Flowscript - amend file

[Peter Sparkes <pe...@didm.co.uk>]

Hi,

I am using CForms to generate and store files on the server. I want to 
take some of the entered data and use it to amend a different file 
stored on the server. Within the CForm javascript I extract the data 
from the form using

var lodge= form.getChild("name").getValue();

I then load the file which I wish to amend with

var doc = loadDocument("test.xml");

find the element which I wish to amend with

doc.getElementById('a')

save the doc with

saveDocument(doc, 'test1.xml');

All this works fine, but when I try append the data to the file with

doc.getElementById('a').appendChild(doc.createTextNode(lodge));

I get the following error

org.mozilla.javascript.EcmaError: Cannot convert null to an object.

Please can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong.

Peter Sparkes


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Re: Flowscript - amend file - Solved

[Peter Sparkes <pe...@didm.co.uk>]

I have solved the problem

doc is the document, appendChild is a method of the node object so have 
to use

doc.documentElement.appendChild(lodgeEl);

where documentElement returns the element node of the doc

Peter Sparkes

> Hi,
>
> I am using CForms to generate and store files on the server. I want to 
> take some of the entered data and use it to amend a different file 
> stored on the server. Within the CForm javascript I extract the data 
> from the form using
>
> var lodge= form.getChild("name").getValue();
>
> I then load the file which I wish to amend with
>
> var doc = loadDocument("test.xml");
>
> find the element which I wish to amend with
>
> doc.getElementById('a')
>
> save the doc with
>
> saveDocument(doc, 'test1.xml');
>
> All this works fine, but when I try append the data to the file with
>
> doc.getElementById('a').appendChild(doc.createTextNode(lodge));
>
> I get the following error
>
> org.mozilla.javascript.EcmaError: Cannot convert null to an object.
>
> Please can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong.
>
> Peter Sparkes
>
>
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