Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
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SET-ATTRIBUTE( ) method

Adds a new attribute to an element. If an attribute with the same name is already present, its value is replaced with the specified value.

Return type: LOGICAL

Applies to: X-noderef object handle

Syntax

SET-ATTRIBUTE( name , value )

name

A character expression that represents the attribute name.

value

A character expression that represents the attribute value.

The following example creates the following line in the hDoc output .xml file:

<Customer Id="54" Name="Second Skin Scuba"/>

CREATE X-NODEREF hNoderef. CREATE X-DOCUMENT hDoc. CREATE X-NODEREF hRoot. hDoc:CREATE-NODE(hRoot,"root","ELEMENT"). hDoc:APPEND-CHILD(hRoot). ... hDoc:CREATE-NODE(hNoderef,"Customer","ELEMENT"). hNoderef:SET-ATTRIBUTE("Id","54"). hNoderef:SET-ATTRIBUTE("Name","Second Skin Scuba"). hRoot:APPEND-CHILD(hNoderef).