FormAPI>accessing readonly container items

Hi,

I am trying to retrieve value of an node within a container via FormAPI.
I tried accessing it via:
scriptFrame.IWDatacapture.getItem ('/metadata/id')

and by looping through the children collection
var metadata=scriptFrame.IWDatacapture.getItem ('/metadata');
var children=metadata.getChildren();
for(var counter=0;counter<children.length;counter++){
var item=children[counter];
alert(item.getName()+' '+item.getValue());
}

In both cases, i get a value of null though in the DCR there is a value.

Can you tell me how should I access elements within a container.

Thanks.

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Jeremy

Hi Arnout,

I posted a similar problem today. I have found that if you use the following code:
IWDatacapture.getItem ('/metadata/id')
and the field <id> is not <readonly> in the DCT but actually has <text /> then the above code returns the result correctly.

If you change your DCR to reflect this you should be able to read the value. What we are still trying to do is figure out how we can read the value if the field is readonly? Don't think there is a way around it though. See the following link:

http://devnet.interwoven.com/forums/cgi-bin/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=PRODUCTS_TEMPLATING&Number=13125&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&part=

Thanks

Jeremy