Visual Basic 6.0

XML Sort Records by Content

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Demonstrates the SortRecordsByContent method.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitRecordsSort.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fruits>
        <fruit>
            <name>apple</name>
            <color>red</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>banana</name>
            <color>yellow</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blackberry</name>
            <color>purple</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blueberry</name>
            <color>blue</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>orange</name>
            <color>orange</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>pear</name>
            <color>green</color>
        </fruit>
    </fruits>
</root>

Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

Dim xml As New ChilkatXml
Dim xSortRoot As ChilkatXml

' The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitRecordsSort.xml
success = xml.LoadXmlFile("fruitRecordsSort.xml")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print xml.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' The "fruit" records are direct children of the "fruits" node.
' Therefore, to sort the fruit records, the SortRecordsByContent
' method must be called from the "fruits" node.
Set xSortRoot = xml.FindChild("fruits")

' Sort by the "name" field in ascending order.
Dim bAscending As Long
bAscending = 1
xSortRoot.SortRecordsByContent "name",bAscending

' Show the result:
Debug.Print xml.GetXml()

' <root>
'     <fruits>
'         <fruit>
'             <name>apple</name>
'             <color>red</color>
'         </fruit>
'         <fruit>
'             <name>banana</name>
'             <color>yellow</color>
'         </fruit>
'         <fruit>
'             <name>blackberry</name>
'             <color>purple</color>
'         </fruit>
'         <fruit>
'             <name>blueberry</name>
'             <color>blue</color>
'         </fruit>
'         <fruit>
'             <name>orange</name>
'             <color>orange</color>
'         </fruit>
'         <fruit>
'             <name>pear</name>
'             <color>green</color>
'         </fruit>
'     </fruits>
' </root>