(VB.NET) XML Sort Records by Content

Demonstrates the SortRecordsByContent method.

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

<root>
    <fruits>
        <fruit>
            <name>apple</name>
            <color>red</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>banana</name>
            <color>yellow</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blackberry</name>
            <color>purple</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blueberry</name>
            <color>blue</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>orange</name>
            <color>orange</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>pear</name>
            <color>green</color>
        </fruit>
    </fruits>
</root>

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Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
Dim xSortRoot As Chilkat.Xml

Dim success As Boolean
' The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitRecordsSort.xml
success = xml.LoadXmlFile("fruitRecordsSort.xml")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(xml.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' The "fruit" records are direct children of the "fruits" node.
' Therefore, to sort the fruit records, the SortRecordsByContent
' method must be called from the "fruits" node.
xSortRoot = xml.FindChild("fruits")

' Sort by the "name" field in ascending order.
Dim bAscending As Boolean = True
xSortRoot.SortRecordsByContent("name",bAscending)

' Show the result:
Debug.WriteLine(xml.GetXml())

' <root>
'     <fruits>
'         <fruit>
'             <name>apple</name>
'             <color>red</color>
'         </fruit>
'         <fruit>
'             <name>banana</name>
'             <color>yellow</color>
'         </fruit>
'         <fruit>
'             <name>blackberry</name>
'             <color>purple</color>
'         </fruit>
'         <fruit>
'             <name>blueberry</name>
'             <color>blue</color>
'         </fruit>
'         <fruit>
'             <name>orange</name>
'             <color>orange</color>
'         </fruit>
'         <fruit>
'             <name>pear</name>
'             <color>green</color>
'         </fruit>
'     </fruits>
' </root>