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API 21.5.1.73
Object

XMLItem

An XML item.

Extended byDTD·XMLComment·XMLElement·XMLInstruction
Hierarchy

Document | XMLElement

XMLItem

Properties

NameType AccessDescription
EventListeners<EventListener> readonly A collection of event listeners.
Events<Event> readonly A collection of events.
Number readonly The unique ID of the XMLItem.
Number readonly The index of the XMLItem within its containing object.
Boolean readonly Returns true if the object specifier resolves to valid objects.
Document | XMLElement readonly The parent of the XMLItem (a Document or XMLElement).
Object read/write A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.

Methods

→ EventListener

Adds an event listener.

eventType String The event type.
handler File | JavaScriptFunction The event handler. Can accept: File or JavaScript Function.
captures? Boolean This parameter is obsolete.
→ XMLItem

Duplicates the XMLItem.

→ XMLItem[]

Resolves the object specifier, creating an array of object references.

→ void

Deletes the XMLItem.

→ Boolean

Removes the event listener.

eventType String The registered event type.
handler File | JavaScriptFunction The registered event handler. Can accept: File or JavaScript Function.
captures? Boolean This parameter is obsolete.
→ void

Selects the object.

existingSelection? SelectionOptions The selection status of the XMLItem in relation to previously selected objects.
→ String

Generates a string which, if executed, will return the XMLItem.

→ String

Retrieves the object specifier.

Object of 49

Properties elsewhere that hold a XMLItem.

Button.associatedXMLElementCell.associatedXMLElementCharacter.associatedXMLElementsCheckBox.associatedXMLElementComboBox.associatedXMLElementDocument.associatedXMLElementEPS.associatedXMLElementEPSText.associatedXMLElementEndnoteTextFrame.associatedXMLElementEvent.parentEventListener.parentFlexObject.associatedXMLElementFormField.associatedXMLElementGraphic.associatedXMLElementGraphicLine.associatedXMLElementGroup.associatedXMLElementHtmlItem.associatedXMLElementImage.associatedXMLElementImportedPage.associatedXMLElementInsertionPoint.associatedXMLElementsLine.associatedXMLElementsListBox.associatedXMLElementMediaItem.associatedXMLElementMovie.associatedXMLElementMultiStateObject.associatedXMLElementMutationEvent.parentOval.associatedXMLElementPDF.associatedXMLElementPICT.associatedXMLElementPageItem.associatedXMLElementParagraph.associatedXMLElementsPolygon.associatedXMLElementRadioButton.associatedXMLElementRectangle.associatedXMLElementSVG.associatedXMLElementSignatureField.associatedXMLElementSound.associatedXMLElementSplineItem.associatedXMLElementStory.associatedXMLElementTable.associatedXMLElementText.associatedXMLElementsTextBox.associatedXMLElementTextColumn.associatedXMLElementsTextFrame.associatedXMLElementTextStyleRange.associatedXMLElementsWMF.associatedXMLElementWord.associatedXMLElementsXMLRuleMatchData.elementXmlStory.associatedXMLElement

Parameter of 6

Method parameters that accept a XMLItem.

XMLComment.move(reference)XMLElement.move(reference)XMLInstruction.move(reference)XMLItems.itemByRange(from)XMLItems.nextItem(obj)XMLItems.previousItem(obj)

Return 14

Methods that return a XMLItem.

XMLElement.evaluateXPathExpression()XMLItem.duplicate()XMLItem.getElements()XMLItems.[]()XMLItems.anyItem()XMLItems.everyItem()XMLItems.firstItem()XMLItems.item()XMLItems.itemByID()XMLItems.itemByRange()XMLItems.lastItem()XMLItems.middleItem()XMLItems.nextItem()XMLItems.previousItem()