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SowmyaK98
Ideator III
6 years ago

How to query Content Property in Technical Documentation

Hi Team, Could you please explain how we can query 'Content' property in tp_Block itemtype.  As per my knowledge, all root and node elements along with id's will be wrapped up inside Content prop...
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angela
Catalyst II
5 years ago

Hi Sowmya,

it should be possible, but I haven´t seen a sample for this one yet. You can use a Method with an AML "get" query to get the "content" property of your tp_block item. With xpath you can then look for specific elements inside content. 

I made some tests for this one in the past to get content of text elements for translating the content into another language. I don´t have a ready to use sample, cause I mainly played around with an xpath tester.

One thing that I remember: Sometimes the content property does not contain the content in a valid xml format. When your tp_block element for example just contains sections, there will no be any root element. So instead of making an xpath query on the content itself, better use the full tp_block item. 

Angela

  • SmilingEel's avatar
    SmilingEel
    Ideator I
    5 years ago

    Thanks for the info i will try to figure it out for more. 

  • SowmyaK98's avatar
    SowmyaK98
    Ideator III
    5 years ago

    Hi Angela,

    It would be great if you can share piece of code using XPath and querying Content elements. Sample piece of code.

    So that I also can try from my end and explore more on that.

    Thanks for your response.

    Thanks,

    Sowmya

    • SunilReddy's avatar
      SunilReddy
      Creator II
      5 years ago

      Hi Sowmya,

      We can query any element inside content property through Xpath. We have already implemented in of our solution

    • angela's avatar
      angela
      Catalyst II
      5 years ago

      Hi Sowmya, 

      are you an Aras partner / consultant or end user?