(Classic ASP) XML Sort by Tag

Demonstrates the SortByTag method.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fruits>
        <apple>
            <fuji>blah</fuji>
            <gala>blah</gala>
            <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
            <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
            <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
        </apple>
        <banana>blah</banana>
        <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
        <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
        <orange>blah</orange>
        <pear>blah</pear>
    </fruits>
</root>

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Xml")
set xml = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")

' The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml
success = xml.LoadXmlFile("fruitSort1.xml")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( xml.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Sort the direct children under the "fruits" node by tag:
' xSortRoot is a Chilkat.Xml
Set xSortRoot = xml.FindChild("fruits")

' Sort in ascending order.
bAscending = 1
xSortRoot.SortByTag bAscending

' Show the result:
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( xml.GetXml()) & "</pre>"

' <root>
'     <fruits>
'         <apple>
'             <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
'             <gala>blah</gala>
'             <fuji>blah</fuji>
'             <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
'             <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
'         </apple>
'         <banana>blah</banana>
'         <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
'         <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
'         <orange>blah</orange>
'         <pear>blah</pear>
'     </fruits>
' </root>

' Sort the direct children under the "apple" node:
success = xSortRoot.FindChild2("apple")

xSortRoot.SortByTag bAscending
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( xml.GetXml()) & "</pre>"

' <root>
'     <fruits>
'         <apple>
'             <fuji>blah</fuji>
'             <gala>blah</gala>
'             <grannySmith>blah</grannySmith>
'             <honeycrisp>blah</honeycrisp>
'             <mcIntosh>blah</mcIntosh>
'         </apple>
'         <banana>blah</banana>
'         <blackberry>blah</blackberry>
'         <blueberry>blah</blueberry>
'         <orange>blah</orange>
'         <pear>blah</pear>
'     </fruits>
' </root>


%>
</body>
</html>