Scripting Methods

This section lists support for XML Form Object Model scripting methods in HTML forms and (deprecated) Guides.

For more information on scripting methods, see Adobe LiveCycle Designer 11 Scripting Reference.

Note: Items marked as not applicable will not generate an error or cause a script to fail; however, they do not produce any effect on the rendered form or Guide.

Scripting method

Supported in HTML

Supported in Guides

absPage

no

no

absPageCount

no

no

absPageCountInBatch

no

no

absPageInBatch

no

no

absPageSpan

no

no

addInstance

yes

yes

addItem

yes

Drop-down lists only

addNew

no

no

append

no

no

applyXSL

no

no

assignNode

no

no

beep

no

no

boundItem

no

Drop-down lists only

cancel

no

no

cancelBatch

no

no

clear

no

no

clearErrorList

no

no

clearItems

yes

Drop-down lists only

clone

no

no

close

no

no

createNode

no

no

currentDateTime

no

no

delete

no

no

deleteItem

no

Drop-down lists only

documentCountInBatch

no

no

documentInBatch

no

no

emit

no

no

enumerate

no

no

evaluate

no

no

execCalculate

yes

yes

execEvent

yes

yes

execInitialize

yes

yes

execute

no

no

execValidate

yes

yes

exportData

no

no

first

no

no

formNodes

no

no

getAttribute

no

no

getDelta

no

no

getDeltas

no

no

getDisplayItem

no

Drop-down lists only

getElement

no

no

getFocus

no

no

getInvalidObjects

yes

no

Note: Guides support XFA 2.8.

getItemState

no

Drop-down lists only

getSaveItem

no

Drop-down lists only

gotoRecord

no

no

gotoURL

yes

no

hasDataChanged

no

no

importData

no

no

insert

no

no

insertInstance

yes

yes

instanceCount

yes

yes

isBOF

no

no

isCompatibleNS

no

no

isEOF

no

no

isPropertySpecified

no

no

isRecordGroup

no

no

item

no

no

last

no

no

loadXML

no

yes

The optional parameters on this method are not supported in Guides.

This method is supported only at the root level. You cannot load data at a subform level.

To save the root level data, use the following syntax:

var originalData = xfa.data.saveXML();

To later reload the data, use the following syntax:

xfa.datasets.loadXML(originalData);

messageBox

yes

yes

metadata

no

no

moveCurrentRecord

no

no

moveInstance

yes

yes

namedItem

no

no

next

no

no

open

no

no

openList

no

no

page

no

no

pageContent

no

no

pageCount

no

no

pageDown

yes

no

pageSpan

no

no

pageUp

yes

no

previous

no

no

print

no

no

recalculate

no

yes

record

no

no

relayout

no

no

relayoutPageArea

no

no

remerge

no

yes

remove

no

no

removeAttribute

no

no

removeInstance

yes

yes

requery

no

no

reset

no

no

resetData

yes

no

resolveNode

no

yes

resolveNodes

no

yes

response

no

no

restore

no

no

resync

no

no

saveFilteredXML

no

no

saveXML

no

yes

selectedMember

no

no

setAttribute

no

no

setElement

no

no

setFocus

yes

no

setInstances

yes

yes

setItems

no

no

setItemState

no

Drop-down lists only

sheet

no

no

sheetCount

no

no

sheetCountInBatch

no

no

sheetInBatch

no

no

sign

no

no

update

no

no

updateBatch

no

no

verify

no

no

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