XPath Expression)

Selects the child elements from the data XML

Example

<Record element="data">
  <PlaceObject>
    <Table>
      <ForAll select="entry">
        <Tr><Td><Paragraph><Value select="string(.)"/></Paragraph></Td></Tr>
      </ForAll>
    </Table>
  </PlaceObject>
</Record>

Creates a table row for all elements entry in the data element data. The data XML should look similar to this:

<data>
  <entry>a</entry>
  <entry>b</entry>
  <entry>c</entry>
</data>

See also

Switch

Commands

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