(DataFlex) 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>

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Handle hoXml
    Variant vXSortRoot
    Handle hoXSortRoot
    Boolean iSuccess
    Boolean iBAscending
    String sTemp1

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatXml)) To hoXml
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoXml))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoXml
    End

    // The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort1.xml
    Get ComLoadXmlFile Of hoXml "fruitSort1.xml" To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoXml To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Sort the direct children under the "fruits" node by tag:
    Get ComFindChild Of hoXml "fruits" To vXSortRoot
    If (IsComObject(vXSortRoot)) Begin
        Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatXml)) To hoXSortRoot
        Set pvComObject Of hoXSortRoot To vXSortRoot
    End

    // Sort in ascending order.
    Move True To iBAscending
    Send ComSortByTag To hoXSortRoot iBAscending

    // Show the result:
    Get ComGetXml Of hoXml To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1

    // <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:
    Get ComFindChild2 Of hoXSortRoot "apple" To iSuccess

    Send ComSortByTag To hoXSortRoot iBAscending
    Get ComGetXml Of hoXml To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1

    // <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>

    Send Destroy of hoXSortRoot


End_Procedure