(PowerBuilder) Demonstrates the ChilkatPath XML Method

Demonstrates how to use the ChilkatPath method. This example uses the XML sample file pigs.xml. The pigs.xml file contains this content:

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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Xml
integer li_Success
string ls_Result

loo_Xml = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Xml" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Xml.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Xml")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Xml
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

li_Success = loo_Xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/xml/pigs.xml")
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Xml.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Xml
    return
end if

// Get the content of the "species" node for the 1st animal:

ls_Result = loo_Xml.ChilkatPath("animal|species|*")
// Output should be "pot belly pig"
Write-Debug ls_Result

// Get the content of the "type" node for the 2nd animal:
// Indexing begins at 0.  Therefore, the 2nd direct child having
// the tag "animal" is at index 1
ls_Result = loo_Xml.ChilkatPath("animal[1]|type|*")
// Output should be "House Pig"
Write-Debug ls_Result

// Find the pig having the name "Nigel" and display the
// birth date.  To do this, we&apos;ll navigate to the node having
// tag="name" with the exact content "Nigel", then navigate up, 
// and finally navigate back down to the "birth" node:
ls_Result = loo_Xml.ChilkatPath("/C/name,Nigel|..|birth|*")
// Output should be "June, 1991"
Write-Debug ls_Result

// Navigate to the 1st animal&apos;s picture and print the filename,
// description, and caption.
// The "$" updates the caller&apos;s internal pointer to reference
// the node that is the result of evaluating the path.
// An empty string is returned for success, and a NULL/nil/0
// pointer (reference) is returned on failure.  
ls_Result = loo_Xml.ChilkatPath("animal|picture|$")
if loo_Xml.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug "Failed to navigate to animal|picture."
    destroy loo_Xml
    return
end if

// Display the contents of the file/description/caption child nodes
Write-Debug "Picture Info:"
Write-Debug loo_Xml.GetChildContent("file")
Write-Debug loo_Xml.GetChildContent("description")
Write-Debug loo_Xml.GetChildContent("caption")

// Return back to the root of the XML document:
loo_Xml.GetRoot2()

// Display the value of the "spay-neuter" attribute of the 1st animal:
Write-Debug "----"
ls_Result = loo_Xml.ChilkatPath("animal|gender|(spay-neuter)")
Write-Debug ls_Result


destroy loo_Xml