topic adding metadata from an XML file to an aspect field in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/adding-metadata-from-an-xml-file-to-an-aspect-field/m-p/100739#M69823 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have an XML file which has tag data which I want to extract and use as a value for an aspect field. I'm familiar with Javascript and I have a rule which calls a server side .js file but when I try to use getElementsByTagname() it produces an error.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Failed to run Actions due to error: Failed to execute script 'workspace://SpacesStore/d2ca222d-00c2-11dc-abd3-d3625ca9de94': TypeError: Cannot find function getElementsByTagName. (AlfrescoScript#45)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My script looks like this: -</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>var videoGroup = document.content.getElementsByTagName("group");</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>document.properties["custom:VideoGroup"]&nbsp; = videoGroup;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>document.save();</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any ideas?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 12 May 2007 18:53:07 GMT maninmadrid 2007-05-12T18:53:07Z adding metadata from an XML file to an aspect field https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/adding-metadata-from-an-xml-file-to-an-aspect-field/m-p/100739#M69823 I have an XML file which has tag data which I want to extract and use as a value for an aspect field. I'm familiar with Javascript and I have a rule which calls a server side .js file but when I try to use getElementsByTagname() it produces an error.Failed to run Actions due to error: Failed to exec Sat, 12 May 2007 18:53:07 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/adding-metadata-from-an-xml-file-to-an-aspect-field/m-p/100739#M69823 maninmadrid 2007-05-12T18:53:07Z Re: adding metadata from an XML file to an aspect field https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/adding-metadata-from-an-xml-file-to-an-aspect-field/m-p/100740#M69824 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The Alfresco server-side JavaScript only supports pure </SPAN><A href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ECMAScript</A><SPAN> i.e. not web-browser based javascript objects such as 'window' or 'alert' etc. The method you mention is part of the extended JavaScript API provided by web-browsers. You can only use pure javascript plus the </SPAN><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/JavaScript_API" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alfresco JavaScript API</A><SPAN>.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Kevin</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 May 2007 09:25:04 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/adding-metadata-from-an-xml-file-to-an-aspect-field/m-p/100740#M69824 kevinr 2007-05-14T09:25:04Z Re: adding metadata from an XML file to an aspect field https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/adding-metadata-from-an-xml-file-to-an-aspect-field/m-p/100741#M69825 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thanks Kevin for the update.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 May 2007 00:20:31 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/adding-metadata-from-an-xml-file-to-an-aspect-field/m-p/100741#M69825 maninmadrid 2007-05-17T00:20:31Z