Delphi ActiveX

GetChild* methods

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Demonstrates several of the GetChild* methods.

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

<root>
    <fruit color="red">apple</fruit>
    <fruit color="green">pear</fruit>
    <veg color="orange">carrot</veg>
    <meat animal="cow">beef</meat>
    <xyz>
        <fruit color="blue">blueberry</fruit>
        <veg color="green">broccoli</veg>
    </xyz>
    <fruit color="purple">grape</fruit>
    <cheese color="yellow">cheddar</cheese>
</root>

The output XML is this:

<abc b="pear" c="orange" a="130">Test</abc>

Delphi ActiveX

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
xml: TChilkatXml;
child: IChilkatXml;
i: Integer;

begin
success := 0;

xml := TChilkatXml.Create(Self);

// The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/get_child.xml
success := xml.LoadXmlFile('get_child.xml');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(xml.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// The NumChildren property contains the number of direct
// child nodes.  Note: The child nodes under "xyz" are NOT
// direct children of "root".  Therefore, the "root" node has
// 7 direct children
Memo1.Lines.Add('NumChildren = ' + IntToStr(xml.NumChildren));

// Iterate over the direct children by index. The first child
// is at index 0.

for i := 0 to xml.NumChildren - 1 do
  begin
    //  access the tag and content directly by index:
    Memo1.Lines.Add(IntToStr(i) + ': ' + xml.GetChildTagByIndex(i) + ' : ' + xml.GetChildContentByIndex(i));

  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('-----');

// Do the same as the above loop, but get the child node
// and access the Tag and Content properties:
for i := 0 to xml.NumChildren - 1 do
  begin
    child := xml.GetChild(i);
    Memo1.Lines.Add(IntToStr(i) + ': ' + child.Tag + ' : ' + child.Content);

  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('-----');

// Do the same as the above loop, but instead of creating
// a new object instance for each child, call GetChild2 to
// update the object's reference instead.
for i := 0 to xml.NumChildren - 1 do
  begin
    // Navigate to the Nth child.  
    success := xml.GetChild2(i);
    Memo1.Lines.Add(IntToStr(i) + ': ' + xml.Tag + ' : ' + xml.Content);
    // Navigate back up to the parent:
    success := xml.GetParent2();
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('-----');

// Examine the result:
Memo1.Lines.Add(xml.GetXml());
end;