The only way I've found is to set the value to " ", then you'll get a start/end tag - but there will be a space in there. Not sure if that will mess up your translation company or not.
chn = xmlElemNew(xmlTranslate, 'chn'); chn.xmlText = " "; arrayAppend(root.xmlChildren[i].xmlChildren, chn); ---nimer > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 9:41 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: XML - force empty tag <tag></tag> > > Hey all... > > Getting my feet wet with XML and CF. > > Generating an XML file that we're going to send to a translation > vendor to give us Chinese translations of English text. > > So a sample node from the file might look like: > > <question id="5"> > <eng>This is the first question</eng> > <chn /> > </question> > > The vendor has asked that the file have <chn></chn> instead of <chn /> > because it would save them a few minutes (there will be potentially > thousands of records for translation). > > Right now, a snippet of the code I'm using is: > > chn = xmlElemNew(xmlTranslate, 'chn'); > chn.xmlText = ""; > arrayAppend(root.xmlChildren[i].xmlChildren, chn); > > ....which generates the <chn />. Is there a way to force empty tags to > not use the shortcut notation and explicitly output an opening/closing > tag pair? > > -- > Charlie Griefer > > ================================================ > "...All the world shall be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, > and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch > you, digger, listener, runner, prince with a swift warning. > Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:218204 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
