APEX

Hi all.

APEX 4.2
11gR2 XE database.


I'm trying to print labels directly from APEX via a JS library from DYMO (DYMO label framework for javascript).
I would like to fetch the XML for the label layout dynamically from the database instead of fixed assigning this in JS, that way I can store all the templates for labels in the database and fetch the appropriate one for the task I'm doing ).
If I use the fixed code it works fine, code looks like this ( label XML layout is assigned to labelxml variable in the first few lines ) :

function printadres(labeltext )
{
    try
	{ 
var labelxml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>\
    <DieCutLabel Version="8.0" Units="twips">\
        <PaperOrientation>Landscape</PaperOrientation>\
        <Id>Address</Id>\
        <PaperName>30252 Address</PaperName>\
        <DrawCommands/>\
        <ObjectInfo>\
            <TextObject>\
                <Name>Text</Name>\
                <ForeColor Alpha="255" Red="0" Green="0" Blue="0" />\
                <BackColor Alpha="0" Red="255" Green="255" Blue="255" />\
                <LinkedObjectName></LinkedObjectName>\
                <Rotation>Rotation0</Rotation>\
                <IsMirrored>False</IsMirrored>\
                <IsVariable>True</IsVariable>\
                <HorizontalAlignment>Left</HorizontalAlignment>\
                <VerticalAlignment>Middle</VerticalAlignment>\
                <TextFitMode>ShrinkToFit</TextFitMode>\
                <UseFullFontHeight>True</UseFullFontHeight>\
                <Verticalized>False</Verticalized>\
                <StyledText/>\
            </TextObject>\
            <Bounds X="332" Y="150" Width="4455" Height="1260" />\
        </ObjectInfo>\
    </DieCutLabel>';

		var label = dymo.label.framework.openLabelXml(labelxml);

		// set label text
		label.setObjectText("Text", labeltext);
					
		// select printer to print on
		// for simplicity sake just use the first LabelWriter printer
		var printers = dymo.label.framework.getPrinters();
		if (printers.length == 0)
			throw "No DYMO printers are installed. Install DYMO printers.";

		var printerName = "";
		for (var i = 0; i < printers.length; ++i)
		{
			var printer = printers;

			if (printer.printerType == "LabelWriterPrinter")

			{

				printerName = printer.name;

				break;

			}

		}

					

		if (printerName == "")

			throw "No LabelWriter printers found. Install LabelWriter printer";



		// finally print the label

		label.print(printerName);

	}

	catch(e)

	{

		alert(e.message || e);

	}

};
but when I try to fetch the same XML from a text field on my form it fails with a "getObjectByNameElement(): no object with name 'Text' was found" error which is a custom error from the DYMO library.
I'm unable to find the big difference in the 2 approaches. If I test the variable labelxml by putting it in an alert the value seems fine ( it contains the XML string which is in P11_LABELTEMPLATE which is exactly the same as the static assigned text in the previous example ).
The code then looks like this :
function printadres(labeltext )

{

try

	{ 

		var labelxml = $v('P11_LABELTEMPLATE'); // This is the dynamic assigment which somehow fails



		var label = dymo.label.framework.openLabelXml(labelxml);



		// set label text

		label.setObjectText("Text", labeltext);

					

		// select printer to print on

		// for simplicity sake just use the first LabelWriter printer

		var printers = dymo.label.framework.getPrinters();

		if (printers.length == 0)

			throw "No DYMO printers are installed. Install DYMO printers.";



		var printerName = "";

		for (var i = 0; i < printers.length; ++i)

		{

			var printer = printers[i];

			if (printer.printerType == "LabelWriterPrinter")

			{

				printerName = printer.name;

				break;

			}

		}

					

		if (printerName == "")

			throw "No LabelWriter printers found. Install LabelWriter printer";



		// finally print the label

		label.print(printerName);

	}

	catch(e)

	{

		alert(e.message || e);

	}

};
I'm not sure if this is an APEX or JS question/problem but I hope someone can point me in the right direction.

Regards
  Bas