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XForms actions

Introduction

The actions in this page are called "XForms actions" because they closely match actions found in the XForms specification.

xf:setvalue

[SINCE Orbeon Forms 4.7]
Set a value in the form data.
  • parameters
    • ref: required XPath expression, relative to the root element of the form data, points to the nodes to set.
    • value: optional XPath expression, relative to the node to set, specifies the value to set.
    • all: [SINCE Orbeon Forms 2018.1] optional boolean
      • If "false" (the default) the First-item rule is applied: if the ref XPath expression returns a sequence of size greater than 1, the first item in the sequence is used.
      • If "true", all the items in the sequence are used.
If value is omitted, the value selected is the empty string.
Examples:
xf:setvalue(ref = "//first-name") // clear the value of the `first-name` element, if found
xf:setvalue(ref = "//submit-date", value = "current-date()") // set the value of the `submit-date` element, if found, to the current date

xf:dispatch

[SINCE Orbeon Forms 4.3]
Dispatch an XForms event by name to an XForms target.
  • parameters
    • name (default parameter): specifies the name of the event to dispatch
    • targetid: specifies the event's target id, fr-form-model by default. [SINCE Orbeon Forms 4.4]

xf:send

[SINCE Orbeon Forms 4.3]
Send an XForms submission.
  • parameters
    • submission: specifies the id of the submission to send

xf:show

[SINCE Orbeon Forms 4.3]
Open an XForms dialog by id.
  • parameters
    • dialog: specifies the id of the dialog to open

xf:hide

[SINCE Orbeon Forms 4.10]
Close an XForms dialog by id.
  • parameters
    • dialog: specifies the id of the dialog to close

xf:insert

[SINCE Orbeon Forms 2021.1]
Insert data in an XML document.
  • parameters
    • origin: required XPath expression, relative to the root element of the form data, points to the nodes to insert.
    • before: optional XPath expression, relative to the root element of the form data, points to a node to insert before.
    • after: optional XPath expression, relative to the root element of the form data, points to a node to insert after.
    • into: optional XPath expression, relative to the root element of the form data, points to a node to insert into.
Only one of into, before, or after is used, as follows:
  • If before is specified and contains at least one node, then insertion occurs before that node.
  • Or else, if after is specified and contains at least one node, then insertion occurs after that node.
  • Or else, if into is specified and contains at least one node, then insertion occurs into that node.
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Examples:
xf:insert(
into = "xxxx",
orign = "xxxx"
)

xf:delete

[SINCE Orbeon Forms 2021.1]
Delete data from an XML document.
  • parameters
    • ref: required XPath expression, relative to the root element of the form data, points to the nodes to delete.
Examples:
xf:delete(
ref = "xxxx"
)
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