Concatenating instance data

> I have an instance that looks like the following:
>
> <instance id=”instance”>
>
> <project>
>
>                 <category>sales</category>
>
> <name>myProduct</name>
>
> </project>
>
> </instance>
>
>
>
> And we want to use this instance,  set in an earlier repeat on the page,  to
> populate a select for a later section which would be easy except we want it
> to all appear on the same line.
>
>
>
> So we want it to look like “sales/myProduct” in the dropdown option.
>
>
>
> <xforms:select1 ref="fullString">
>
>             <xforms:itemset nodeset="instance(‘instance')/project">
>
>                   <xforms:label ref="????"/>
>
>                   <xforms:value ref="???"/>
>
>             </xforms:itemset>
>
>       </xforms:select1>
>
>
>
> What do I need to do in the ??? sections to make that happen?

>
><instance id="instance">
>    <projects>
>        <project>
>            <category>development</category>
>            <name>myProduct</name>
>        </project>
>        <project>
>            <category>sales</category>
>            <name>myProduct</name>
>        </project>
>    </projects>
></instance>
>
>Then the select1 would look like:
>
><xforms:select1 ref="fullString">
>    <xforms:itemset nodeset="instance('instance')/projects/project">
>        <xforms:label ref="name"/>
>        <xforms:value ref="name"/>
>    </xforms:itemset>
></xforms:select1>

> Hi Alex,
>
> <snip>
>>> And we want to use this instance,  set in an earlier repeat on the
>>> page,  to populate a select for a later section which would be easy
>>> except we want it to all appear on the same line.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So we want it to look like "sales/myProduct" in the dropdown option.
>>
>> I am not sure to understand the question: I assume you expect to have
> multiple projects, so you'll need a container, such as:
>>
>> <instance id="instance">
>>   <projects>
>>       <project>
>>           <category>development</category>
>>           <name>myProduct</name>
>>       </project>
>>       <project>
>>           <category>sales</category>
>>           <name>myProduct</name>
>>       </project>
>>   </projects>
>> </instance>
>>
>> Then the select1 would look like:
>>
>> <xforms:select1 ref="fullString">
>>   <xforms:itemset nodeset="instance('instance')/projects/project">
>>       <xforms:label ref="name"/>
>>       <xforms:value ref="name"/>
>>   </xforms:itemset>
>> </xforms:select1>
>
>> I am not sure what the ref on the label and value should point to. It
> depends what you want to show the user (label) vs. what you want to
>> store in the instance when the user selects that item (value).
>
> Yes, that is mostly correct and that's what I have so far (just
> displaying the name or category), but my issue was that I want to
> display the name AND category in the one dropdown list, concatenating
> them with a "/" between, as I mentioned.  So using your example
> instance, I want to have 2 options in my select, one with
> "development/myProduct" and the other with "sales/myProduct" (the
> products are different though).
>
> Also, the label and value will match.

> Hi Alex,
>
> <snip>
>>> And we want to use this instance,  set in an earlier repeat on the
>>> page,  to populate a select for a later section which would be easy
>>> except we want it to all appear on the same line.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So we want it to look like "sales/myProduct" in the dropdown option.
>>
>> I am not sure to understand the question: I assume you expect to have
> multiple projects, so you'll need a container, such as:
>>
>> <instance id="instance">
>>   <projects>
>>       <project>
>>           <category>development</category>
>>           <name>myProduct</name>
>>       </project>
>>       <project>
>>           <category>sales</category>
>>           <name>myProduct</name>
>>       </project>
>>   </projects>
>> </instance>
>>
>> Then the select1 would look like:
>>
>> <xforms:select1 ref="fullString">
>>   <xforms:itemset nodeset="instance('instance')/projects/project">
>>       <xforms:label ref="name"/>
>>       <xforms:value ref="name"/>
>>   </xforms:itemset>
>> </xforms:select1>
>
>> I am not sure what the ref on the label and value should point to. It
> depends what you want to show the user (label) vs. what you want to
>> store in the instance when the user selects that item (value).
>
> Yes, that is mostly correct and that's what I have so far (just
> displaying the name or category), but my issue was that I want to
> display the name AND category in the one dropdown list, concatenating
> them with a "/" between, as I mentioned.  So using your example
> instance, I want to have 2 options in my select, one with
> "development/myProduct" and the other with "sales/myProduct" (the
> products are different though).
>
> Also, the label and value will match.