Update an XML Record in an XML Document

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C# sample code showing how to update an XML record in an XML Document

private void UpdateRecord_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
	// Let's change "Adobe Systems Incorporated" to 
	// "Adobe Systems Inc."
	Chilkat.Xml xml = new Chilkat.Xml();
	xml.LoadXmlFile("companies.xml");

	// Find the first node in the XML document where the tag is "name"
	// and the content begins with "Adobe"
	// We use SearchForContent2 (instead of SearchForContent) to simply
	// update our internal reference to the node that is found.
	bool found = xml.SearchForContent2(null,"name","Adobe*");
	if (found)
	{
		xml.Content = "Adobe Systems Inc.";
	}

	// Update our internal reference to be the root.
	xml.GetRoot2();
	xml.SaveXml("mod2.xml");
}