(PowerShell) XML NewChildAfter

Demonstrates the Chilkat.NewChildAfter method.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"


$xml = New-Object Chilkat.Xml

$xml.Tag = "order"
$xml.NewChild2("order_billing_info|price_list","Listino Italia")
$xml.NewChild2("order_billing_info|price_list_id","1")
$xml.NewChild2("order_billing_info|first_name","Francesco")

$($xml.GetXml())

# We now have the following XML:

# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
# <order>
#     <order_billing_info>
#         <price_list>Listino Italia</price_list>
#         <price_list_id>1</price_list_id>
#         <first_name>Francesco</first_name>
#     </order_billing_info>
# </order>

# Get the "order_billing_info" element
$orderBillingInfo = $xml.FindChild("order_billing_info")

# Call NewChildAfter to add an XML element (customer_id> after <price_list_id>
# First get the index of the element price_list_id
$index = $orderBillingInfo.TagIndex("price_list_id")
$("index = " + $index)

# Add the "customer_id" element just after specified index.
$xCustId = $orderBillingInfo.NewChildAfter($index,"customer_id","1234")

$($xml.GetXml())

# We now have:

# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
# <order>
#     <order_billing_info>
#         <price_list>Listino Italia</price_list>
#         <price_list_id>1</price_list_id>
#         <customer_id>1234</customer_id>
#         <first_name>Francesco</first_name>
#     </order_billing_info>
# </order>