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<var>NoEmptyElement</var> indicates whether or not to serialize the method object <var>XmlNode</var> with a separate start tag and end tag instead of with a single empty-element tag ''if the node is childless''.  A [[Boolean]] value of <code>True</code> serializes with a separate start tag and end tag (for example, <code><address></address></code> versus <code><address/></code>).  The default value, <code>False</code>, serializes childless nodes in the usual way, that is, with an empty-element tag.
<p><var>NoEmptyElement</var> may be specified for any <var>Element</var> node.</p>

==Syntax==
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===Syntax terms===
<table class="syntaxTable">
<tr><th>%currentBoolean</th>
<td>The <var>Boolean</var> enumeration value of <var class="term">nod</var>'s <var>NoEmptyElement</var> property. For more information about these enumerations, see [[Enumerations#Using_Boolean_enumerations|"Using Boolean Enumerations"]]. </td></tr>
<tr><th>nod</th>
<td>An <var>XmlNode</var> object expression.</td></tr>
<tr><th>newBoolean</th>
<td>The <var>Boolean</var> value to assign to <var class="term">doc</var>'s <var>NoEmptyElement</var> property.</td></tr>
</table>

==Usage notes==
<ul>
<li><var>NoEmptyElement</var> can be useful if you are using the <var class="product">[[Janus_SOAP_User_Language_Interface|"Janus SOAP User Language Interface"]]</var> to generate XHTML.  Tests show that some browsers work correctly for certain childless elements only if they have an empty element tag, and for other childless elements they work correctly only if there are separate start and end tags.  Because of this inconsistency, you cannot obtain a "blanket" suppression of empty element tags via using the <code>NoEmptyElt</code> option of the serialization methods (for example, see the <var>[[Serial_(XmlDoc/XmlNode_function)#Syntax_terms|"Serial method: syntax terms"]]</var>). 
<li><var>NoEmptyElement</var> is available in <var class="product">[[Sirius Mods]]</var> Version 7.6 and later.
</ul>

==Examples==
<ol><li>
The node in the following fragment is serialized with a start and end tag:
<p class="code">%texta = %form:[[AddElement_(XmlDoc/XmlNode_function)|addElement]]('textArea')
%texta:noEmptyElement = True
%texta:[[AddAttribute_(XmlNode_function)|addAttribute]]('name', 'foo')
%texta:addAttribute('rows', '15')
%texta:addAttribute('cols', '40')
%texta:print
</p>
The result is:
<p class="output"><textArea name="foo" rows="15" cols="40"></textArea>
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==Request-Cancellation Errors (for set method)==
<ul>
<li><var class="term">%bool</var> is an invalid value.
</ul>

==See also==
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