(Visual FoxPro) 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>

Download Chilkat XML ActiveX

LOCAL loXml
LOCAL loXSortRoot
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL lnBAscending

loXml = CreateObject('Chilkat.Xml')

*  The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitRecordsSort.xml
lnSuccess = loXml.LoadXmlFile("fruitRecordsSort.xml")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loXml.LastErrorText
    QUIT
ENDIF

*  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.
loXSortRoot = loXml.FindChild("fruits")

*  Sort by the "name" field in ascending order.

lnBAscending = 1
loXSortRoot.SortRecordsByContent("name",lnBAscending)

*  Show the result:
? loXml.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>


RELEASE loXSortRoot