Encoding xml prompt values for post to cognos report

[xoopus]

Hello,

I am trying to run a report by posting values from one page to another. I am generating a form using javascript and posting it to an iframe. I got it to work at one point but now I can't remember how I was encoding the xml values. If I post a single value and do not use xml it works with no problems, but I need to pass the useValue and displayValue so I am posting something like this:
<selectOption useValue="1" displayValue="January"/>

In the report it is using the full string rather than recognizing that it is xml and populating the use and display values accordingly. I have tried encoding it every way I can think of, but it still shows up as the whole string. I think that when I did have it working I had only encoded a few of the characters, but I can't remember which ones.

If anyone could help I would really appreciate it.

Thanks

 

[xoopus]

I found the solution right after I posted the question.

I was missing the selectChoices parent element. I needed to post this instead.

<selectChoices>
<selectOption useValue="1" displayValue="January"/>
</selectChoices>

Thanks.