PowerBuilder

Methods for Getting Attributes

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Demonstrates some methods for getting attribute name/values.

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

<root>
    <car color="black" make="mercedes" model="C350" hp="302" engine="v6" type="sedan">Mercedes Benz C350</car>
</root>

PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Xml
oleobject loo_CarNode
integer li_NumAttr
integer li_Horsepower
integer i

li_Success = 0

loo_Xml = create oleobject
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

// The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/car.xml
li_Success = loo_Xml.LoadXmlFile("car.xml")
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Xml.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Xml
    return
end if

// Navigate to the "car" node, which is the 1st child:
loo_CarNode = loo_Xml.FirstChild()

// Get the value of the "model" attribute:
Write-Debug "model = " + loo_CarNode.GetAttrValue("model")

// Get the value of the "hp" attribute as an integer:
li_Horsepower = loo_CarNode.GetAttrValueInt("hp")
Write-Debug "horsepower = " + string(li_Horsepower)

// Iterate over the attributes and show the name/value of each:
li_NumAttr = loo_CarNode.NumAttributes

i = 0
do while i < li_NumAttr
    Write-Debug loo_CarNode.GetAttributeName(i) + ": " + loo_CarNode.GetAttributeValue(i)
    i = i + 1
loop

destroy loo_CarNode


destroy loo_Xml