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GetListElem

Use this XML function to retrieve list elements.

GetListElem (%xXMLTree, SrchCriteria)

Parameter	Description
%xXMLTree	Enter a list type DAL variable that passes the XML tree handle.
SrchCriteria	Enter a string type DAL variable that passes the search criteria. The search criteria can be a node name, followed by up to five pairs of attribute names and values.

If successful, the system returns a text string which contains the first element that matches the search criteria.

This example returns the text of the first matched element node Form with the attribute name ID and value Agent.

%xXMLTree=LoadXMLList("test.xml");

  aStr= GetListElem(%xXMLTree, "Form", "ID", "Agent");

  return(aStr);