XFA Data Types

Like most scripting languages, XFA supports a variety of different data types that are used to model different kinds of data. XFA data falls into three major categories:

  • Strings

  • Trees

  • Objects

Strings represent most of the data types used in XML and consist solely of characters. Trees represent XML code that has been parsed into a hierarchical tree structure. XFA allows you to convert easily between textual XML code stored in strings and parsed XML code stored in trees. Objects represent complex data types such as database constructs. As of this writing, the current release of XFA doesn't support objects, but object support is slated for a future release.

Within these general data types are specific data types that you use to store ...

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