4.1.11.2.22 GetFirstChildElementStringAttributeAsString

Prototype:

function GetFirstChildElementStringAttributeAsString(const ElementPath, AttributeName: string): string;

Description:

Use the GetFirstChildElementStringAttributeAsString function to obtain a string value of the specified attribute (parameter AttributeName) as a string. The attribute is located in the first child element of the element specified as the ElementPath parameter, or, if an XPath condition is specified, in the first found child element which meets this condition.

Syntax:

variable := TScriptXMLElement.GetFirstChildElementStringAttributeAsString(ElementPath, AttributeName);

Part

Description

variable

A variable declared as a string

TScriptXMLElement

A variable declared as an instance of the TScriptXMLElement class

ElementPath

A string parameter specifying the reference element

AttributeName

A string parameter specifying the attribute of the located XML element

Return value:

A string value of the specified attribute as a string