Next tag (WinDDA) in Unified Service Desk

<Next/> tag can include an optional match attribute and an optional offset attribute. The match attribute has a default value of "1", and the offset attribute has a default value of "0". Each <Next/> element retrieves the next level of the IAccessible hierarchy and scans it for a match between the inner text and the Name of each IAccessible node. This topic describes the attributes of the Next tag.

Attributes of <Next>

• Match – Returns the nth matching attribute.

• Offset – Returns the nth attribute after the matching attribute.

• Culture – Uses the culture tag.

  The match="2" attribute specifies how many times a text match has to occur for the criteria to be satisfied. When this number is reached, the offset attribute can be used to select an IAccessible node adjacent to the node that was successfully matched. The offset value wraps around, so it is not possible to reference outside of the child IAccessible array. The culture tag allows you to search for language-specific attributes as shown in the following example:

<AccControl name="closeButton">  
<Path>  
<Next culture="en-us">Close</Next>  
<Next culture="de-de">Beenden</Next>  
<Next culture="fr-fr">Fermer</Next>  
</Path>  
</AccControl>  
  

The following sample searches for the control that is two positions after the fourth control with the caption Name.

<AccControl name="NameBox">  
<Path>  
<Next match="4", offset="4">Name</Next>  
</Path>  
</AccControl>  
  

See also

Win DDA
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