---
title: "Table 1235 XML Buffer"
author: "Jonas Paprotka"
url: https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/table/1235-xml-buffer/
type: table
id: 1235
name: "XML Buffer"
app: "Base Application"
namespace: System.IO
versions: "17-28"
build: 28.5.54151.54365
source: "https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/table/1235-xml-buffer/source/29/"
checked: 2026-09-20
subject: "Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central"
license: "Content © 2026 Jonas Paprotka. Quote freely with attribution and a link."
---

# Table 1235 XML Buffer

Jonas Paprotka, https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/table/1235-xml-buffer/

| | |
| --- | --- |
| App | Base Application |
| Namespace | System.IO |
| Versions | 17-28 |
| Source file | System/DataExchange/XMLBuffer.Table.al |

## Fields

| Id | Name | Type | Versions | Obsolete | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Entry No. | Integer | 17-28 | - | - |
| 2 | Type | Option | 17-28 | - | - |
| 3 | Name | Text[250] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 4 | Path | Text[250] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 5 | Value | Text[250] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 6 | Depth | Integer | 17-28 | - | - |
| 7 | Parent Entry No. | Integer | 17-28 | - | - |
| 8 | Is Parent | Boolean | 17-25 | Removed 18.0 | Is not used anomore |
| 9 | Data Type | Option | 17-28 | - | - |
| 10 | Code | Code[20] | 17-25 | Removed 18.0 | Is not used anymore |
| 11 | Node Name | Text[250] | 17-25 | Removed 18.0 | Is not used anymore |
| 12 | Has Attributes | Boolean | 17-25 | Removed 18.0 | Is not used anymore |
| 13 | Node Number | Integer | 17-28 | - | - |
| 14 | Namespace | Text[250] | 17-28 | - | - |
| 15 | Import ID | Guid | 17-28 | - | - |
| 16 | Value BLOB | Blob | 17-28 | - | - |

## Keys

| Name | Fields | Versions |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Key1, clustered | Entry No. | 17-28 |
| Key2 | Parent Entry No., Type, Node Number | 17-28 |
| Key3 | Import ID | 20-28 |

## Procedures

| Name | Parameters | Returns | Access | Versions | Obsolete | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Load | (Variant) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| LoadFromStream | (InStream) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| ReadFromBlob | (FieldRef) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| LoadFromText | (Text) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| Upload | () | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| Save | (Text) | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| Download | () | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| CreateRootElement | (Text[250]) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| AddNamespace | (Text[244], Text[250]) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| AddProcessingInstruction | (Text[250], Text) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| AddAttribute | (Text[250], Text[250]) | - | public | 17-25 | - | - |
| AddGroupElement | (Text[250]) | Integer | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| AddGroupElementAt | (Text[250], Integer) | Integer | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| AddElement | (Text[250], Text) | Integer | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| AddLastElement | (Text[250], Text) | Integer | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| AddNonEmptyElement | (Text[250], Text) | Integer | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| AddNonEmptyLastElement | (Text[250], Text) | Integer | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| CopyImportFrom | (var Record XML Buffer) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| CountChildElements | () | Integer | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| CountAttributes | () | Integer | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| CountProcessingInstructions | () | Integer | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| FindProcessingInstructions | (var Record XML Buffer) | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| FindAttributes | (var Record XML Buffer) | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| FindChildElements | (var Record XML Buffer) | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| FindNodesByXPath | (var Record XML Buffer, Text) | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetAttributeValue | (Text) | Text[250] | public | 17-28 | Pending 26.0 | Replaced by GetAttributeValueAsText with unlimited text length on return type. |
| GetNamespaceUriByPrefix | (Text) | Text[250] | public | 17-28 | Pending 26.0 | Replaced by GetNamespaceUriByPrefixAsText with increased text length on return type. |
| GetElementName | () | Text | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetParent | () | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| HasChildNodes | () | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetValue | () | Text | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SetValue | (Text) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SetValueWithoutModifying | (Text) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| AddAttributeWithNamespace | (Text[250], Text[250]) | - | public | 18-25 | - | - |
| Save | (var Codeunit Temp Blob) | Boolean | public | 20-28 | - | - |
| AddAttribute | (Text[250], Text) | - | public | 26-28 | - | - |
| AddAttributeWithNamespace | (Text[250], Text) | - | public | 26-28 | - | - |
| GetAttributeValueAsText | (Text) | Text | public | 26-28 | - | - |
| GetNamespaceUriByPrefixAsText | (Text) | Text | public | 26-28 | - | - |

## Events

| Kind | Name | Parameters | Versions | Obsolete | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Integration event | OnNormalizeElementValue | (var Text) | 17-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnBeforeDownload | (var Record XML Buffer, var Boolean, var Boolean) | 21-28 | - | - |
| Integration event | OnSetValueWithoutModifyingOnAfterAssignValue | (var Record XML Buffer, Text) | 21-28 | - | - |

## Source

Symbols: Microsoft.BaseApplication.symbols.437dbf0e-84ff-417a-965d-ed2bb9650972, https://dynamicssmb2.pkgs.visualstudio.com/DynamicsBCPublicFeeds/_packaging/MSSymbols/nuget/v3/index.json, highest build per major on 2026-09-20.
AL source 29: https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps, MIT, releases/29.x at a66254c3b8b5bb1cea290dc8f9d097aec4381153.

Jonas Paprotka, 2026-09-20.