(Visual FoxPro) Get XML Attribute Value by Path

Demonstrates how to get an attribute value by path.

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LOCAL loXml
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL lcPath
LOCAL lcAttrValue
LOCAL i

* The XML used in this example contains the following:
* This example will get the value of the "spay-neuter" attribute for each pig.

* <pig-rescue>
*   <herd name="Cathy">
* 	<species name="pot belly pig">
* 	    <animal>
* 	        <name>Molly II</name>
* 	        <birth>February, 1998</birth>
* 			<in-date>January, 2000</in-date>
* 			<from>Middle Ave.</from>
* 			<gender spay-neuter="yes">F</gender>
* 			<info>Molly came from a place where an old, ill man had too many animals.
* 	              	The animals were seldom fed and rats would eat the newborn piglets.
* 	             	 When Molly was found at one week old, she was the only piglet of 
* 	              	her siblings who did not get stepped on by a cow. She is a sweet, 
* 	              	friendly pig who likes to hang out on Cathy's porch on the lounge 
* 	              	pad.
* 			</info>
* 		</animal>
* 	    <animal>
* 			<name>Nigel</name>
* 			<birth>June, 1991</birth>
* 			<in-date>August, 1991</in-date>
* 			<from>Breeder</from>
* 			<gender spay-neuter="no">M</gender>
* 			<info>
* 			 	Nigel was the first pig and the reason for the rescue in the
* 			 	first place. He is 13 now and doing well, but takes a number 
* 				of medications, as you can see below.
* 			</info>
* 		</animal>		
* 	</species>
*   </herd>
* </pig-rescue>

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Xml')
loXml = CreateObject('Chilkat.Xml')
lnSuccess = loXml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/xml/twoPigs.xml")

* Use the ChilkatPath method to return the value of a particular attribute at a given path.
* A path ending with "(attributeName)" will return the value for the given attribute.
lcPath = "herd|species|animal[0]|gender|(spay-neuter)"
lcAttrValue = loXml.ChilkatPath(lcPath)
? "1st pig spay-neuter: " + lcAttrValue

lcPath = "herd|species|animal[1]|gender|(spay-neuter)"
lcAttrValue = loXml.ChilkatPath(lcPath)
? "2nd pig spay-neuter: " + lcAttrValue

* We could also do it like this:
lcPath = "herd|species|animal[i]|gender|(spay-neuter)"
i = 0
DO WHILE i < loXml.NumChildrenAt("herd|species")
    loXml.I = i
    ? "spay-neuter for pig number " + STR(i + 1) + ": " + loXml.ChilkatPath(lcPath)
    i = i + 1
ENDDO

RELEASE loXml