Query XML

The Query XML object is used to perform an XPath query on an XML file.

Note: This object requires Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.

How it is used

Use the Query XML object to search for a string in an XML file.

Configuration

To configure the Query XML object, you need to know the name of the XML file or Block of XML that you want to search in, and the query that you will use to perform the search.

Details tab

 

XML File	Select either this option or the XML Text option. Type the path or URL of the XML file that you want to search in, or click the ellipsis button (...) and browse for it.
XML Text	Select either this option or the XML File option. Type the name of the element in the XML text that you want to search in.
XPath Query	Type the XPath query for your search.

Available Published Data

 

Name	Description
Query Result	The result of the query.
XML Attributes	The attributes found in the element tag of the query result.
The input XML file	The name of the XML file that you are searching in. This item is blank if you used the Block of XML option.
The input XML text	The XML text that you searched in. This item is blank if you used the XML File option.
The XPath query.	The XPath query that was used in the search.
Node count	The number of results returned from the query.

Common Published Data