Populating a dropdown list in a DCT

System

I am using 5.5.2 non java UI. I have used a cgi callout to populate a dropdown box with the data from a .txt file, it works fine. But is there a way I can populate a dropdown box in a DCT with data from an xml file. I assume it could only be done with formAPI - but with which method etc?

Migrateduser

Actually this would be easier to do with <inline> instead of FormAPI. Remember that FormAPI runs on the *client*, while <inline> code runs while the DCT form is being initialized on the *server*.

Reading an XML source file in your <inline> code is simple, depending on the format of the xml source, you can either use normal file IO to read it and regexes to extract what you want, or a more formal XML parser that can construct hashes or arrays out of the XML structure for you.

See the XML:arser module, or even TeamSite::XMLParser, which is IWOV's own version, designed for DCRs but usable for other XML documents too. Both are in the iwperl distribution in 5.5.2.

bw


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