Visual FoxPro

Scrub Xml

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Demonstrates the Scrub method for some common XML cleaning needs.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.77 or greater.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL s
LOCAL loXml

lnSuccess = 0

* The Scrub method has options for trimming whitespace from the ends of attributes and content,
* trimming inside whitespace, and for case conversion for tags and attribute names.

* Trimming inside whitespace is defined as replacing CR, LF, and tab chars with SPACE chars, and 
* removing extra SPACE chars so that at most one SPACE separates non-SPACE chars.

* For example, load the following XML:

s = '<xyz><td class=" colHoldingPercent col7" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);               border-image-outset: 0;  "> abc' + CHR(13) + CHR(10) + '123    456</td></xyz>'

loXml = CreateObject('Chilkat.Xml')
lnSuccess = loXml.LoadXml(s)

? loXml.GetXml()

* The XML before scrubbing is:

* <xyz>
*     <td class=" colHoldingPercent col7" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);               border-image-outset: 0;  ">abc
* 123    456</td>
* </xyz>

loXml.Scrub("AttrTrimEnds,AttrTrimInside,ContentTrimEnds,ContentTrimInside")
? loXml.GetXml()

* The XML after scrubbing is:

* <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
* <xyz>
*     <td class="colHoldingPercent col7" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image-outset: 0;">abc 123 456</td>
* </xyz>

RELEASE loXml