# Elementname: `ForAll`

## Description

Executes the given commands for all elements in the data XML file that match the contents of the attribute `select`.

Allowed attributes: limit, select

Child elements: Action, Attribute, B, Barcode, Bookmark, Br, Column, Columns, Copy-of, DefineColor, DefineFontfamily, Element, EmptyLine, Fontface, ForAll, Group, HSpace, Hyphenation, Image, Include, InsertPages, Li, LoadDataset, LoadFontfile, Loop, Message, NewPage, NextFrame, NextRow, Output, Paragraph, PlaceObject, ProcessNode, SaveDataset, SavePages, SetVariable, SortSequence, Sub, Sup, Switch, Tablehead, Tablerule, Td, Tr, Until, Value, While

Parent elements: AtPageCreation, AtPageShipout, B, Case, Color, Contents, Element, Fontface, ForAll, I, Loop, Otherwise, Paragraph, Record, SaveDataset, SavePages, SetVariable, Table, Td, Text, Textblock, Tr, U, Until, While

### Attributes

limit (number, optional)

  Limits the number of children to the given number.

select (XPath Expression)

  Selects the child elements from the data XML

## Example

    <Record element="data">
      <PlaceObject>
        <Table>
          <ForAll select="entry">
            <Tr><Td><Paragraph><Value select="string(.)"/></Paragraph></Td></Tr>
          </ForAll>
        </Table>
      </PlaceObject>
    </Record>

Creates a table row for all elements `entry` in the data element `data`. The data XML should look similar to this:

    <data>
      <entry>a</entry>
      <entry>b</entry>
      <entry>c</entry>
    </data>

## See also

Switch

# Commands

- A
- Action
- AddToList
- AtPageCreation
- AtPageShipout
- Attribute
- B
- Barcode
- Bold
- BoldItalic
- Bookmark
- Box
- Br
- Case
- Color
- Column
- Columns
- Contents
- Copy-of
- DefineColor
- DefineFontfamily
- DefineTextformat
- Element
- EmptyLine
- Fontface
- ForAll
- Frame
- Grid
- Group
- HSpace
- Hyphenation
- I
- Image
- Include
- InsertPages
- Italic
- Layout
- Li
- LoadDataset
- LoadFontfile
- Loop
- Makeindex
- Margin
- Mark
- Message
- NewPage
- NextFrame
- NextRow
- Ol
- Options
- Otherwise
- Output
- Pageformat
- Pagetype
- Paragraph
- PlaceObject
- PositioningArea
- PositioningFrame
- ProcessNode
- Record
- Regular
- Rule
- SaveDataset
- SavePages
- Sequence
- SetGrid
- SetVariable
- SortSequence
- Stylesheet
- Sub
- Sup
- Switch
- Table
- Tablefoot
- Tablehead
- Tablerule
- Td
- Text
- Textblock
- Tr
- Transformation
- U
- URL
- Ul
- Until
- VSpace
- Value
- While

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