Re: [Xsltforms-support] Accessing the results of a multi-select

[Richard L. <ric...@gm...>]

Steven,

Got that: thanks. Works a treat:

Richard

On 28/09/2023 13:36, Steven Pemberton wrote:
> On Thursday 28 September 2023 14:24:14 (+02:00), Richard Light wrote:
>
>     On 28/09/2023 12:50, Steven Pemberton wrote:
>>     Using <xf:copy ref="."> instead of <xf:value ref="@id">?
>
>     Ah, clever! (I have a lot to learn ...)
>
>     Thank you: I can now get the text content of all the selected XML
>     records dumped out as a long unformatted string, using <xf:output
>     ref="Object/ItemList">.
>
>     I see I can use the value attribute on <xf:output> to evaluate a
>     single XPath expression, but is there a way of iterating over the
>     nodeset of selected Object elements and just outputting selected
>     elements, ideally with some formatting?
>
> That's what <repeat ref="..."> is for.
>
> I have written an XForms hands-on tutorial, available at 
> https://cwi.nl/~steven/xforms/xforms-hands-on/ which introduces many 
> of these techniques, and I will be giving a follow-on advanced XForms 
> hands-on at the Declarative Amsterdam conference on  November 1st 
> (online and live).
>
> https://declarative.amsterdam/
>
> Steven
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Richard
>
>>
>>     Steven
>>
>>     On Thursday 28 September 2023 12:40:17 (+02:00), Richard Light wrote:
>>
>>         Hi,
>>
>>         When I make a selection from a number of options:
>>
>>>               <xf:select bind="object-list" appearance="full">
>>>                  <xf:label>Objects to move:</xf:label>
>>>                  <xf:itemset model="objects-chosen"
>>>         nodeset="instance('objects')/record">
>>>                     <xf:label ref="Object/ObjectIdentity/Number"/>
>>>                     <xf:value ref="@id"/>
>>>                  </xf:itemset>
>>>               </xf:select>
>>         The <object-list> in my model is dynamically populated with a
>>         space-separated list of id's.
>>
>>         What I would like to be able to do is to display (elsewhere
>>         on the XForm) selected information for each of the objects
>>         which is currently selected.  I can (and currently do)
>>         display /all /the objects, e.g.:
>>
>>>               <h4>Object details:</h4>
>>>               <div>
>>>                  <p><b><xf:output
>>>         ref="instance('objects')/record[1]/Object/ObjectIdentity/Number"/></b>
>>>                  <br/><b>Identification: </b> <xf:output
>>>         ref="instance('objects')/record[1]/Object/Identification/ObjectName/Keyword"/>;
>>>
>>>                  <xf:output
>>>         ref="instance('objects')/record[1]/Object/Identification/BriefDescription"/></p>
>>>               </div>
>>         Is there a way of iterating over the selected objects and
>>         outputting only their details?
>>
>>         Thanks,
>>
>>         Richard
>>
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