WhileCreate a loop. All child elements are executed as long as the condition in the test attribute evaluates to true.
Allowed attributes: test
Child elements: Action, AddSearchpath, Attribute, B, Barcode, Bookmark, Br, Column, Columns, Copy-of, DefineColor, DefineFontalias, DefineFontfamily, DefineTextformat, Element, Fontface, ForAll, Frame, Group, HSpace, Hyphenation, I, Image, Include, Initial, InsertPages, Layout, Li, LoadDataset, LoadFontfile, Loop, Message, NewPage, NextFrame, NextRow, Options, Output, Pageformat, Paragraph, PlaceObject, PositioningArea, PositioningFrame, ProcessNode, SaveDataset, SavePages, SetGrid, SetVariable, SortSequence, Span, Sub, Sup, Switch, Table, TableNewPage, Tablehead, Tablerule, Td, Tr, Trace, U, Until, Value, While
Parent elements: AtPageCreation, AtPageShipout, Case, Contents, ForAll, Loop, Otherwise, Record, SavePages, Until, While
Every time before the the loop is executed, this condition must evaluate to true. See the command Until for a loop with an exit test.
The following example creates a textblock with three times the contents 'Text Text Text '.
<Record element="data">
<SetVariable variable="counter" select="1"/>
<SetVariable variable="text" select="''"/>
<While test=" $counter <= 3 "> <!-- less or equal -->
<SetVariable variable="counter" select=" $counter + 1"/>
<SetVariable variable="text">
<Value select="$text"/>
<Value select="'Text '"/>
</SetVariable>
</While>
<PlaceObject>
<Textblock>
<Paragraph><Value select="$text"/></Paragraph>
</Textblock>
</PlaceObject>
</Record>