Adds a new attribute to an element. If an attribute with the same name is already present, its value is replaced with the specified value.

Return type: LOGICAL

Applies to: X-noderef object handle

Syntax

SET-ATTRIBUTE ( name , value )
name
A character expression that represents the attribute name.
value
A character expression that represents the attribute value.

The following example creates the following line in the hDoc output .xml file:

<Customer Id="54" Name="Second Skin Scuba"/> 

CREATE X-DOCUMENT hDoc.
CREATE X-NODEREF hRoot.
CREATE X-NODEREF hNoderef.

hDoc:CREATE-NODE(hRoot,"root","ELEMENT").
hDoc:APPEND-CHILD(hRoot).
...
hDoc:CREATE-NODE(hNoderef,"Customer","ELEMENT").
hNoderef:SET-ATTRIBUTE("Id","54").
hNoderef:SET-ATTRIBUTE("Name","Second Skin Scuba").
hRoot:APPEND-CHILD(hNoderef).