When there is no import template assigned to a DataWindow object with the UseTemplate property, PowerBuilder attempts to import the data using the default mechanism described in this section.
The text between the start and end tags for each element can be imported if the XML document data corresponds to the DataWindow column definition. For example, this is the case if the XML was exported from PowerBuilder using the default XML export template.
The text content of the XML elements must match the column order, column type, and validation requirements of the DataWindow columns. (The same restriction applies when you import data from a text file with the ImportFile method).
All element text contents are imported in order of occurrence. Any possible nesting is disregarded. The import process ignores tag names of the elements, attributes, and any other content of the XML document.
Empty elements (elements that have no content between the start and end tags) are imported as empty values into the DataWindow column. If the element text contains only white space, carriage returns, and new line or tab characters, the element is treated as an empty element.
Any attributes of empty elements are ignored.
If the element has no text content, but does contain comments, processing instructions, or any other content, it is not regarded as an empty element and is skipped for import.
