Newbie Questions

Re: Best way to determine XPath of form element

jkies00 — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:43:28 GMT

that was it! I spent so much time trying to figure this out, and it was something so simple I overlooked. Good eye, and thanks.

Re: Best way to determine XPath of form element

Stavi — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:23:36 GMT

You started off with 1 slash each time, that web page you posted says add 2 slashes

Re: Best way to determine XPath of form element

jkies00 — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:00:37 GMT

I have what I believe to be the correct XPath for the above image:

dfs:queryFields/q:tDisc/@Name

I was able to get it using a little trick shown on this blog:
http://egrigg9000.com/mtpub/archives/000064.html

I still get an error in my script, and I'm not sure why:


Object required
File:script.js
Line:32

My function is incomplete, but here is the code so far:


function CTRL2_8::OnClick(eventObj)
{
	// Write your code here
	var queryInputString = XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/dfs:queryFields/q:tDisc/@Name").text;
	XDocument.UI.Alert(queryInputString);
	
}

Right now I'm just trying to get the user's input from the form, and show a pop-up window displaying that input. I'll build a SQL statement using the input eventually, but right now I keep on getting the object required error on this line:


XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/dfs:queryFields/q:tDisc/@Name").text;

How can I tell if the problem is with my XPath or with my script?

Re: Best way to determine XPath of form element

jkies00 — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:40:57 GMT

For example, I'm trying to figure out the XPath of the Name attribute as pictured below:

Best way to determine XPath of form element

jkies00 — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:11:45 GMT

Hello,

What's the best way to determine the XPath of a control in a form? I have a text field for example. It seems to me I should be able to right-click the text field in the design view, and be able to view the XPath somewhere in the properties dialog, but this is not the case.

What's the best way to determine the XPath of an element in a form?