nested inline statements

ashokc

Can the 'xml' snippet to be included by an inline command, contain an another inline command? Does not look like it is allowed. For some reasons, that is the simplest way I can augment a lot existing datacaptire.cfg files with additional functionality. Thanks for any input.


Somewhat as follows:

datacapture.cfg:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE data-capture-requirements SYSTEM "E:\www\IWOV\datacapture5.0.dtd">
<data-capture-requirements type="content">
<ruleset name="Contact List">
<!-- Call the body code for this datacapture -->
<inline command="cat /opt/iw/dct_snipprts//contacts_dct_body.xml"/>
</ruleset>
</data-capture-requirements>

contacts_dct_body.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<substitution>
<description>Standard QCT online contact list.</description>
<item name="Page_Title">
<label>Page Title</label>
<description>Page title to be displayed on webpage.</description>
<text required="t" size="55"/>
</item>
<item name="Mail_Lists">
<label>Select the mail-list(s) that control access to this page</label>
<select multiple="t">
<inline command="/usr/bin/cat /opt/iw/resources/security_mail_lists"/>
</select>
</item>
</substitution>

security_mail_lists:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<substitution>
<option label="low" value="0" selected="t"/>
<option label="medium" value="1" />
<option label="high" value="2" />
</substitution>

jbonifaci

No. Have you thought about doing this through FromAPI? You will receive better performance.

If you insist on doing it via inlines, you could create an inline script that:

1) Reads in the passed first xml file into $returnXml.
2) Check $returnXml for any inlines.
3) For each inline, execute the inline command and replace the inline element in $returnXml with the return from the inline execution.
4) Back to beginning of loop to check $returnXml for any inlines.
5) Once there are no more inline elements in $returnXml exit the loop and output the contents of $returnXml.

~Jeff