(PowerShell) XML NewChildBefore

Demonstrates the Chilkat.NewChildBefore 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>

# If there is no "customer_id" element under "order_billing_info", then add it.
if ($xml.HasChildWithTag("order_billing_info|customer_id") -eq $true) {
    $("customer_id already exists, nothing to do...")
    exit
}

# Add the customer_id element just before the "price_list" element.

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

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

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

$($xml.GetXml())

# We now have:

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