Name
instance( ) — provides access to an alternate XForms instance
Synopsis
| Defined in: XForms 1.0 |
Parameters: string instance-idref (required) |
| Return type: node-set |
XPath allows multiple separate instance data areas. This function returns the root node of the specified instance data. Normally, this function appears on the left-hand side of a path expression.
This example returns a node-set consisting of the
rate element node from the instance named
“taxtable”:
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