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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>

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Local $bSuccess = False

$oXml = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Xml")
Local $oXSortRoot

;  The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitRecordsSort.xml
$bSuccess = $oXml.LoadXmlFile("fruitRecordsSort.xml")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oXml.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  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.
$oXSortRoot = $oXml.FindChild("fruits")

;  Sort by the "name" field in ascending order.
Local $bAscending = True
$oXSortRoot.SortRecordsByContent "name",$bAscending

;  Show the result:
ConsoleWrite($oXml.GetXml() & @CRLF)

;  <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>