jscript question

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The following line of code

var xmlNode = XDocument.DOM.documentElement.selectSingleNode("myate1");
if (xmlNode.getAttribute("xsi:nil")) xmlNode.removeAttribute("xsi:nil");
xmlNode.text = getDateString(now);

works on one infopath form but not on another one. I get a null error, like
it is not finding myate1 in the list of data sources (which it is) I am
almost positve that myate1 is correct -- I used the expression box to
verify that.

My question is what does the second line of this code do -- xsi:nil ?? any
other ideas why it would be erroring.

Thanks
SR

 

[Josh Bertsch [MSFT]]

First, try selectSingleNode("//myate1").

xsi:nil is an attribute but on certain node types where the value can not
inherently be blank. Check to make sure that the data type of myate1 in
your non-working example is the same as the data type of your working
example.

--josh bertsch